Phylicia Ghee is an interdisciplinary visual artist, photographer and performance artist whose work documents transition, explores healing, memory, ritual and the intersection between the physical and the spiritual. She earned her BFA in Photography with a Concentration in Curatorial Studies from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010. Ghee has exhibited her work at The Baltimore Museum of Art, Galerie Myrtis, The Egyptian Embassy, The Margulies Warehouse (Miami), Studio Art Centers International (Florence) and The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture. Most recently, Ghee completed a 3-month artist residency and immersive, multi-sensory solo exhibition at The Nicholson Project in Southeast, D.C. Ghee has exhibited and performed at NYU, Art on the Vine (Martha’s Vineyard), Young Collectors Contemporary (Memphis, TN), The Banneker Douglass Museum, The Walters Art Museum as 2019 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalist, Fridman Gallery (NY) and The African American Museum (Philadelphia, PA). Ghee was named 2020 Baker Artist Award Finalist, 2020 Pratt>FORWARD Fellow (Mickalene Thomas & Jane South) and 2020 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalist. Ghee has taught workshops and held day-long retreats internationally. She received recognition from Maryland’s First Lady Yumi Hogan & the Maryland Behavioral Health Administration for her art and activism in raising awareness on issues surrounding mental health. She is the first Black Woman and only one of 21 photographers in American history to work as Official Photographer for the U.S. Capitol, House of Representatives.
