Paulette Phillips’ work deals with the relationship between viewer and subject, focusing on witnessing, looking and reflection. Consistent in her work is an interest in the way psychological content is embedded in the physical world. Often drawn to abject abandoned places, Phillips documents these spaces through a materialist lens. Feminism, psychology and forensics provide strategies for sifting through these haunted sites. Her recently completed film The Quoddy Fold, was exhibited at the 2019 Bonavista Biennale, Nfld., DOKFest, Kassel, Germany. Her work is represented by Danielle Arnaud, London and CFMDC, Toronto. She has screened and exhibited her work at Forum Expanded, Berlinale, Berlin; Tate Modern; The Centre Pompidou; Musee d’art Contemporain and the National Gallery of Canada. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, most recently as a 2019 Finalist, Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. Her work is in a number of public collections including the National Gallery Canada, Oakville Galleries, the Museum of Modern of Modern Art and Frac, Haute-Normandie France, and in corporate and private collections including Gluskin Sheff + Associates and BMO Bank of Montreal. She teaches time-based and contemporary art practices at OCAD University.