Welcome to the Bunker Questionnaire, a series in which we ask Bunker Projects residents and exhibiting artists a few questions based on Marcel Proust’s famous Proust Questionnaire, a survey that purported to reveal a person’s true nature. We hope their answers and the accompanying photos allow you to get to know them and their work a little bit more.
Juliet Phillips (b. 1990, Brooklyn, NY) lives in Pittsburgh, PA as a teaching artist working in painting, drawing and ceramics. She received a BFA in painting from Boston University. Her most recent exhibitions include works at Bottom Feeder Books and PULLPROOF Studio in Pittsburgh, PA. She has taught at arts institutions such as Dieu Donné, BCLA and The W.O.W. Project and is currently a member of Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Creative Corps and is a Project Art Resident Teaching Artist at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Describe yourself in three words
“curious, slow, silly(billy)”
Who are your favorite artists/the ones who’ve influenced you most?
“William Kentridge, Kerry James Marshall, Philip Guston, Pierre Bonnard, William Steig!!!”
What is your idea of happiness?
“lying under a table while friends and family talk and eat. They can’t see me, but know I’m there and poke me softly with their feet every so often.”
What’s your favorite studio ritual or habit?
“lots of big rolls of paper hanging on the walls to write jumbo notes and thoughts on. makes me feel like a (crazy) person from a film who is “on to something big”.”
Where do you go or what do you do when you need inspiration to recharge
“i like to bike around Pittsburgh, trying to find completely flat paths to&fro.”
What’s the next goal or milestone you are working toward in your practice?
“I am working on longer form animations and larger format sculptures. And attend more lovely artist residencies!”
What’s the best creative advice you’ve received?
“break for lunch!!!!”
What draws you to do artist residencies?
“Being able to have dedicated time and space to explore my artistic practice while meeting tons of amazing, talented, smart + sweet people :)”
Photography by Anna Brewer
If you’d like to support Bunker Projects’ mission to provide a safe, equitable space for emerging artists to develop their practice and create new works for exhibition, please consider making a one-time or recurring donation here. We are so grateful for your generosity.
