Sonya Clark
Reversals (Performance)
2019Photo by Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times
Monumental Cloth, The flag we should know
2019Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño
Monumental Cloth, installation
2019Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño
Edifice and Mortar (detail)
2018Brick, human hair
Unraveled & Unraveling
2015Battle Flag of the Confederacy (cotton)
Hair Craft Project 2014
Jamilah Williams (left)Kamala Bhagat (right)
pickney
1997cloth, wood, and thread
madam cj walker
2008combs
afro abe ii (peacock)
2010paper and thread
black hair flag (detail)
2010cloth and thread
onigi 13
1997cloth and thread
hook head
2003wool felt and beads
iterations
2008combs
mom's wisdom
2011hair
Current Exhibitions
November 1 - December 31
Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Sept 21 - Jan 1, 2020
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Sept 13 - May 3, 2020
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston, MA
‘NEWS
ARTIST LECTURE:
Monument Lab: A Call to Peace Artist Dialogue with Sonya Clark Monday, October 21, 2019 @ 6pm
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
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“Clark’s authentic obsession springs in part from the potent, multisensory memories of having her hair combed and braided as a child”
—Ashley KistlerDirector, Anderson Gallery