Samual Elliot Phillips American, b. 2002

Layered brings together seventeen artists whose practices share a common formal and philosophical proposition: that meaning accumulates. Across painting and mixed media, the exhibition takes as its premise the act of layering itself — not as technique alone, but as a way of thinking. Of identity formed through sediment. Of color and mark arriving on a surface already weighted with intention. Works by Thomas Stokes III, Vincent Lantzy, Connor Meager, Zoë Renait, Jess Kellner, Samuel Elliot Phillips, Piper Olivas, Katarina Holbrough, Dylan Anthony Roworth, Sarah Savior, Gaëthan Henrioux, Adam Brierley, Ricardo Rodriguez, Austin Santangelo, Deb Santangelo, Brad Johns, Fiona Aagaard, and Preston Douglas Boyer.

Phillips debuts WARSAW at Galerie on Sunset. Raw marks, transferred fragments, and stripped palettes confront memory and American mythology. An extension of The Material World, the exhibition reveals process, conflict, and transformation.

The Material World showcases Samual Elliot Phillips’ raw mixed-media practice, blending charcoal, acrylic, and inkjet transfer to explore Americana, rebellion, and poetic memory. Improvised and direct, the works resist polish—offering clarity through defiance.