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Biographical Sketch
Phoenix Savage, born Philadelphia, PA. 1961
Phoenix Savage was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship-2010-2011. Savage spent ten months in Nigeria conducting research for a new body of work. In 2011 Savage was selected to exhibit in the bi-annual exhibition of Mover and Shakers of Georgia's Art Scene.
Savage recieved a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Georgia State University in 2011. Phoenix holds two additonal graduate level degrees, the first in Medical Anthropology from the University of Mississippi, 2001, and the second, in Studio Arts from Northwestern State University, 2008. Savage is a graduate of Mississippi Valley State University, 1998, as well as having graduated with a degree in Advertising Design from the Art Institute of Philadelphia, 1984.
Phoenix Savage has lived and traveled extensively in the United States and abroad. Her personal life experiences as well as her professional experiences as an Anthropologist serve as the foundation for her artworks.
The works of Phoenix Savage have been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally. Works of Phoenix Savage are largely held in the private collections.
The sculpture Fire in the Belly of God, was recently aquired by the African American Collection of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Phoenix Savage is widely known for her cultural writings that appear in the Encylopedia of Slavery and Resistance, the Encylopedia of the Blues, and the forthcoming Encylopedia of Mississippi. Her most recent publications are two books of illustrated histories using vintage black and white images: African Americans of Jackson, 2009 and African Americans of New Orleans, 2010 which she co-authored with Turry Flucker.
