RICHARD PHOENIX is an artist working in London and the South East whose practice involves painting, writing, music and learning about how these things support people to be together. Recent projects include a collaboration with Angkasa Nasrullah Emir and Tab Space, facilitated by Art Et Al (exhibition Sept 2024), ‘The Spinners’ a solo exhibition at Flatland Projects (2023), prize winner in the Exeter Contemporary Open (2023) and exhibiting in the John Moore’s painting prize (2023). Published the full length work of non-fiction ‘Do Your Own Thing’ (2023) and the pamphlet ‘D.I.Y. as Privilege: A Manifesto’ (2020) both with Rough Trade Books. An artist-in-residence within Tate’s Schools and Teachers department, alumni of Conditions Studio Programme in Croydon and Flatlands Studio Programme in Bexhill-on-Sea. He has worked with learning disability arts organisations and individual artists and musicians since 2006 as a facilitator, collaborator and project co-ordinator and has been Associate Artist for Heart n Soul since 2015. He has also been involved within the UK’s D.I.Y. music scene for many years being in the bands Sauna Youth, Monotony, Child’s Pose, The Steal and Captain Everything!, among others.
Reading School of Art 