Philip Carpenter has worked and exhibited in Atlanta since 1978 while teaching painting at Chastain Arts Center. He received a Southern Arts Federation/National Endowment for the Arts grant in1989 and was a Hambidge Fellow in 2001. Notable exhibitions include: The 1994 Atlanta Biennial at Nexus Contemporary Art Center; Revival of the Figure at City Gallery East in 1995; Personal Circumstances at Spruill Gallery in 2000; Transitions at MOCA GA in 2002; Work and Play at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in 2005; Primary Color at Marcia Wood Gallery in 2005; Manipulating the Commonplace at Swan Coach House Gallery in 2007; 17th Color Pencil Society of America Exhibition at the Jacquelyn Hudgens Center in 2009. Carpenter was also included in the 2004 edition of “New American Paintings.” He has work in numerous private and public collections including MOCA GA, The LaGrange Museum and The Lamar Dodd Art Center at LaGrange College.