Kerry Phillips: Coincidence of Sound

Under the Rocks and Stones

2025
carpet, found wood on wood panel
63 x 41 ½ inches, 160.02 x 105.41 cm

Woven Woods (Peachblow, Copportone, Poppy)

2025
found & kept wood, yarn
34 x 23 ¾ inches, 86.36 x 60.33 cm.

First Snowman (Penny, Kerry)

2025
carpet on felt
31 ¼ x 40 ¼ inches, 79.38 x 102.24 cm.

Penny

2025
carpet on felt
33 ¾ x 25 inches, 85.73 x 63.5 cm.

Tonta (Shadow of My Shadow)

2025
carpet on felt
22 ¼ x 31 ¼ inches, 56.52 x 79.38 cm.

Woven Woods (Lagoon-foam blue)

2025
found & kept wood, yarn
48 x 20 ½ inches, 121.92 x 52.1 cm

Woven Woods (Stratford Yellow, Avocado Pink)

2025
found & kept wood, yarn
29 ¼ x 13 ½ inches, 74.30 x 34.29 cm.

Time isn’t Holding Us

2025
woven cotton, wool & hand-dyed wool, on folding table leg
30 x 25 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches, 76.2 x 64.14 x 18.42 cm.

Water Dissolving, Water Removing

2025
carpet, found wood & metal, trim, on wood panel
33 ½ x 49 inches, 85.09 x 124.46 cm.

Opening Reception | June 6, 2025

Kerry Phillips approaches her practice in two distinct ways: either with a clear initial concept that guides the development of the work, or through a process of pure intuition—allowing materials and instinct to dictate direction without a predetermined outcome. Coincidence of Sound, the premiere solo exhibition by Phillips at LnS, is rooted in exploring the intuitive power of play and surprise, where the result is as unexpected and delightful to the artist as it is to the viewer.

Grounding the presentation is a magnanimous site-specific installation encapsulating the power of shared narratives, the inherent storytelling capacity of objects, transformation, and the challenge of assumption. For Phillips, making is often a compulsive act—even in the absence of a clear direction. In its entirety, the show is centered on this meditative, labor-intensive processes; it may be an attempt to process grief, make sense of a chaotic world, or restore value to objects deemed broken or obsolete. Coincidence of Sound searches within these themes, reaching for a forgotten world resting just at the edge of memory.

About the Artist

Kerry Phillips (b. 1974 Denton, TX) is an assemblage artist whose artwork borders on performance and social practice. Phillips’ work with found materials is intuitive, often site-specific, and steeped in remembrance and storytelling. She uses common objects in unexpected ways, working collaboratively with viewer-participants to reveal an exchange of value, the importance and limitations of memory, and the vitality of play.

Phillips earned a BFA from Florida International University (2000), an MFA from University of Arizona (2003). She has participated in numerous solo & group exhibitions, and residencies – both nationally and internationally. Known for her grand, immersive installations Phillips had her first solo museum exhibition – Between the miraculous & the mundane (2023) at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, which featured numerous transformative spaces true to her practice. In 2024, she exhibited The patience of ordinary things at Locust Projects, Miami’s oldest alternative art space known for incubating groundbreaking new art. Phillips currently lives and works out of Miami, Florida.