Alexandra Phillips

Alexandra Phillips is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Culture + Community, Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She holds an MFA in Sculpture and an MA in Sociocultural Anthropology from the University of Washington. Her research explores themes such as New Age appropriation of Indigenous spiritual practices, comedy's role in social regeneration, and representation ethics. She has exhibited widely across North America and is represented by The Drawing Center in New York.

• Education: MFA (Sculpture), MA (Sociocultural Anthropology), University of Washington

Her interdisciplinary practice merges art with anthropology, addressing environmental activism, food security, and cultural representation. She teaches Drawing, Sculpture, Creative Processes, and 'The Artist as Ethnographer.'

Awards include grants from Canada Council and BC Arts Council, along with major sculpture prizes. Phillips is actively involved in community engagement projects and performs with the Bowen Island Black Sheep Morris Dancers.