About the Artist
ARTIST BIO
Janna Phillips is a multidisciplinary artist who creates in ink, paint, and clay. She has her BA in Art Education and Painting & Drawing from Anderson University and a MA in Art Administration from Savannah College of Art and Design. Janna has exhibited her work in shows across the country including but not limited to: New York, South Carolina, and Alabama. She has been awarded at multiple juried shows for her excellence in painting.
Along with her career as an artist, Janna has experience as an Art Educator and Administrator. She has served as the Art Teacher for Cornerstone School, the Art Teacher for the Montessori School of Mauldin, Director and Teacher with Blank Canvas,
Research Assistant for the Spartanburg Art Museum, and as the Arts Education Coordinator for Space One Eleven.
Janna lives in Crestwood North, Birmingham, AL and works out of her detached art studio.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Janna strives to create, imagine, and impact. Across all mediums, her approach to art is very detailed and naturalistic. She creates oil paintings inspired by the world around her. In contrast to her paintings, she creates functional pottery using white stoneware and porcelain clay. Art is very therapeutic for Janna. It is a way for her to express, question, and reflect on life and her surroundings.
Past Shows
Cycles & Reflections by Janna Phillips Art - June 9th through July 31, 2020, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL
Deck the Ham - Window Mural, December 2019, The Pizitz Building, Birmingham, AL
Handmade Art Show - October 20th, 2019, Homewood, AL
River Clay Arts Festival - September 27th-29th, 2019, Decatur, AL
ArtWalk - September 6th and 7th, 2019, Birmingham, AL
Janna Phillips Art at Forecast Salon - August 2019, Homewood, AL
Janna Phillips Art at The Abbey - May 2019 Birmingham, AL
2018 West Alabama Juried Show - December 2018, Tuscaloosa, AL
16th Annual Alabama Artists Roots and Wings - April 2018, Selma, AL
First Fridays at Taylors Mill - 2015 to 2016, Taylors, SC
Artisphere Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition - May 2014, Greenville, SC
Anderson Art Center’s 39th Annual Juried Art Show - Spring 2013, Anderson, SC
Anderson University’s Senior Art Show -December 2012, Anderson, SC
Belton Art Center Juried Show, Spring 2012, Belton, SC
Anderson Art Center’s 38th Annual Juried Art Show - Spring 2012, Anderson, SC
Pratt in Venice Art Show, - Fall 2011, Brooklyn, NY
Belton Art Center Juried Show - Spring 2011, Belton, SC
Parish Center of the Arts Show - Spring 2008, Westford, MA
Past Markets
Cahabazaar - December 14th, 2019, Birmingham, AL
Woodlawn Street Market - December 8th, 2019, Birmingham, AL
Birmingham Art Crawl - December 5th, 2019, The Pizitz Building, Birmingham, AL
West Elm Pop-Up - November 23rd, 2019, West Elm at the Summit, Birmingham, AL
Moonstone Festival - November 16th, 2019, Sloss Docks and Back Forty, Birmingham, AL
Birmingham Art Crawl - November 7th, 2019, The Pizitz Building, Birmingham, AL
Birmingham Art Crawl - October 3rd, 2019, The Pizitz Building, Birmingham, AL
Makers United Marketplace - September 2019, Birmingham, AL
Woodlawn Street Market - August 10th, 2019, Birmingham, AL
Birmingham Art Crawl - June 6th, 2019, The Pizitz Building, Birmingham, AL
Woodlawn Street Market - June 8th, 2019, Birmingham, AL
Awards
Winner of the 2019 Deck the Ham Window Mural Contest, Birmingham, AL
Second place in the Anderson Art Center’s 39th Annual Juried Art Show
Honorable mention in Anderson University’s International Photography Contest
Anderson University Fine Arts Art Scholarship
Westford Trusties Grant for Excellence in Art
Second place in the Parish Center of the Arts Show
Winner in the Parish Center of the Arts Show
Honorable mention in Boston Globe Scholastic Art contest
Publications and Press
Appearance on Talk of Alabama featuring the Handmade Art Show and Janna Phillips Art Artwork, October 18, 2019
Published in The Cottage Journal, Country Cottage, 2019
Published in Ivy Leaves Journal of Art and Literature, Volume 86