Ronnie Phillips

Ronnie Phillips is an award-winning photographer, mixed-media artist, and educator whose insightful works display cultures from America’s rural heartlands, to the villages and cities of West Africa and Brazil. At an art show in Kansas City Phillips’ work caught the eye of musician, singer, songwriter and actress Sheryl Crowe. She took home two pieces. His art now graces the homes of Halle Berry, Cecily Tyson, Bill Cosby, Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Spike Lee, Bill Duke, Dionne Warwick, C.C. Pounder, and Glynn Turman. Phillips began as a freelance photographer in Los Angeles, his hometown, and progressed from having over 100 photographs of celebrities published in magazines such as TV Guide, Essence and Ebony Magazines to developing his own unique take on art photography. Expanding his talents, Phillips took up painting and injected new possibilities into his work with mixed media. His works now vary from colorful collages of images to acrylic paintings embedded with his award winning photographic accents. Phillips work has received national praise, winning over 100 awards and 10 “Best of Show” awards.