Phillip Scarpone, a Philadelphia based artist, received his MFA with distinction from The University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, and his BFA from the University of Delaware. He has exhibited nationally and internationally in cities such as Washington, D.C., New York City, Brooklyn, Austin, Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Richmond, St. Louis, Denver, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Taipei, Taiwan. He is a recipient of awards and honors including an NEA Established Professional Fellowship in Sculpture through the Delaware Division of the Arts, an Art at the Frontier Grant through Frank Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, a Philadelphia Department of Commerce Public Art Grant, Miami University Young Sculptors Competition Finalist, The Sculpture Center W2S 2019 Artist Award, and Dave Bown Projects 9th International Competition Finalist. His work has been reviewed by Philadelphia Weekly Newspaper, The Knight Foundation, The Philadelphia Artblog, and Seraphin Gallery Publications. Scarpone is represented by Seraphin Gallery in Philadelphia; and in 2016 was curated into the White Columns Curated Artist Registry. Scarpone has held teaching appointments at Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, The University of the Arts, The University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, and currently serves as Faculty and Sculpture Area Head at Rowan University.