BIO

Baltimore city is known for its beautiful ports, but across MKL Boulevard, Lexington Terrace was one of the most crimes ridden high rises in Baltimore city. This was the backdrop to artist Phillip Snead’s life. In the early stages of his childhood, although faced with the many adversities of his environment, he was able to develop a passion and interest and visual arts. He spent a lot of time observing and studying the skills and techniques of his aunt and uncle who were Visual artists during the Pan African movement.

At age 22 in 1991, Phillip was given the opportunity to become a license barber under an apprenticeship program in a downtown Baltimore barbershop. He was still able to use his creative and artistic abilities in his hair cutting styles, and now for 20 years, Phillip Snead has run and owned his barbershop called Tight Image Barbershop located in historic downtown Baltimore. He used the opportunity as the owner of his own shop to display his own artwork which got the attention of many connoisseurs in and about the city. Today, Phillip Snead’s career in art has taken off to new heights. His work has allotted him the opportunity to showcase at festivals and galleries all over the country, such as Artscape in Baltimore, New Orleans Jazz Festival, the Essence Music Festival and Chicago African Cultural Festival.

Phillip Snead’s use of color and technique has been used for tutorials and study guide for the art student research site- THE LEARINING ACE. His preference in mediums such as oil and acrylic on canvas allow him to express his thoughts along with incorporating metal, wood, sand, rope and epoxy resin to bring depth and physical reality to his pieces.

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