Phillips is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Design at Southeast Missouri State University, where he specializes in photography and design. Phillips says of his work: “Often my work examines this dynamic by utilizing photography and/or video, or as it is sometimes called the extended field. In an effort to create work that challenges the traditional and urges spectators to question their relationship to the places in which they exist, I find myself continually drawn to place and identity as it relates to the individual and collective experience.

On Feb. 5, an artist’s talk will be hosted at 4:30 p.m. followed by a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.