PHIL SHAFER [b. 1978]
EDUCATION
2000 BFA, Photography and New Media, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 State of Shock, 19below gallery space, Kansas City, MO
2012 Processing Styles, University of St. Mary Goppert Gallery, Leavenworth, KS
2012 Graphic Havoc, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Intersection, Avila University Thornhill Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2015 TYPO, Kansas City Public Library Guldner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014 Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Artists Respond, Alliance of Black Art Galleries, St. Louis, MO
2014 Contemporary Reflections: Brown vs. Board After Sixty Years, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
2011 Plenty of Action, No Control, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED PROJECTS AND HONORS
2015 Missouri Bank Artboards, featured artist, Kansas City, MO
2015 Gift of Faith Award, Reach Church, Prairie Village, KS
2013-15 Guest Muralist, Lafayette Elementary & Sullivan High School, Chicago, IL
2010 Charlotte Street Foundation Urban Culture Project Studio Resident, Kansas City, MO
2006 Master-Mind Arts Excellence Award, The Pitch, Kansas City, MO
2004 30 Under 30, Artist recognition feature, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Allied Arts Council of St. Joseph Missouri, St. Joseph, MO
Art in the Loop Foundation, Kansas City, MO
Alzheimer’s Association of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Farmland Foods, Kansas City, MO
Harrah’s Casino, Kansas City, MO
Harvesters, The Community Food Network, Kansas City, MO
Josey Records, Kansas City, MO
KC Design Week, Kansas City, MO
KCP&L, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Royals Baseball Club, Kansas City, MO
Mattie Rhodes Center, Kansas City, MO
The Pitch, Kansas City, MO
Qdoba Restaurant, Kansas City, MO
Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2015 First Friday Artwork feature, The Kansas City Star, Ink Magazine
2015 Art Reflecting, Kansas City Business Journal
2015 Artist’s Mural Invigorates Space with Memories of Royals Postseason Magic, WDAF Fox 4 News,
2013 Alice Thorson, Phil ‘Sike Style’ Shafer’s Massive Mural Hangs Downtown, The Kansas City Star
PHIL SHAFER [b. 1978]
EDUCATION
2000 BFA, Photography and New Media, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 State of Shock, 19below gallery space, Kansas City, MO
2012 Processing Styles, University of St. Mary Goppert Gallery, Leavenworth, KS
2012 Graphic Havoc, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Intersection, Avila University Thornhill Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2015 TYPO, Kansas City Public Library Guldner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014 Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Artists Respond, Alliance of Black Art Galleries, St. Louis, MO
2014 Contemporary Reflections: Brown vs. Board After Sixty Years, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
2011 Plenty of Action, No Control, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED PROJECTS AND HONORS
2015 Missouri Bank Artboards, featured artist, Kansas City, MO
2015 Gift of Faith Award, Reach Church, Prairie Village, KS
2013-15 Guest Muralist, Lafayette Elementary & Sullivan High School, Chicago, IL
2010 Charlotte Street Foundation Urban Culture Project Studio Resident, Kansas City, MO
2006 Master-Mind Arts Excellence Award, The Pitch, Kansas City, MO
2004 30 Under 30, Artist recognition feature, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Allied Arts Council of St. Joseph Missouri, St. Joseph, MO
Art in the Loop Foundation, Kansas City, MO
Alzheimer’s Association of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Farmland Foods, Kansas City, MO
Harrah’s Casino, Kansas City, MO
Harvesters, The Community Food Network, Kansas City, MO
Josey Records, Kansas City, MO
KC Design Week, Kansas City, MO
KCP&L, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Royals Baseball Club, Kansas City, MO
Mattie Rhodes Center, Kansas City, MO
The Pitch, Kansas City, MO
Qdoba Restaurant, Kansas City, MO
Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2015 First Friday Artwork feature, The Kansas City Star, Ink Magazine
2015 Art Reflecting, Kansas City Business Journal
2015 Artist’s Mural Invigorates Space with Memories of Royals Postseason Magic, WDAF Fox 4 News,
2013 Alice Thorson, Phil ‘Sike Style’ Shafer’s Massive Mural Hangs Downtown, The Kansas City Star