Obama and Lincoln, (Penny Portrait)
2011
Print
Juror's and People's Choice Winners
Jamilah Williams (left)
Kamala Bhagat (right)
Albers #1
2013
cotton thread, combs
Hair Chair
2012
Chair, cloth, thread
mom's wisdom or cotton candy
2011
hair
Madame CJ Walker
2008
combs
Adrienne's Roots
2008
hair
tufts
handy ii
2005
beads and wood
afro abe
2008
paper and thread, peacock feathers
afro abe
2008
paper and thread, peacock feathers
May 23, 2022 - April 2023
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
NEWS
Read Lowery Sim’s review in Hyperallergic of retrospective ‘Tatter, Bristle and Mend’ at the National Museum for Women in the Arts, June 24, 2021
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Read Art in America ,“Outsize Symbols: Sonya Clark at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum,” by Jackson Davidow, July 1, 2021
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Read American Craft, “On Hair, and Tatter, Bristle, and Mend,” by Paulette Young, June 17, 2021
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Order your Hair Craft Project Catalog at haircraftproject.com.
“Clark sculpts shapes and winds thread into hair power, a thrilling metaphor.”
—Scott Wilson
The Visual Arts Journal