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
June 26 - July 30 2019
Chautauqua Institute, Fowler Kellogg Art Center 1 Ames Ave. Chautauqua, NY
March 29- August 4 2019
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 24 - September 8, 2019
The African American Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
‘NEWS
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- Public Lecture with Sonya Clark and performance by jazz trio The Onus and special guest Joyce Scott at AAMP
Friday, July 12, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 PM (FREE; RSVP encouraged)
The African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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Saturday July 13, 2019, 6:30 PM
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, John and Richanda Rhoden Arts Center, 128 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
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“Clark affirms her affinity for … an aesthetic of improvisational materiality.”
—Lowery Stokes Simscurator, Museum of Arts and Design