Bio
Philana Oliphant’s work includes drawings, sculpture, installations and prints. She combines complex, intricate mark-making and paper-cutting with elegant three-dimensional forms to evoke a meditative, physiological response: the rhythmic sound of graphite on Dura-Lar film or a blade cutting through Yupo. Her highly detailed, accretive works explore time and memory, as well as environmental change, loss, and repetition.
Her work has appeared nationally for thirty years and is included in several permanent collections, including the Artist Printmaker Research Collection at Texas Tech University and the Wichita Falls Museum of Art. Her recent exhibitions include Everything Is Everything, a solo at KSpace Contemporary in Corpus Christi Texas; Mark at Women And Their Work Gallery in Austin, Texas; and the solo Lives Lived at the Glass Case Gallery at Tyler Junior College in Tyler Texas. Her work recently featured at the Longview Museum of Fine arts in Triptych with James R. Pace and poet Aza Pace and was included in the Delta Triennial at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock Arkansas, among others.
Originally from the Texas panhandle, she now lives and works in East Texas, where she shares the forest and a studio with her husband James Pace, and three amazing rescue dogs.
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Exhibitions
2026
Lives Lived, (solo) Glass Case Gallery, Tyler Junior College, Tyler Texas
Everything Is Everything (solo), KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi,Texas
Mark, group exhibition, Women and Their work Gallery, Austin Texas
2025
Visitation: Triptych, Group exhibition with James R. Pace and poet Aza Pace. Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas
In Her Element, Group exhibition , Art Center Waco, Waco Texas
Priority, Charles Adams Gallery, Lubbock Texas
2024
The Texas National, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches Texas
Lights Off Please, (poetry by Aza Pace) Hum Micro Gallery, Ontario, Canada
Delta Triennial, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock
Arkansas.
2023
The Texas National, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches Texas
Southeast Review (Art Prize) Cover Art and spread (Loss suite)
Fall 2023
Marking Space/Holding Time, Irving Arts Center, Irving Texas
Ink Only IV, Birmingham Alabama
AMoA Biennial 600, Amarillo Texas
2022
No Words, Kilgore College. Kilgore, Texas. (Dual show with James R Pace)
Third Coast Biennial, KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi
Contagious Epiphany, Feather Micro Gallery, Tyler Junior College
2021
Cigar Box Show, KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, Texas
New Texas Talent XXVII, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas Texas
Reunion, Contemporary Art Museum of Plainview, Plainview Texas
AMoA Biennial 600 Justice-Equality-Race-Identity
Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo Texas
2020
Wing Load KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi Texas, (Solo)
Paper and Prints Exhibition El Centro College, Dallas Texas (group show)
Texas Juried Exhibition, Art Space lll Fort Worth Texas
Recording History, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame University at Maryland, Baltimore Maryland
Aquifer Florida Review Online (Bird Journal suite) December 2020
2019
Vignette Art Fair 2019, Texas Vignette, Dallas Texas
Solo Show(down), Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth
Texas
2018
Bones. Kilgore College. Kilgore, Texas. (Dual show with James R Pace)
Pink, The Kemp. Wichita Falls, Texas.
2017
Texas Biennial 2017, Austin, Texas
37th National Print Exhibition. Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Beyond Printmaking. Texas Tech University. Lubbock, Texas.
2016
Crossings. Angelo State University. San Angelo, Texas. (Dual show with James R. Pace)
Between Two Points. SCENE Metrospace. Lansing, Michigan
2015
Dovetails. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas. (dual with James R. Pace)
Time Is Now. Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles MO. (solo)
2014
Blak-uhn-hwahyt. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
Crosscuts. Wise Auditorium Art Gallery, Tyler Junior College. Tyler, Texas. (Dual show with James R. Pace)
29th Annual International Exhibition. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
35th Annual Paper In Particular. Sidney Larson and Greg Hardwick Gallery, Columbia College. Columbia, MO.
Flow into the Mystic. Tyler Museum of Art. Tyler, Texas. (group)
2013
Faculty Exhibition. Wise Gallery, Tyler Junior College. Tyler, Texas.
Northern National Art Competition. Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI.
Paper Cuts. Foundry Art Centre. St. Charles, MO.
2012
Faculty Exhibition. Wise Gallery, Tyler Junior College. Tyler, Texas.
2010
Call of the Coyote. Wise Art Gallery, Tyler Junior College. Tyler, Texas. (solo)
New Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection. Wichita Falls Museum of Art. Wichita Falls, Texas.
2nd Biennial Texas Oklahoma Art Prize. Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, Texas.
2009
Ink and Clay. Kellog Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic
University Pomana, CA.
Faculty Exhibition. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
2008
Lifelines. For the Love of Art Gallery. Tyler, Texas. (Solo)
Drawings and Sculpture. Anne Dean Turk Arts Gallery, Kilgore
College. Kilgore, Texas. (Solo)
Faculty Exhibition. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
Third Coast National. K Space Contemporary. Corpus Christi, Texas.
Thirty Year Selected Retrospective. Midwestern State University Art Gallery, Midwestern State University. Wichita Falls, Texas.
Distortion. Mid America Print Conference, University of North Dakota. Fargo, North Dakota.
2007
Works from the Permanent Collection. White Gallery, Tyler Museum of Art. Tyler, Texas.
2006
Tenth Anniversary Installation. R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
2005
18th Annual September Competition. Alexandria Museum of Art. Alexandria, Louisiana.
