Artists
Phil Ashcroft
Updated in October 2009
1970 Born in London
1992-94 Post-Grad Diploma in Illustration, St. Martins College of Art & Design, London
1989-92 BA Hons in Illustration, Harrow College of Art & Design, Harrow
1988-89 Foundation, West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham
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
2003 Toxic Landscapes, I Love…Art Gallery, Brussels
2002 Phil Ashcroft, Arc-Arts, Manchester
2001 Nitro Deluxe, Deptford X, London
1998 Duel, Bedford Hill Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 3-2-1 Solstice, Adapta Gallery, Hong Kong
Go Get Your Shinebox, Brooklynite Gallery, New York
The Free Art Fair 2009 (curated by Jasper Joffe), The Barbican, London
Perfect Present, Stable Productions, 242 Space, London
Deptford X 09 presents FLUX, London
1984, Kowalsky Gallery, DACS, London
We Stride Worldwide, Concrete Hermit, London
The Golden Record, The Collection Museum, Lincoln (touring to G39, Cardiff)
2008 Wonder Island (curated by Emi Avora and Patrick Michalopoulos ), Schwartz Gallery, London
Heart of Glass, Concrete and Glass (curated by Flora Fairbairn & Paul Hitchman), Spitalfields Town Hall,
London
Cans 2 Festival, London (collaboration with Will Barras)
The Golden Record, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Special Relationship, Scion, Culver City, Los Angeles
2007 Open Studio, Kingsland Road, London
Out of the Box and in the German Ryan Collection, New Art Gallery, Walsall
Celeste Art Prize 2007, T2, London & touring; Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
ARTfutures 2007, Bloomberg SPACE, London
Winter Exhibition 2007, Contemporary Art Projects, London
2006 Elephant Technique, Village Underground, London
My Life in Art, My Life in Art, London
2005 All The People We Like Are Dead, 17 Kingsland Road, London
Stick Em Up 2, Revolver, Melbourne
ARTfutures 2005, City of London School, London
2004 All The People We Like Are Dead, 17 Kingsland Road, 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, Lab101, Santa Monica
Stick Em Up, Objex Art Space, Miami
2002 Graffiti Meets Windows, Hank-Yu, Osaka
Publications
2008 Liz Farrelly, Ric Blackshaw, Street Art (Making it and Selling It), RotoVision SA
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
Simon Hollington, Toxicity: Phil Ashcroft, exhibition catalogue, Margaret Harvey Gallery, UH Galleries, St
Albans
2005 Faesthetic, issue 5, Ohio, USA, annual
2004 Michael Dorrian, Liz Farrelly, The Art of Saying Hello, Laurence King Publishing
Miser and Now, issue 6, quarterly
2003 Graphic 01, Spring, quarterly
2002 Michael Dorrian, David Recchia, Stick Em Up, Booth-Clibborn Editions
2001 Ric Blackshaw, Liz Farrelly, Scrawl Too: More Dirt, Booth-Clibborn Editions
Selected Projects
2007 Battle Of Algiers (1966), theatrical release film poster, Maiden
2006 Maiden Voyage
Pollution poster, Don’t Panic
Limited Edition Tee, Oki Ni
Air Force 1, three back-lit panels and limited tee for Nike Town, London
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
Series of tees, Scrawl Collective
2003 Diversity Works, commission for New York Times magazine, 14 September
In-store painting, DEAL REAL hip-hop store, Marlborough Court, London
2000 Limited edition silk tie, OKI, Germany
1995 Set of four stamp designs, Royal Mail
1994 Poster and leaflet campaign, Amnesty International UK