Tennessee Jones-Phillips is a multidisciplinary artist based in London, United Kingdom. A self-taught artist Tenessee employs painting, scanography, sound, and assemblage to animate her self-taught practice.
Exhibitions
2023 On Display/For Review (OD/FR), Whippernapper
The Rebirth: A silent stasis of esoteric evolution, makeroom.me
2022 Blackout: Understanding anti-Blackness online, NIA Center, Canada
2021
The Future without Oppression: Mural on Baldwin, Friends of Kensington Market, Canada
NExT: The Future of Art Exhibition 2.0, St. Lawrence Center for the Arts, Canada
2019
Stick it to the Man, Margin of Eras Gallery, Canada
No words, only a feeling, Whippersnapper Gallery, Canada
"24 Hours", as AGO Youth Council in collaboration with Tessar Lo, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
2018
"Lost and Farmed" as AGO Youth Council in collaboration with Micah Donovan, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
"This Mountain Loves You" as AGO Youth Council in collaboration with artist Ani Castillo, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
2017
OFF-CANVAS, Y+ Contemporary, Canada
OFF-CANVAS, Doris McCarthy Gallery (DMG) at University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada
Model Economy as AGO Youth Council in collaboration with Oliver Husain, Eksperimenta! (Young artist triennial), Estonia
Performances
2024 IMISSMYMOM, THEFT Label Launch Party
2023 Love2Watch (me), 1616 Dupont, Canada
Grants & Residencies
2023 On Display/For Review, Whippersnapper Gallery, Canada, Online
2021 NExT Black Youth Mentorship Program, VIBE Arts, Canada
2019 BAU incubator Project, Whippersnapper Gallery and NIA Center for the Arts, Canada
2018 CUE Grant Project, Margin of Era Gallery, Canada
2017 OFF-CANVAS Painting Residency, Y+ Contemporary Gallery, Canada
Published Artwork
2023 SKEW Magazine, Issue 04
Talks/Interviews
2023 Gossip Rag, with Reuben Esien
2021 Artist Talk, NExT: The Future of Art Exhibition 2.0, VIBE Arts, Canada
2019 Presenter to a delegation from the Louvre Museum & The Pompidou Center as AGO Youth Council, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
2017 Presenter at the Youth Art Symposium as AGO Youth Council, Ottawa, Canada