Phil Sanders

Phil Sanders (b.1976 Akron, OH) is an artist, collaborative master printer, author, and educator.  In 2009 Sanders founded PS Marlowe in New York City and in 2022 the PS Marlowe Studio in Asheville, NC.  Sanders authored Prints and Their Makers (Princeton Architectural Press, 2020), winner of the 2021 IFPDA book award and regularly writes for artists and institutions.  Sanders served as COO of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts and Director/Master Printer of its program, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York City and worked as the master printer and studio director for Universal Limited Art Editions, NY.  Sanders has printed for noted artists: Jasper Johns, Kiki Smith, Terry Winters, Enrique Chagoya, Martin Puryear, Chakaia Booker, Raymond Pettibon, Wayne Thiebaud, Eddie Martinez, James Siena, and many more.  Sanders has lectured extensively (Museum of Modern Art, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Library of Congress, DC, Royal College of Art, London) and taught at Stanford University, San Francisco State University, Penland School of Craft, and Ballinglen Arts Foundation.

Sanders has maintained a personal art practice alongside his other professional work.  Sculpture, printmaking, books, and drawing are Sanders’ primary media.  Sanders has exhibited internationally in galleries and art fairs with artworks in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Yale University Art Gallery, CT, Library of Congress, Washington DC, and RISD Museum, RI among others.  Sanders’ prints have been published by Stoney Road Press, Dublin, Ireland, Forth Estate, Brooklyn, NY, Endless Editions, NY, NY, and PS Marlowe.

Phil Sanders lives and works in Asheville, NC