'Counterpoise' Painting

Born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1953, oil painter Frederick Phillips studied Fine Art under Arthur Berry at Burslem College of Art, graduating with a BA in 1974. Following successful exhibitions in the Midlands, in 1981 he moved to London and began exhibiting his work at galleries there. In 1990 he was awarded an ‘Artist of Exceptional Merit’ visa by the USA and moved to Chicago where he lived and worked for 17 years. Although he continues to work with his many collectors in the United States, in 2007 he returned to his home town in the UK, established a new studio and has since exhibited his work in exhibitions in Manchester, Birmingham and Staffordshire. In April 2016, the artist was one of the first to move his studio into the ACAVA Artists Studios at the former Spode Works pottery factory in Stoke-on-Trent where he continues to paint and plan exhibitions.