Sonya Clark
Reversals (Performance)
2019Photo by Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times
these days, this country, this history
2019cotton flags
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
Unraveling & Unraveled
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
2010cloth and thread
Onigi 13
1997cloth and thread
Mom's Wisdom
2011photograph
Iterations
2008combs
Current Exhibitions
August 9, 2024 - January 20, 2025
Gantt Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
August 19, 2024 – January 7, 2025
The 8th Floor, New York, New York
through July 20, 2025
Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
“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