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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND
COLLECTIONS
Fraymart Gallery, Sandston,
VA, 2001
·JVC Jazz festival, Jamaica,
and New York City, 2001
·George Wythe High School for
the Arts, Richmond, VA, 2001
·AFRAM Festival, Ghana, West
Africa, 1999
·Banniker Douglas Museum,
Annapolis, MD, 1999
·Harrison Museum of
African-American Culture,
Roanoke, VA, 1999
·Saint ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Statement for Philip Branch
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PHILIP BRANCH IS A NATIVE OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. HE ATTENDED VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED BOTH HIS BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE (1980) AND HIS MASTER OF ART EDUCATION DEGREE (1986).
BRANCH IS AN ILLUSTRATOR, DESIGNER AND PAINTER. HE SERVED AS ART DIRECTOR FOR BLACK FIRE RECORD COMPANY AND N.A.M.E. BRAND RECORD COMPANY CREATING ALBUM COVER ART FOR THE ONENESS OF JUJU, PLUNKY AND ONENESS AND WAYNE DAVIS.
BRANCH IS REGISTERED WITH THE STATE ARTS COMMISSION ON THE OFFICIAL ROSTER OF THE “ARTISTS IN EDUCATION” PROGRAM AND HAS COMPLETED RESIDENCIES IN MURAL PAINTING WITH HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PETERSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS, RICHMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NOKESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COVINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BIG STONE GAP PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DINWIDDIE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STAUNTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND APPALACHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
BRANCH EXPRESSES HIS LOVE AND RESPECT FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE BY PAINTING IMAGES OF THE DIASPORA. HIS AWARD WINNING PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED AT THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER OF VIRGINIA, THE ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS ART CENTER, THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, ARTS ON THE SQUARE, INC., AND THE DAURA GALLERY. HIS WORK IS A PART OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF CRESTAR BANK, RICHMOND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LYNCHBURG COLLEGE AND MANY PRIVATE
COLLECTORS.
BRANCH, ALSO KNOWN AS MUZI, IS AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN AND SONG WRITER. HE PLAYS THE BASS GUITAR ,AND PERFORMS AND RECORDS WITH THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MUSICAL GROUP PLUNKY AND ONENESS. HIS SONGS ARE FEATURED ON MANY OF THE GROUP’S ALBUMS AND COMPACT DISCS.
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