PHILIP HAZARD

Born: April 25, 1952. Toledo, Ohio, USA

Education: New York University-Graduate Studies
University of Toledo-B.A. Film and Design

Toledo Museum of Art-Sinclair Wallbridge Scholarship

Philip Hazard is an internationally recognized artist working with neon since 1975. Hazard combines neon and argon gas filled tubes with mixed media and collage objects, to invent a glowing unique world of unusual expression in light, image, and form.

He describes his work as “an assemblage of electric pop-art neon and mixed media collage-painting.”

Hazard’s bold multiple image silkscreen paintings embellished with neon and highlighted in oil paint and collage on canvas relate to popular culture and personal life experience.

Mr. Hazard’s neon career began with designing neon for “Let There Be Neon” in New York City in 1975, then moving on to become President of Neon City Inc. N.Y., creating commercial signage, architectural lighting, and fine art designs with neon. His custom commercial neon art has been displayed in Bloomingdales, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Macys, and the Waldorf Astoria. He has designed neon for Bianca Jagger, Wynonna Judd, John Belushi, Meryl Streep, Divine, Tom Brokaw, and Studio 54.

Philip Hazard is also a playwright and film director. Two plays written by Mr. hazard have been produced Off Off Broadway in New York City: “Sunglasses” at New York Theatre Ensemble, and “No Brakes” at the Arizona International Film Festival in 1990. Most recently he wrote and directed “Loco Vida”, a feature length television movie partially funded with grants from the Tucson-Pima Arts Council and the Tucson Community Cable Corp.

Philip Hazard’s 5,000 sq. ft. studio is located in Tucson’s Downtown Arts District. Mr. Hazard has created the outdoor neon sculpture for the Screening Room building of The Arizona Center for the Media Arts.

Mr. Hazard’s work has been published in many books and magazines, including the book Let There Be Neon, and the Japanese magazine Pronto. He has exhibited in France, Germany, Sweden, Argentina, and throughout the U.S.A. His work is included in many public and private collections throughout the world, including the National Building Museum in Washington DC, and the U.S. Embassy in Katamandu Nepal. Philip Hazard’s innovative work has played a major role in the resurgence in popularity of neon today.

