Phil Hawkins

Phil Hawkins is a LA based multidisciplinary contemporary artist focusing on installation and sculpture. Upon receiving his BFA from Bellevue University of Nebraska, Hawkins has worked in design, foundries, and fabrication studios with artist colleagues. Previously Hawkins's famous work studio was located in the historic First National Bank headquarters abandoned vault space built in 1917. Hawkins’s explorations of architecture in New York, Sweden, and Puerto Rico have had a major influence on his work. Phil’s work has also been published in periodicals including VoyageLA, The Reader, Vogue Spain, the Omaha World-Herald, Fox 42 News channel and won several OOEA awards including 2017 Best 3-D artist, Best solo exhibition, and best group show in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2018 the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for Hawkins’s jewelry design.

Awards:
Best 3D Artist - OEAA’s 2017
Best Solo Exhibition - OEAA’s 2017
Best Group Exhibition - OEAA’s 2017
Honorable Mention - MCC’s Visual Arts Student Exhibition 2006
Best of Show - MCC’s Visual Arts Student Exhibition 2005
6th Place - MCC’s Library Poster Contest 2004
Honorable Mention - Dana College Student Scholastic Art Exhibition 1998
Honorable Mention - Josyln’s St...

Bachelor of Arts in Art Management 2008 - 2012
Bellevue University

Associate of Arts in Graphic Design 2002 - 2005
Metropolitan Community College | Omaha, Nebraska

Solo & Group Exhibitions

2025 Transition: Fine Arts Building ~ Spaces, Solo Exhibition & print signing, Los Angeles, CA

2024 Benefit Art Auction: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2023 Benefit Art Auction: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2023 Inspired: Promenade Gallery, Group Exhibition, Long Beach, CA

2023 Banana Art Show: A Blank White Box Gallery, Group Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA

2022 Benefit Art Auction: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2022 Benefit Art Auction: Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE

2021 Benefit Art Auction: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2020 Benefit Art Auction: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2020 Laguna Art Walk: Kelsey Michaels Fine Art, Group Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA

2020 Master Vision: ArtBarLA, Group Exhibition, Venice, CA

2019 Benefit Art Auction: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2019 Infusion: FP Contemporary, Group Exhibition, Culver City, CA

2018 Benefit Art Auction: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2018 Arise: Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, Group Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA

2017 Benefit Art Auction: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2017 Radiate: Jackson Junge ...