Chelsea Phillips is a mother, business owner and artist living in Austin, Texas. Working in vivid watercolor and ink, she brings a variety of plants and animals into her portraits as an expression of her subjects’ inner worlds. She asks, if we could display our strengths, weaknesses, anxieties and joys, what would express them from the natural world? Chelsea uses her art as a meditation and as a way to explore how we connect with nature.

CURRICULUM VITAE

2018-2023 Artist Gap

2024 Fully assuming the role of artist. Join me!

2018-2023 Created 2 children, weathered a pandemic, dreamt about prioritizing her art

Awards & Recognition

June 2018 - Selected by Miller Blueprint as “Artist of the Month”

December 2017 - Selected by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

to create an piece of art for Lady Bird Johnson’s birthday (on Instagram 12/22/17)

April 2013 - Art Majors Exhibition, Austin Community College, Austin, TX

      Purchase Award Recipient (ACC Permanent Collection)

      1st Place for Drawing

 April 2011 - Art Majors Exhibition, Austin Community College, Austin, TX

      Purchase Award Recipient (ACC Permanent Collection)

      2nd Place for Painting
 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 November 2015 - EAST: East Austin Studio Tour, The Satellite, 1109B Shady Ln, Austin, TX

 March 2015 - Kramer Gallery, Austin Community College, Austin, TX

 November 2014 - Austin Visual Arts Association Show, Austin Artspace, Austin, TX

 April 2013 - 37th Annual ACC Student Art Exhibition, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX

 April 2011 - 35th Annual ACC Student Art Exhibition, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX