Sean Phillips
Three Early English Nursery Rhymes (2008) [Detail]
Stainless steel
30 x 63 cm
Edition 8

Chronology
1965 Born Taiping, Malaysia
1965–68 Lived in Malaysia, Nigeria, Ireland
1968–74 Lived in USA
1974–81 Lived in Ireland
1981– Lives in Australia

Key Dates
1985 Began work with Emmanuel Meschers at Archives Bookshop, Brisbane
1988–89 Travelled to Europe
1992 Attended the Henry Chopin exhibition at the Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
1993–94 Ran Unnamable Books, West End, Brisbane
1999 Worked with Emmanuel Meschers at Bibliomate Bookstore, Mount Gravatt, Brisbane
2002– Operates Gotcha by the Books, selling second-hand, rare and antiquarian books on the Internet

Solo Exhibitions
2009 Oh that I were where I would be, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2005 Night Writing, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2003 Pattern Poems, An empty building in Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Group Exhibitions
2004–05 Avalon: Artists in Residence, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

Bibliography
Alternative Press Magazine, Spring/Summer 1991, Issue #6
Camelia: A Literary Quarterly, Year 4, Spring/Summer
Felipe, Ricardo, Avalon: Art & life of an apartment building, Museum of Brisbane and Vanity Publishing, Brisbane, 2005
Phillips, Sean and Neil, Stephen. Wax, (a book of poetry and plays, containing 24 poems by Sean), Aradia Press, Brisbane, 1990