Phil Ashcroft studied at Central St. Martin’s College of Art and has exhibited internationally in group exhibitions and art fairs including Scope Basel with Monika Bobinska, London (2008) and Out of the Box, New Art Gallery, Walsall as part of their Garman Ryan Permanent Collection (2007-2008).

Combining influences from abstract expressionism, British landscape painting, Japanese woodcuts, and graphic street art, Ashcroft integrates varied visual styles to generate a crossover between space, object and environment.

Solo exhibitions include Toxicity, Margaret Harvey Gallery, UH Galleries, St Albans (2006); Yeti in Hong Kong, EXIT/double-park, Hong Kong (2005) and Nitro Deluxe, Deptford X, London (2001). Ashcroft was a Finalist in the Celeste Art Prize in 2007 and selected for Contemporary Art Society’s ARTfutures in 2007, 2005 and 2004. He is participating in the group exhibition The Golden Record, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (2008).

Ashcroft also exhibits as 'PhlAsh' in group shows with the Scrawl Collective, collaborating on live-painting projects in galleries and alternative spaces from street locations to shops. These have included Special Relationship, Scion, Los Angeles (2008), Elephant Technique, Village Underground (2006), All The People We Like Are Dead, London (2004), and Graffiti Meets Windows 1, Hank-Yu Department Store, Osaka (2002).