Phillip Adams is a visual artist and muralist based out of Philadelphia, PA. Adams’ public art practice has spanned over 20 years, focusing on a range of artist driven projects to community based art processes. His murals are featured nationally and internationally including Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Memphis, Salt Lake City, Montréal, and Munich. He has worked with clients including Starbucks, Rag and Bone, Domain Companies, and U.S. Federal Government, and has collaborated with arts organizations including Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, ArtWorks (Cincinnati), and MU (Montréal).

For over 25 years, his studio work has been exhibited at a range of venues including Woodmere Museum (Philadelphia, PA), Delaware Contemporary (Wilmington, DE), Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA), Arlington Arts Center (Arlington, VA), Arcadia University (Philadelphia, PA), Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia, PA), West Chester University (West Chester, PA), and Moore College of Art (Philadelphia, PA). His most recent solo show opened last fall at the Hunterdon Art Museum (Clinton, NJ), where he also created a permanent mural for their collection on the outside of the museum. He was a 2020-21 fellow with the Center for Emerging Visual Artists (Philadelphia, PA), and his work is in private collections spanning New York, Arkansas, California to Tokyo. He has been featured or reviewed in The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, La Presse (Montréal), and Dolce Vita Magazine (Canada) among other publications.

Adams’ work has ranged in themes and concepts throughout the years. Embracing a collaborative approach in public art, he’s worked with stakeholders to explore ideas with great intention through conversations and at times art-making workshops to arrive at meaningful and resonate works of art.