Phil Keers (b. 1994) is a visual artist; from Belfast, Northern Ireland, currently living and working in Glasgow, Scotland, where he is undertaking a Masters in Fine Art at The Glasgow School of Art. His work is multi-disciplinary, mainly taking the form of sculpture, performance, and installation art and has exhibited both nationally, in Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester & London and internationally, in Dublin, China & Thailand.
From 2018-2019 he had a year-long residency at Belfast School of Art within the Sculpture area of Fine Art, having graduated from Ulster University with a BA in Fine Art in 2018.
In 2019, Keers was commissioned by Ulster University to make a performance marking World Mental Health Day, and that same year was awarded a SIAP travel award by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to take part in a week-long performance art festival, Rebel Live Action #3 ECO ART, in Bangkok, Thailand.
His solo exhibition, 'Cut It Out' at Pollen Studios and Gallery, Belfast, culminated an ongoing project within the performance element of Keers’ practice; deconstructing and examining language used in a derogatory or inflammatory way and questioning why they are still part of common vocabularies today.
In 2021, Keers was selected to exhibit in “Portrait of Northern Ireland - Neither an elegy nor a manifesto”, at The Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast, which formed part of the Northern Ireland Office’s centenary celebrations.
LOVE is LOVE, 2018, Foamalux 3mm plastic