Phil Day (artist)
| Phil Day | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Phillip Warren Day 13 August 1973 (age 43) Goulburn, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Australian National University |
| Known for | Drawing, printmaking, artist's book, writing |
Phil Day (born in August, 1973) is an Australian artist. He is formally recognised as a Notable Graduate from the Graphic Investigation Workshop, Australian National University (ANU), alongside Alex Hamilton, Paul McDermott, Danie Mellor and Paul Uhlmann.
Day's body of work comprises prints, artist's books, drawings and watercolours. Various institutions have collected his work, including the National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales, State Library of Queensland, State Library of Victoria, and the Baillieu Library (Melbourne University).
Day, a lineal descendant of Wong Ah Sat, was born in Goulburn, New South Wales, living in the same house for his entire childhood and adolescent years. At age 16, he briefly trained as a graphic designer at the NSW Police Academy. Rather than pursue graphic design as a career, Day enrolled at the local technical college to study art. In 1992, he moved to Canberra to study at the Canberra School of Art, ANU (graduating with a Bachelor of Art with First Class Honours). While still a student, he worked as an illustrator and caricaturist at The Canberra Times. He abandoned this path in 1996, choosing instead to work as a printer, binder, and designer of books for the Edition + Artist's Book Studio, ANU. In 1997, Day co-founded Finlay Press, and in the same year he lost the vision in his left eye due to a congenital deformity. In early 2010, he moved to Melbourne, founded Mountains Brown Press, and met his future wife. Together they moved to Toronto, Canada (2010), then to Brooklyn, NY (2011). Day lives in Melbourne, with his wife and their daughter.
Day first came to public attention in 2000 when he was invited to exhibit in the Australian Drawing Biennale. There his drawings were shown alongside those of Davida Allen, Rick Amor, Guo Jian, Euan Macleod, John Olsen, Gloria Petyarre, and Harry Wedge, among others. The exhibition catalogue states:
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