Diversity reboot

Phillip Collins is an art collector, marketer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Good Black Art. Born in Tennessee and now based in New York after living around the world, Phillip has built a successful career bringing legacy industries to new markets across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He has now shifted his focus to the legacy industry of art, aiming to ensure that everyone has access to discover, collect, and live with art.

Initially, Phillip thought art collecting was beyond his budget. However, he soon realized that the true barrier was not the price but a lack of industry knowledge. This insight led him to create Good Black Art, a platform that combines e-commerce, media, and programming to guide people through the art-buying process. Through Good Black Art, Phillip makes it possible for everyone to live with art.

With nearly 20 years of experience as an international marketer, Phillip has led lifestyle, entertainment, and art and design campaigns for prominent brands such as American Express, UBS, Ford, GE, Adidas and Disney. Drawing on this extensive background, he uses a unique approach that integrates storytelling, education, and intersectionality to introduce the most promising emerging artists to the commercial art world through Good Black Art.

Phillip is a 2023 ADCOLOR Leader and is a member of the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts Advisory Council, the CulturalDC Torrents Advisory Board, and serves as a Pratt>Forward mentor. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Marketing with a minor in African-American Studies from Elon University.