Philip Gabriel Steverson (b. 2000) is a Phoenix-based, interdisciplinary artist from West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated in the fall of 2022 from Arizona State University with Bachelors degrees in Fashion Design and Poetry.  While attending the university, Philip’s fascination for fabric manipulation extended toward the artist’s ability to equally manipulate space. This keenness exposed him to video, sculpture, and installation that further influenced the development of his definition of art. Classified by the “full 360”, art speaks toward the increased engagement of a piece from the perspective of the viewer in regards to space, interpretation, and physical / unbodied movement. His education, including a study abroad in Amsterdam in 2019, introduced him to the notion of how the visual arts can communicate without a verbal language and theorized the avenues his work could be defined through such as form, materiality, and conceptualism.

Documentation of his studio, social, and environmental interactions have cemented themselves within the foundation of a practice that is rich in the absorption of information from the past, present, and future. This documentation takes shape as a collection of quotes from conversations, clipped scenes from cinema, or storing found objects from interior and exterior spaces. In October 2022, Philip faced the unexpected loss of his mother, Katherine Doraella Steverson, which prompted his work to balance the concepts of emotional exploration, grief versus grace, and propose the idea of objects existing as time trackers. By concentrating on the usage of distinct motifs, materials, and techniques that will evoke emotion from viewers, Philip identifies the key purpose of his work as, healing. As his artistic practice matures, the spiritual connection with his mother continues to guide the confrontation of his emotions as he adapts to changes in his life that are ostensibly out of his control.