Phil Whitman

Associate Professor of Art, Vermont State University-Castleton.

Fine Arts Program Coordinator


Education:

2017 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.                               M.A. in Liberal Studies

2004 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
M.F.A. in Painting

1999 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.
B.A. in Visual Arts and History.


Awards and Residencies:

2010 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Skowhegan, ME

2006-2007 Visual Arts Fellowship,
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Provincetown, MA (Second-year Fellowship)

2005-2006 Visual Arts Fellowship,
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Provincetown, MA
(Louise Bourgeois Endowed Fellowship)

2005 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellowship

2005 Millay Colony For the Arts, Residency, Austerlitz, NY

2004 Nomination for 2004 Terra Foundation Summer Residency
Rhode Island School of Design Painting Department

2003 Nomination for 2003 Dedalus Foundation M.F.A. Fellowship
Rhode Island School of Design Painting Department

1999 Richard F. Martel Memorial Prize in the Visual Arts
Bowdoin College Department of Art



Exhibitions:

2024

Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

"Edge Condition" (Group Exhibition curated by Matt Bollinger)

2020

Stone Valley Arts, Poultney, VT
"Painters Invite Painters" (Group Exhibition)

2019
Christine Price Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Castleton University
"Paintings" (Solo Exhibition)

2018
Calvin Coolidge Library Gallery, Castleton University, VT.

"Figure Drawings" (Solo Exhibition)

Stone Valley Arts, Poultney, VT

"This is Us: A Collective Portrait of our Community"

(group exhibition that I curated)

Chaffee Arts Center, Rutland, VT, "Juried Exhibit"

2017
The Castleton Downtown Gallery, Rutland, VT, "THRESH/HOLD" (Three-Person Exhibition)

2014
"New Directions in Polymer" (Group Exhibition)

2013
The Castleton Downtown Gallery, Rutland, VT. "Confederate Pictures" (Solo Exhibition)

2012
The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT. "Keep On Keepin' On" (Group Exhibition)

Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. "In Search Of..." (Group Exhibition)

Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN. "In Search Of..."    (Group Exhibition)

Front Porch Forum Gallery, Winooski Pop-Up Gallery District, Winooski,VT.  End of Chaos, End of Emptiness (Group Exhibition)

Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT. Storytime (Group Exhibition)

2011

Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT.  Refuge (Group Exhibition)

2010

Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY.SK10: New Works from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY. The Pencil of Nature (Group Exhibition)


2009

Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY. Emerging Artists iGavel Auction.

Stichino, New York, NY. Diorama Commission.

Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY. NurtureArt Benefit.


2008

Artists Space, New York, NY.
Night of 1000 Drawings.

James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY. NurtureArt Benefit.

Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY.
RISD New York City Alumni Biennial.

Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ.
Benefit Show.

2007

Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY. Work on view at the gallery.

University Art Museum, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY. Mr. President.

Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, MA. Solo Exhibition.

Provincetown Art Association Museum
Provincetown, MA. Fine Arts Work Center group show.

2006

ArtSpace, New Haven, CT.
Don’t Know Much About History.

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME.
The Maine Print Project- Maine Printmakers: 1980-2005

Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, MA. Solo Exhibition.

Provincetown Art Association Museum
Provincetown, MA. Fine Arts Work Center group show.

Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY.
Assessing War, Then and Now. (Two-Person show).

2005

Artists Space, New York, NY.
Night of 1000 Drawings. (Benefit group exhibit)

Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center
Provincetown, MA. Visual Art Fellows Group Show.

2004

Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA.
North Adams Center for DeTourism.
(Curated by Nato Thompson)

Peggy Phelps Gallery Claremont Graduate University,
Claremont, CA. Featherweight. (Group Exhibit)

Rhode Island School of Design Museum, RISD, Providence, RI.
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition.

Sol Koffler Graduate Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI.
Architecture and Morality. (Curated Painting Group Show.)

2003

Sol Koffler Graduate Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI.
Graduate Painting Departmental Group Show.

Sol Koffler Graduate Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI.
Autumn Graduate Fine Arts Division Group Exhibition.

2002

Case Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI.
Graduate Student Drawing Exhibition.

Sol Koffler Graduate Gallery, RISD, (Temporary Space) Providence, RI. Welcome to Our Fantasy. (Group Show).

Crandall Library, Glens Falls, NY.
Invitational Exhibit of Glens Falls High School Alumni
Active in the Arts.

2000

Maine Artists Space, Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME.
Generation X, Who Are We? (Curated by Mark Bessire)

Ortolan, Camden, ME.
Beat the Retreat: Pictures of a Hasty Withdrawal. (Solo show).

Union of Maine Visual Artists, Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth, ME. Varieties of Printmaking.

Gallery 407, Rockland, ME.
Nine Secrets of Driving and Sitting. (Two-person show).

1999

Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME.
1999 Picker Internship Exhibition. (Solo show).

Kresge and Fishbowl Galleries, Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, ME.
Visual Arts Department Senior Group Exhibition.

Kresge and Fishbowl Galleries, Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, ME.
Some Recent Work. (Solo show).

Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME.
The Next Generation: Art from Maine Colleges and Universities.
Juror: Bruce Brown, Curator, Maine Coast Artists.

1998

Fishbowl Gallery, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.
Tour Guide: Reminiscence of a Summer Under the Gun. (Solo show).