Faculty Exhibition. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
2004
Detour (Lean In). The Museum of East Texas. Lufkin, Texas. (Solo)
Gallery 219. Eastfield College, Fine Arts Building. Mesquite, Texas. (Dual show with James R. Pace)
Harmony. Tarrant County College, The Arts Corridor II. Arlington, Texas. (Dual show with James R. Pace)
2003
Constellations. University Art Gallery, Fain Fine Arts Gallery, Midwestern State University. Wichita Falls, Texas. (Solo)
Permanent Collection Exhibition. Tyler Museum of Art. Tyler, Texas.
Faculty Exhibition. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
2002
Elevations. Wise Art Gallery, Tyler Junior College. Tyler, Texas. (Solo)
Cowan Fine Arts Center Rotating Exhibition. University of Texas at Tyler. Tyler, Texas.
Snapshot. International Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Faculty Exhibition. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
2001
Sculpture Invitational. Longview Museum of Fine Art. Longview, Texas.
Oklahoma: Centerfold. The University of Arts and Sciences. Chickasha, Oklahoma.
2000
The Song of Images. Indian Academy of Fine Arts. Amritsar, TIAS Art Center, Artist Guild. New Delhi, India. Punjab, India.
Snapshot. International Contemporary Art Museum. Baltimore, Maryland.
Oklahoma: Centerfold. Leslie Powell Foundation Gallery. Lawton, Oklahoma.
1999
Intertwined. K Space Gallery. Corpus Christi, Texas. (Dual show with James R. Pace)
National Works on Paper. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
Instinct, 18th Annual Juried Exhibition. Orange County Center of Contemporary Art. Santa Ana, California.
12th Annual National Small Print Exhibition. Communication Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Passersby. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas. (solo)
1998
National Works on Paper. Meadows Gallery, R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
Selections from the Collection. Tyler Museum of Art. Tyler, Texas.
Inside Out. Dean Terk Fine Arts Center, Kilgore College. Kilgore, Texas. (Dual show with James R. Pace)
1997
Recent Works. Cowan Arts Center, University of Texas at Tyler. Tyler, Texas.
1996
In Texas. Tyler Museum of Art. Tyler, Texas.
Permanent Collection. Department of Art, University of Texas at Tyler. Tyler, Texas.
Works on Paper. LSU Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1993
All-American Print Competition. West Texas A&M University. Canyon, Texas.
Bradley National. University Gallery, Bradley University. Peoria, Illinois.
Biennial. Fuller Art Center. Los Alamos, New Mexico.
North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual. University of North Dakota. Grand Forks, North Dakota.
1992
Open Show. 500X Gallery. Dallas, Texas.
1991
Drawings and Sculpture. Mid-Town Arts Center. Tyler, Texas.
Dakotas International Exhibition of Works on Paper. University of North Dakota & University of North Dakota.
1990
Art on Campus. Amerika-Haus Art Gallery. University of Hamburg. Hamburg, West Germany.
Counterpoint, Annual National Juried Exhibition. Hill Country Art Association. Ingram, Texas.
Tri-State 1990. Beaumont Art League, Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition. Beaumont, Texas.
33rd Annual Delta Art Exhibition. Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, Arkansas.
Drawing 1990, National Exhibition. Brigham Young University. Provo, Utah.
1989
Confluence, 17th National Juried Art Exhibition. Hill Country Art Association. Ingram, Texas.
1988
Llano Estacado Art Association Annual Exhibition. Southwestern Regional Exhibition, New Mexico Junior College. Hobbs, New Mexico.
Arkansas Biennial Exhibition, National Juried Competition. Southeast Arkansas Arts & Science Center. Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Awards / Honors
2026
Glasstire Top 5, March 19, Lives Lived, Glass Case Gallery, Tyler Junior College,Tyler Texas
Glasstire Top 5, June 4, Everything Is Everything, KSpace Contemporary,Corpus Christi Texas
2022
Third Coast Biennial Juror’s Award
2021
Endowed Chair Teaching Excellence Award nominee, Tyler Junior College
2020
Texas Juried Exhibition, Art Space lll, Jurors Award
Selected and Top Five Picks (Wingload, KSpace Gallery) Glasstire Online Magazine
2019
Teacher Recognition by Student, Tyler Junior College Convocation 2019
2018
Mattie Alice Scroggin Baker Excellence in Teaching Award. Tyler Junior College. Tyler, Texas.
2017
Finalist, Mattie Alice Scroggin Baker Excellence in Teaching Award. Tyler Junior College. Tyler, Texas.
Endowed Chair Teaching Excellence Award nominee, Tyler Junior College.
2016
Finalist, Mattie Alice Scroggin Baker Excellence in Teaching Award. Tyler Junior College. Tyler, Texas.
Artistic Printmaker Research Collection Museum of Texas Tech University
Print edition Produced by Shaw Street Studio, David Conn
2014
Purchase Award, 29th Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Tyler, Texas.
2013
Group Show Award, Paper Cuts, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO.
2009
Permanent Collection Purchase, Texas Select, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, Texas.
2008
Merit Award, Third Coast National, K Space Gallery, Corpus Christ, Texas.
2005
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Austin, Texas.
2002
Women in the Arts, Women’s Foundation of East Texas, Tyler, Texas.
1999
Honorable Mention, Oklahoma Centerfold, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma.
1998
J. Wyman Award, National Works On Paper, Cowan Fine Arts Center, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas.
1993
Honorable Mention, 1993 Biennial, Fuller Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
1990
Merit Award, Counterpoint National Juried Exhibition, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas
Permanent Collections
Wichita Falls Museum of Art. Wichita Falls, Texas.
Museum of East Texas. Lufkin, Texas.
Tyler Museum of Art Tyler, Texas
University of Texas at Tyler. Tyler, Texas.
Artist Printmaker Research Collection (AP/RC). Texas Tech University. Lubbock, Texas.