Philip Hershberger
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Philip Hershberger
Biography
Born: Hesston, Kansas, 1933
Resides: Topeka, Kansas
Phil is a Topeka based artist and has lived and worked in Topeka for many years. He received a B.F.A. with Honors, majoring in painting, from Emporia State University in 1977. In 1979 he received his M.A., majoring in painting, from Emporia State University. His influences include: Richard Slimon, David Hockney and Jim Dine. He has also received many honors including: The National Endowment for the Arts, 1987, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Exhibition and Purchase Award, 1987, The Kansas Governor’s Art Award, 1999, and the United States Department of State Art in Embassies Program, 2004 to present. His work has been exhibited in many galleries and museums throughout the United States and is in many public and private collections.
Resides: Topeka, Kansas
Phil is a Topeka based artist and has lived and worked in Topeka for many years. He received a B.F.A. with Honors, majoring in painting, from Emporia State University in 1977. In 1979 he received his M.A., majoring in painting, from Emporia State University. His influences include: Richard Slimon, David Hockney and Jim Dine. He has also received many honors including: The National Endowment for the Arts, 1987, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Exhibition and Purchase Award, 1987, The Kansas Governor’s Art Award, 1999, and the United States Department of State Art in Embassies Program, 2004 to present. His work has been exhibited in many galleries and museums throughout the United States and is in many public and private collections.
Artist Statement
“I want to create a scene in a space that is not tied down to a specific time. There are things that are there and not quite there. I’m playing those opposite things off each other: land and sky, object and space.”