Phil Ashcroft
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    CV
    Born 1970. Lives and works in London
    Education
    1992-94 Post-Grad Diploma – St. Martins College of Art & Design (The London Institute)
    1989-92 BA (Hons) – Harrow College of Art & Design (University of Westminster)
    1988-89 Foundation – West Surrey College of Art & Design (The Surrey Institute)
    Awards
    2007 Finalist Celeste Art Prize
    1998 Daler Rowney and Liquitex Awards
    1991 Royal Society of Art Travel Award to Hong Kong
    Solo Exhibitions
    2007 PhlAsh, Magma, Manchester
    2006 Toxicity, Margaret Harvey Gallery, UH Galleries, St Albans
    2005 Yeti in Hong Kong, EXIT/double-park, Hong Kong
    2004 Phil Ashcroft, Liberty, London
    2003 Toxic Landscapes, I Love…Art Gallery, Brussels
    2002 Phil Ashcroft, Exposure, London
      Phil Ashcroft, Arc-Arts, Manchester
    2001 Nitro Deluxe, Deptford X, London
    1998 Duel, Bedford Hill Gallery, London
    Selected group exhibitions
    2010 No Soul for Sale, Tate Modern, London
      Sleight of Hand, Recoat Gallery, Glasgow
      The Collection of the Late Mister X, Less is More Projects, Chic Dessin, Paris
      Print Now, Bearspace, London
    2009 Over The Wall, Adapta Gallery, Hong Kong (November)
      Go Get Your Shinebox, Brooklynite Gallery, New York (November)
      Perfect Present, Stable Productions, 242 Space, London (October)
      the free art fair 09, The Barbican, London (October)
      Deptford X 09, Deptford and New Cross, London (September)
    2008 Wonder Island (curated by Emi Avora and Patrick Michalopoulos ), Schwartz Gallery, London
      Heart of Glass (curated by Flora Fairbairn and Paul Hitchman), Shoreditch Town Hall, London
      Without You It's Nothing (curated by artists Laura Eldret and PaulMart), Deptford X, London
      The Golden Record, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (touring to Lincoln Museum, Lincoln; g39, Cardiff in 2009)
      The Art Car Boot Fair, London
      Scope Basel, monikabobinska, Basel
      Special Relationship, Scion, Los Angeles (cat.)
    2007 Open Studio, Kingsland Road, London
      Out of the Box and in the Garman Ryan Collection, New Art Gallery, Walsall (until Oct 2008)
      Celeste Art Prize 2007, T2, London & touring; Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh (cat.)
      ARTfutures 2007, Bloomberg SPACE, London
      Winter Exhibition 2007, Contemporary Art Projects, London
    2006 Elephant Technique, Village Underground, London
      Scrawl Collective in Taipei , Pixie, Summit, Taipei
    2005 ARTfutures 2005, Bloomberg SPACE, London
      PSP Presents Cut-Out (Sony/Peter Saville), Oki-Ni, London
    2004 All The People We Like Are Dead, 17 Kingsland Road, London
      Flea Market, temporarycontemporary, London
      Stick Em Up 2, Revolver, Melbourne
      ARTfutures 2004, City of London School, London
    2003 Design-A-Qee Expo, Playlounge, London & touring; Minneapolis, Hong Kong, Tokyo
      Scrawl Collective, Lab 101, Santa Monica
      Stick Em Up, Objex Art Space, Miami
    2002 Stick Em Up, Magma, London
      Graffiti Meets Windows, Hank-Yu, Osaka
   
    2008 Ric Blackshaw, Liz Farrelly, Street Art: Making and Selling It, Rotovision
    2007 Gavin Lucas, Badge Button Pin, Laurence King Publishing
    2006 Crossfields, issue 2: Home, annual
      Michael Dorrian, Liz Farrelly, Business Cards 2, Laurence King Publishing
      Helen Walters, 300% Cotton, Laurence King Publishing
      Simon Hollington, Toxicity: Phil Ashcroft, exh. cat., Margaret Harvey Gallery, UH Galleries, St Albans
    2005 Faesthetic 5, Ohio, USA 
    2004 Michael Dorrian, Liz Farrelly, The Art of Saying Hello, Laurence King Publishing