Exhibitions and Reviews

1995 Deborah Hudgins Fine Art Gallery, “Art Walk”, Scottsdale, AZ
Zenith Gallery, “Light Works”, Washington, DC
Philabaum Contemporary Art Glass, “Desert Heat”, Tucson, AZ
Art Space/Lima, “It’s a Gas”, Lima, OH
1994 Zenith Gallery, “13th Annual Neon Show”, Washington, DC
1993 Eleanor Jeck Gallery – Invitational, Tucson, AZ
Zenith Gallery, “Neon Ninety Three”, Washington, DC
Art Space/Lima, “Neon and Blues”, Lima, OH
1992 Let There Be Neon Gallery – New York City, NYSigns of the Times, August, Review
Zenith Gallery, “Eleven Illuminating Artists”, Washington, DC
Old Pueblo Museum – “Arizona Light”, Tucson, AZTucson Citizen, Review and cover photographTucson Weekly, Review
Etherton/Stern Gallery, “Tenth Anniversary Exhibition”, Tucson, AZ
1991 Temple of Music and Art Gallery, One Man Show, Tucson, AZ
Zenith Gallery, “Illumination Celebration”, Washington, DC
Sky Harbor International Airport, “Neon Art”, Phoenix, AZ
Art Space/Lima, “New Wave Light” Juried Show, Lima, OHSigns of the Times Magazine, August, review
1990 Zenith Gallery, “Radiant Reflections” – Featured Artist, Washington, DCMuseum & Arts Magazine, January/February – Article/InterviewWashington Post, Home Section, January 25Lecture and Slide Presentation, January 23
Centoria Galeria de Arte, “Artistas Contemporanes de Neon” – Group Show, Buenos Aires, Argentina
U.S. Embassy – Nepal, U.S. Ambassador, Julia Chang block Collection, Katmandu, Nepal
Contents Gallery, “Interior Motives” – Juried Show, Tucson, AZ
1989 Adams National Bank, “Neon Works” – Group Show, Washington, DC
Lima Art Association, “The Neon Project” = Juried Show, Lima, OHLima News, March 19, Photograph and reviewSigns of the Times Magazine, April, Review
The Dairy Barn, Group Show, Athens, OHColumbus Dispatch, April 26, ReviewCountry Living, June, Review
National Building Museum, “Tools as Art” – The Hechinger Collection, Washington, DC
Zenith Gallery, “Rhapsody in Light” – Invitational, Washington, DCWashington Post, January 14, Review
1988 NEO Neon Gallery, “One of a Kind” – Group Show, New York City, NYCBS News, Channel 2, Morry Alter “Neon Art”, Aired November 3, 1988
Currents Gallery, “New Work” – One Man Show, Bowling Green, OHToledo Blade, October 17, ReviewWBGU-TV, October 1, Interview on Talk Show, “Art Beat”
NEO Neon Gallery, “Summer Show ‘88” – Group Show, New York City, NY
NEO Neon Gallery, “It’s A Gas” – Group Show, New York City, NY
Zenith Gallery, “Light Motifs” – Invitational, Washington, DC
NEO Neon Gallery, “Neon Illuminations” – Two Man Show, New York City, NYCover Arts New York, April, Review
1987 Museum of Neon Art, “Cow Cow Boogie”” – Group Show, Los Angeles, CALos Angeles Times, December 3, “Cow Mask”
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Place, “Electric Art” – Neon Art National Tour, Pittsburgh, PAPittsburgh Press, August 16, Sunday Magazine
The Pontiac Arts Center, “Electric Art” – Neon Art National Tour, Pontiac, MIThe Oakland Press, April 16The Detroit News, April 19
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, “Electric Art” – Neon Art National Tour, Montgomery, ALThe Alabama Journal, February 12
1986 Bank of Oklahoma Tower, “Electric Art” – Neon Art National Tour, Tulsa, OKThe Tulsa Tribune, December 8Oklahoma Sunday Magazine, December 7The Tulsa Tribune, December 11
1984 Studio Cinquante Atelier – Galerie, “Neon Paintings” – Group Show, Paris, France
1983 Owens-Illinois, “Electric Neon Art” – Invitation, Toledo, OHToledo Blade, Sunday Magazine Cover Story, July 14 and 18WTOL-TV, WDHO-TV, Toledo, OH, Interview/Show Coverage
1982 “Subway Riders” Motion Picture (Directed by Amos Poe, “Hazard’s Neon Art” featured, New York City, NY
1980 Ekstrand Gallery, International Group Show, Stockholm, Sweden
1979 Toledo Museum of Art, “Former Students Show” – Alumni Show, Toledo, OH
1978 Independent Designers Fashion Show, “Neon Bikini” Finale – “Neon to Wear”, New York City, NY
1977 Sara Jones Performance Piece, “Neon Guitar” – “Neon to Hold”, New York City, NY

Published Works

1995 Tools as Art, The Hechinger Collection, Abrams: Publisher, Pete Hamill
1994 Residential Lighting, Oct.-Nov. ’94, “Electric Lighting”, Full Page-color
1993 Signs of the Times, Nov. ’93, “Neon Elvis Show”, LTBN N.Y.C., “Elvis Pop”
1992 Signs of the Times, Nov. ’92, “Time and Light Clock Show”
1991 Contemporary Neon, Retail Reporting Corp., Publisher
1990 Tucson Citizen, Nov. ’90, InterviewU.S. Air Magazine, Aug. ’90, “Folio” Neon Paint Tube
1989 Signs of the Times, “Electric Sign Design”Honorable Mention – Electric Design Competition
1988 PRONTO Magazine, Interview, May ’88, Vol. 5, No. 4, JapanWashington Square News, Review and Interview, Feb. 29Let There Be Neon, Abrams: Publisher, 2nd Edition, new work featured
1985 SAVVY Magazine, August, “Neon Lights”
1983 Interior Design, Nov. ’84, “Electric Neon Art”US Magazine, July 18, “Front Runners”, Interview
1981 Penthouse magazine, March – “Neon Instruments”Woman’s Day Magazine, March, “Neon Guitar”
1980 The American Sunrise, Penguin Paperback, “Neon Landscape”
1979 Camera 35 Magazine, December – CoverApartment Life Magazine, March, “John Belushi at Home”Playboy Magazine, February, “Neon Bikini”
1978 Billboard Magazine, Interview, “Discos/Neon”, Sept. 23
1977 New York Magazine, “Best Bets” – “New York Skyline”Let There Be Neon, Abrams: Publisher, 1st Edition, Cover and WorkRetail Reporting Bureau, July, “Neon Bikini”New York Daily News, Interview, “Neon-Turn On Art”, Oct. 14