phil Hinge (b. 1988, Seattle WA) received his MFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and his BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. Hinge has shown his work at a variety of venues, including; Connersmith (Washington DC), Freddy (Baltimore, MD), Brennan & Griffin (NY, NY), The Breeder (Athens, Greece), Peter Blum Gallery (NY, NY), Marinaro (NY, NY) Ungefaehr 5 (Cologne, Germany), and GCA (Brooklyn, NY). In February 2017 he launched a project space/gallery named, Catbox Contemporary, in his apartment in Ridgewood, NY. Catbox Contemporary has held exhibits locally and internationally, with an upcoming installation at Atlanta Contemporary (Atlanta, Georgia). In 2019 Hinge started, darkZone, in his childhood home’s basement in New Jersey. In May, Hinge opened A.D. in lower Manhattan, NY with Nick Irzyk and Nicholas Sullivan. Hinge has upcoming solo shows at Final Hot Dessert in Utah and 427 Gallery in Lativia. Hinge lives and works in Ridgewood, NY.