Dean Willie Reed Portrait Commission
Dean Willie Reed with Patrick Earl Hammie at Portrait Unveiling, Purdue University, June 2024
In Blackest Shade, In Darkest Light
© William Downs, 2024
Farewell, Men of Change
Romare Bearden Portrait_Patrick Earl Hammie
SOCIAL JUSTICE BILLBOARD PROJECT
Photograph by John Hock; artwork l-r: © Patrick Earl Hammie; © Jefferson Pinder
I AM… THE NIGHT
The Sheldon3648 Washington BlvdSt Louis, MO 63108 Reception: Friday, February 11, 5 – 8 p.m. I AM… THE NIGHT travels across the United States and examines the tension between joy and fear. Paintings and prints disrupt nostalgia on Soul Train, a 1971 to 2006 musical variety television show, and widely distributed 19th- and early 20th century lynching photographs. The installation confronts our fears of the Other and proposes that our connection to collective experience allows fresh space for empathy and action. Hammie repurposes the “soul train” here as the “ghost train” of folklore, remembering those legions that are dying and disappearing. He transforms …
Black on Black on Black on Black
Krannert Art Museum500 E Peabody DrChampaign, IL 61820 September 22 – December 10, 2022 September 24PYGMALION programming: 12-3 p.m.Panel discussion: 3 p.m.Reception: 4-6 p.m. This exhibition includes work by Patrick Earl Hammie, Stacey Robinson, Blair Ebony Smith, and Nekita Thomas, presented through the lens of the Black Quantum Future, as proposed by Philadelphia-based activists and theorists Rasheeda Phillips and Camae Ayewa. The exhibition is a critical and openly reflective space exploring Black identity, collectivity, positionality, healing, innovation, and education. CLICK HERE TO TOUR MY WORK IN THE EXHIBITION The artists have curated a companion lecture series, community conversations, and a catalogue in conjunction with the exhibition. Find dates …
I AM… LEGEND
October 23, 2021 – February 12, 2022 Freeport Art Museum121 North Harlem AvenueFreeport, Illinois 61032 Register for Opening Reception I AM… LEGEND is a collection of wall installations and works on paper that study American experiences haunted by racialized angst and terrorism, visualizing how far we go to allay fear and pursue happiness. Referencing Soul Train and early lynching photographs, Hammie explores embedded anxieties and self-heroization, disrupting nostalgia to propose how personal connections to collective experience allows space for empathy and action. Through the lens of the ethno-Gothic, a sub-genre of horror developed in Black speculative culture, Hammie taps into …
Foreword
September 27 – November 13, 2021 Crooked Tree Arts Center – Traverse City322 Sixth StreetTraverse City, MI 49684(231) 941-9488 Foreward centers a Black family’s intergenerational acts of survival, rebellion, and hope. These experiences are too often buried behind leading news stories not typically curated by, or considerate of, Black people’s needs and knowledge. Illinois-based artist Patrick Earl Hammie uses figuration across traditional media to examine past and present black diasporic experiences and themes related to cultural identity, social equity, narrative, and the body in visual culture. Through portraits and allegories, Hammie explores the complexities of identity, emotion, and family by layering …
We Got Next, Conversation with Endalyn Taylor and Patrick Earl Hammie
“We Got Next” is a five part, webinar series designed to highlight the work and research of faculty of color relevant to race and equality. This effort is led by Endalyn Taylor, professor in the Department of Dance and Dean’s Fellow. Each week, Taylor will be joined by faculty members and special guests to share their research and a live discussion of the work’s creation, impact, relationship to the perpetual pandemic of racism, and the systematic issues brought to the forefront by George Floyd’s murder and other recent events. Graphic design by Stacey Robinson.
Patrick Earl Hammie: My path to Illinois
Patrick Earl Hammie is a professor of painting and sculpture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This is the text of a presentation he made to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees and guests on March 11, 2020.