Phillip Birch lives and works in New York. His work utilizes animation, video game design, sculpture, and performance. Focusing on technology and history, Birch’s work traces a possible trajectory of human development. His work and research explore topics such as schizophrenia, autoimmune disease, body horror, Catholicism, and game theory. Birch has had recent exhibitions, performances and screenings at Reyes|Finn, Detroit, Jack Hanley, NY SculptureCenter, NY, Joan, Los Angeles, 47 Canal, NY, Essex Flowers, NY, The Loft: Servais Family Collection, Brussels, and MUMOK, Vienna. He has given lectures at Yale University and Parsons School of Design. His work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.