AMoCA Collection | Photon, oil on canvas, 48" x 59", 1994
RAiR | 1992-93
Phillis Ideal
Born in Roswell, New Mexico abstract painter Phillis Ideal (1942- ) was living in New York City before she returned to her hometown on the RAiR program. She obtained her BFA in Painting from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque in 1964 and a MFA in Painting from the University of California, Berkley in 1975 where she studied painting under Elmer Bishoff. In between the two art degrees she obtained a MA in Counseling in 1967 from New York University. Phillis had her first solo exhibition in 1973 at M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco while still in art graduate school. During the twelve years she lived in San Francisco, California, she exhibited extensively and held teaching positions at the University of California and San Francisco State, amongst others. In 1982 Phillis returned to New York City. As of 2019 she had exhibited in twenty solo shows and about fifty group shows. Her work is held in public collections that include the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Oakland Museum of California and the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, New Mexico. Phillis is also known for her short stories set in New Mexico and New York. She is represented by the David Richard Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
