PHILLIP TOLEDANO
Phillip Toledano was born in 1968 in London and has lived in New York for over 20 years. He deals with subjects that are firmly anchored in the inner landscape of everyday thoughts, but are often avoided, repressed, or completely blocked out. In his carefully and highly staged photographic series, Phillip Toledano deals with current issues that challenge us and often have a strongly confrontational effect. Whether conceptual, highly social commentaries or deeply personal and honest, Phillip Toledano is opening pathways, not only for other artists, but for people to communicate and express emotions that are often held within.
Toledano has published 7 photo books: When I Was Six, Maybe, The Reluctant Father, and A New Kind of Beauty by Dewi Lewis in England; Days with My Father by Chronicle, Phonesex and Bankrupt by Twin Palms. His work was recently in a retrospective exhibition at Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany. He has had solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, Australia, Belgium, The Netherlands, Portugal and Italy. Toledano has also participated in group exhibitions internationally, and in important festivals, exhibiting and speaking about his work.
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WHEN I WAS SIX