Phillip T. Counselman Bio
Phillip T. Counselman is an associate professor of art and chair at the University of Mobile. He also teaches art lecture courses in the University’s Center for Online Programs and is a visiting printmaking professor at the University of South Alabama. In addition to his teaching duties, he is the director of the Marilyn Foley Gallery at the University of Mobile where he has held professional art exhibits and visiting lectures. Counselman’s works have been exhibited nationally including the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona CA., Weatherspoon Museum of Art in Greensboro, NC., Masur Museum of Art, Monroe LA., The Sawtooth Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC., The Huntsville Alabama Museum of Art., Biggin Gallery at Auburn University, AL, and locally at the Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope Al. Recently, he has lectured and held a solo display at the Pensacola Museum of Art and participated in a group exhibit at the Gadsden Museum of Art “Alabama’s Finest”.
PROFILE
Born: Selma, Alabama 1978
Universities
MFA– Studio Art 2005, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
BFA– Painting 2003, University of South Alabama
BA– Painting 2001, University of Mobile
Academic Positions
Associate Professor of Art, Chair, Gallery Director, University of Mobile, Mobile Al.
Instructor of Art, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Alabama
Visiting Printmaking/Sculpture Instructor, University of South Alabama, Mobile Alabama
Visiting Instructor, Winston-Salem State University,
North Carolina
Recent Exhibitions
2023: “Coastal Clay” Selected ceramic works from the Alabama Gulf Coast, Mobile Art Council Gallery
2018 :“Gulf Coast Contemporary” selected work from the Alabama Gulf Coast Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia AL
2016: "Biomorphic" National Juried Exhibition, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona Californian
2015:
“Diffraction/Refraction”, ArtSpace Ground-Zero,
Richmond Contemporary Art Gallery (solo)
Richmond Virginia2014:
B14 Wiregrass Museum Juried Biennial Exhibit, Dothan, AL
The Big Draw Invitational, Regional Gallery Drawing Installation,
Mobile Museum of Art, Al
Art of the State, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia, Al
Bio/Art Visual Science, Eichold Art Gallery, Springhill College, Mobile, AL