      Miser and Now, CMYK City, issue 6, quarterly
    2003 Graphic 01, Spring, quarterly
    2002 Michael Dorrian, David Recchia, Stick Em Up, Booth-Clibborn Editions
    2001 Ric Blackshaw, Liz Farrelly, Mike Dorrian and Dave Recchia Scrawl Too: More Dirt, Booth-Clibborn Editions
    Articles and Reviews
    2008 Scion x Scrawl, Juxtapoz (US), issue 89
      Special Relationship, Show & Tell, MODART, issue 16
    2007 Ric Blackshaw, Phil Ashcroft, Computer Arts Projects, issue 101, September
      Arata Sasaki, Interview with Phil Ashcroft, HITSPAPER.com, Japan, 7 February
      Marc Valli, PhlAsh Interview, Magmabooks.com, 17 January
      Five Questions For…, Metro (Manchester ed.), 15 January                                     
    2006 Scrawl of the Wild, Times on Saturday, 16 December
      Christmas Gift Guide, Metro (London ed.), 23 November
      Gallery, Creative Review, September
      Yolanda Zappaterra, Stretch The Canvas, Design Week, 3 August
      Julie McCord, Inspired by the Buncefield Blast, Hemel Gazette, 21 June
    2005 Yeti in Hong Kong, Cool - Special 100th Edition, Taiwan, December
      Yeti in Hong Kong, Apple Daily, Hong Kong, 28 November
      Yeti in Hong Kong, newspaper cutting, Hong Kong, 24 November
      Yeti in Hong Kong, Monday - Bee, Hong Kong, issue 64, 25 November
      Helvetica + PhlAsh Exhibition, Friday, Hong Kong, issue 51, November
      Alexandra Carroll, Meet the Maker, HK, Hong Kong, November
      Yeti in Hong Kong, Touch, Hong Kong, issue 47, 22 November
      Insight, Advanced Photoshop, issue 2, November/December
      String Em Up – Sony Dishes Out Free Art, Arena, August
      PSP Presents Cut-Out, Creative Review, July
      Liz Farrelly, Fender Bender, Design Week, 14 July
    2004 Daily Planet, Discovery Channel Canada, TV
      Will Bennett, Object Of The Week, Daily Telegraph, 29 March
    2003 100 Greatest Gifts, Art & Culture, Independent on Sunday, 28 November
      Hip-Hop Week, MTV
      Liz Farrelly, Drawing Conclusions, Design Week, cover and article, 7 August
      Lakshmi Bhaskaran, Profile, Graphics International, February
    2002 Rob Haynes, Art That Is Out Of This World, Metro (Manchester ed.), 12 March
      Japan Broadcasting Corporation, TV news feature, July
      Graffiti Meets Windows, Plus+81, Japan, Autumn, Volumn 17
    1998 Helen Sumpter, Galleries Choice, Evening Standard, 8 August
    1997 Alex Rayner, Edge of Abstraction, i-D Magazine, Dec 97-Jan 98
      Visit Space, The Independent - Eye, 11 November
    Selected Projects
    2007 Limited edition tee, Oki-Ni
      The Battle Of Algiers (1966), film poster, Maiden Voyage
      Pollution poster, Don’t Panic
      Air Force One, commission for Deal Real / Nike Town, London
    2006 Character for Yahoo! UK IMAX conference
      Edition of five screenprints, Scrawl Collective
    2005 Godzilla (1954) theatrical release film poster, limited edition print and DVD for British Film Institute
      PSP Presents Cut-Out, customisation project for Sony PSP/Peter Saville Design
    2004 Set of badges and limited edition tee, Concrete Hermit
      Scrawl Tees, Scrawl Collective
    2003 Diversity Works, commission for New York Times magazine, 14 September
      In-store painting, Deal Real hip-hop store, Soho, London
    2000 Limited edition silk tie, OKI, Germany
    1995 Set of four stamp designs, Royal Mail
    1994 Poster and leaflet campaign, Amnesty International UK
    Collections
    Levis
    New Art Gallery Walsall
    Royal Mail
    Sony Archive
    Private and corporate collections in Europe, Asia and America
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