Black on Black on Black on Black

September 14, 2022

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 12, 2021

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 …

Oedipus Joins David C. Driskell Center Art Collection

March 26, 2018

This spring Oedipus joins the David C. Driskell Center’s Art Collection. The collection includes drawings, paintings, prints, mixed media, and sculptures, with works by artists such as Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Aaron Douglas, David C. Driskell, Sam Gilliam, Jacob Lawrence, Keith Morrison, Faith Ringgold, Augusta Savage, William T. Williams, and Charles White. Many thanks to Executive Director Prof. Curlee Raven Holton and Deputy Director Dorit Yaron! It’s a great pleasure to join the collection.

Portraits of Who We Are

January 15, 2018

BY CURLEE R. HOLTON February 1, 2018 – May 18, 2018 RECEPTION: Thursday, February 1, 5pm – 7pm DAVID C. DRISKELL CENTER 1214 Cole Student Activities Building College Park, MD 20742 The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland is proud to announce its spring exhibition, Portraits of Who We Are, a group exhibition that focuses on self-portraits by African American artists and portraits of African American artists created by their colleagues. The exhibition includes more than 50 works that span from 1915 to 2017 …

Birth Throes

September 11, 2017

SOLO EXHIBITION October 6, 2017 – September 22, 2018 RECEPTION: Friday, October 6, 5pm – 8pm CONVERSATION: Sunday, October 8, 12:30 pm. KRUGER GALLERY 212 E San Antonio St. Marfa, TX 79843 Kruger Gallery and I are very pleased to announce and invite you to Birth Throes, my second solo exhibition with the gallery, debuting in Marfa during Chinati Weekend. Birth Throes is a new collection of portraits and allegories that meditate on the relationship between me and my mother, mortality, and the capacity for black experience to disrupt, diversify, and enrich American culture. Informed by personal experience, shifting American demographics that forecast a black and brown …

SUPER Natural

April 10, 2017

BY KARIM HAMID April 28, 2017 – May 26, 2017 OPENING PREVIEW: Friday, April 28, 7 – 10pm AUREUS CONTEMPORARY 116 E. 7th Street New York, NY 10009 For centuries figurative representations in art remained linear and academic. At the start of the 20th century fresh threads and experimental approaches evolved the making and thinking around the imaging of human form. Today, there are myriad methods and aesthetics associated with the concept of figurative art, reflecting the increasing diversity of artists working throughout our world. Some strategies are easy to recognize and stem from formal representation like photorealism, while others disassemble formal conventions, …

Lecture: Evolution (And Flashback)

January 9, 2017

LECTURE February 8, 2017, 3 – 4pm SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS Department of Art & Art History University of Connecticut 800 Bolton Rd Storrs, CT 06269

International Painting Annual 6

October 3, 2016

BY JASON FRANZ My Study After Freud’s Portrait of Francis Bacon is included in the International Painting Annual 6. I’m honored to be included amongst an amazing and diverse group of international artists, with essays by John Giglio, Drake Gomez, and Penelope Przekop. The INPA is an annual publication by Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center that supports the documentation and recognition of excellent and relevant painted works from around the world. As a carefully designed book, the INPA enables Manifest to assemble a diverse array of works from around the world to support our inquiry into the creative efforts of artists working today, and serve to …

Interview with The Vanderbild

June 14, 2016

BY DIMITRIS MANOLAS A Q & A with The Vanderbild. View original post.

FREAK OUT!

March 21, 2016

BY SERGIO GOMEZ AND DIDI MENENDEZ April 15, 2016 – March 14, 2016 RECEPTION: Friday, April 15, 7 – 10pm ZHOU B ART CENTER 1029 W. 35th St Chicago, IL 60609 FREAK OUT! is an exhibition of the arts expressing the boldness, liberation, individuality, coming of age and decadence of the Disco era. The works will include visual arts in various mediums and styles including poetry, video, sculpture, and performance. Purchase catalog on Amazon.