Sonya Clark

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Sonya Clark
Mmádu
ụdịekerenwanyị Dezie
mba o sịNjikota Obodo Amerika Dezie
Aha enyereSonya Dezie
aha ezinụlọ yaClark Dezie
Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya1967 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụWashington, D.C. Dezie
Ọrụ ọ na-arụomenkà, university teacher Dezie
onye were ọrụAmherst College, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Wisconsin–Madison Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọCranbrook Academy of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Amherst College, Sidwell Friends School Dezie
Ebe obibiRichmond Dezie
agbụrụNdi Afrika nke Amerika Dezie
so naThis Present Moment: Crafting a Better World Dezie
ụdịfiber art Dezie
Ihe nriteAnonymous Was A Woman Award, Fellow of the American Craft Council, Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Dezie
webụsaịtịhttp://www.sonyaclark.com Dezie
Nwere ọrụ na mkpokọtaPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Nasher Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum Dezie
ikike nwebiisinka dị ka onye okikeỌrụ nwebiisinka chekwara Dezie
omenkà faịlụ naSmithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives Dezie

Sonya Clark (amụrụ n'afọ 1967, Washington, D.C.) bụ ónyé America na-ese ihe nke ihe nketa Afro-Caribbean. Clark bụ onye na-ese ihe na-acha anụnụ anụnụ nke a maara màkà iji ihe dịgasị iche iche gụnyere ntutu mmadụ na combs iji dozie agbụrụ, ọdịbendị, klas, na akụkọ ihe mere eme.[1] Ihe mkpokọta isi ya na usoro wig nke na-acha anụnụ anụnụ nke ngwụcha afọ 1990, nke nwetara otuto dị egwu, kpaliri omenala ndị Afrịka nke ịchọ mma onwe ónyé ma mee ka ụdị ndị a na-ahụkarị banye n'ọhịa nke ngosipụta onwe onye na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị.[2] Ọ bụ ezie na nka Africa na nzụlite Caribbean ya bụ mmetụta dị mkpa, Clark na-ewulite na omume nke nchịkọta na nchịkọta nke ndị na-ese ihe dịka Betye Saar na David Hammons.[2]

Akụkọ ndụ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Nna Clark bụ ónyé isi mgbaka si Trinidad ébé nne ya bụ nọọsụ si Jamaica.[3] Ndị ọrụ aka nọ n'ezinụlọ ya nwere mmetụta n'ahụ Clark, gụnyere nne nne na-arụ ọrụ dị ka ónyé na-akwa ákwà, na nna nna bụ ónyé na-eme oche.[4]

Agụmakwụkwọ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Clark nwèrè MFA site na Cranbrook Academy of Art ma na 2011 a kwanyeere ya ùgwù na nke mbụ ha Distinguished Mid-Career Alumni Award.[5] O nwèrè BFA site na Art Institute nke Chicago ebe ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ n'okpuru ónyé na-ese ihe Nick Cave (onye na-ese egwu) na BA na nkà mmụta akparamàgwà mmadụ site na Amherst College na 1989, ebe ọ nwetakwara nzèrè doctorate na 2015.[6] Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Sidwell Friends School na 1985.

Clark kwuru na prọfesọ Rowland O. Abiodun, Amherst College dị ka mmetụta mbụ na ọmụmụ ya banyéré njikọ dị n'etiti ọdịbendị Caribbean ya na ọdịbendị Yoruba, nke e mekwuru ka ọ dịkwuo mma site na njem gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Ivory Coast, ebe ọ mụtara ịkpa ákwà aka. Clark kwukwara na Nick Cave nyèrè aka n'ịkwalite nyocha ya na fiber.[7]

Ọrụ nka[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

E gosipụtara ọrụ Clark n'ihe karịrị ụlọ ngosi ihe mgbè ochie na ụlọ ngosi ihe nkiri 450 na Europe, Africa, Eshia, Australia, na n'ebe niile Amerịka. Ọrụ ya dị na nchịkọta nke ọtụtụ ebe ngosi ihe mgbe ochie gụnyere Indianapolis Museum of Art, Delaware Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art.[8][9] A tụlere ọrụ ya nke ọma na akwụkwọ akụkọ dịka Art in America, The New York Times, Sculpture, Surface Design Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Fiber Arts, New American Paintings, Philadelphia Inquirer, Italian Vogue, Hyperallergic, Mother Jones, na Huffington Post.[10][11][12][13][3]


  • 2021: Sonya Clark: Tatter, Bristle, na Mend, National Museum of Women in the Arts, March 3 na June 28[14]
  • 2019: Monumental Cloth: ọkọlọtọ anyị kwesịrị ịma, Fabric Workshop and Museum, March 29 August 4, 2019[15]
  • 2019: Sonya Clark: Isi nke iri, An Homage to Madam CJ Walker, Goya Contemporary Gallery, Jenụwarị 25 - Machị 30, 2019
  • 2017: Oaths and Epithets: Ọrụ nke Sonya Clark, Contemporary Craft, Eprel 12 Ọgọst 19, 2017[16]
  • 2015: Ịhụnanya mgbe ndụ nke Ihe a niile gasịrị, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Jenụwarị 30 na Mee 23, 2015[17]
  • 2008: Sonya Clark: Loose Strands, Tight Knots, Walters Art Museum, June 28 na September 2, 2008[18]

Edensibia[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

  1. "VCU department chair themes art around hair", The Washington Times. Retrieved on 1 April 2017.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sims (2009). "Sonya Clark: The Currency of Craft" Sept/Oct.. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 O'Neill. Sonya Clark. sonyaclark.com. Retrieved on 3 March 2018.
  4. Reginald F. Lewis (2011). Material Girls: Contemporary Black Women Artists, 1st, Baltimore, Md: Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture. ISBN 9780615436142. 
  5. Alumni News | March 2011. hosted.verticalresponse.com.
  6. "Sonya Clark '89", Amherst Magazine, Amherst College. Retrieved on 1 February 2014.
  7. Wahi. "The Artist Unraveling American History", The New York Times, 2020-08-10. Retrieved on 2020-08-11. (in en-US)
  8. Indianapolis Museum of Art.
  9. Sonya Clark's Woven Combs Will Live Permanently at the Brooks! (August 19, 2012).
  10. Weaver. "Sonya Clark", Art in America – Reviews, January 30, 2012. Retrieved on 1 February 2014.
  11. (December 2002) "Reviews – Indianapolis" 21 (10). Retrieved on 1 February 2014. 
  12. Ollman. "Review: Physical, metaphorical fuse in work of Sonya Clark at CAFAM", Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2013. Retrieved on 1 February 2014.
  13. New American Paintings. Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved on 2022-07-03.
  14. Sonya Clark: Tatter, Bristle, and Mend | Exhibition.
  15. Sonya Clark: Monumental Cloth, The Flag We Should Know.
  16. Craft. Oaths and Epithets: Works by Sonya Clark on Contemporary Craft. Contemporary Craft. Retrieved on 6 June 2017.
  17. Loving After Lifetimes of All This – The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design. craftcreativitydesign.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved on 3 March 2017.
  18. Contemporary Artist Sonya Clark Explores Notions of Beauty in Summer Exhibition at The Walters. Retrieved on 4 March 2016.