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Artist Information:
Michael Clemmons
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Member Since: Dec 2003
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Artist Media:
Ceramics Handbuilt (11)
Ceramics Other (19)
Mixed Media (9)
Painting Acrylic (10)
Painting Other (8)
Sculpture Ceramic (5)
Sculpture Mixed (1)
Artist Statement:
Philadelphia born artist
Michael Clemmons uses a
cultural palette when creating
his mix-media works employing
acrylics, graphite, paper and
gold leaf; his luminous
paintings reference timeless
landscapes, figurative
elements and symbols (West
African Adinkra symbols as
well as personal iconography).
Clemmons’ oeuvre also includes
a series of ceramic works ...

Further Information
Artist Galleries:
Sande Webster Gallery
2006 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103...

Further Information
Artist Reviews:

Art Review: Exhibition looks
at Hurricane Katrina's
diaspora
Tuesday, July 25, 2006


By Mary Thomas
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

When the word "diaspora" is
used in connection with
African-American history, it
is often paired with the slave
trade or with the
post-emancipation population
shift toward employment in
the...

Further Information
Collections:
The Kimmel Center of
Performing Arts, Philadelphia,
PA
Philadelphia Board of
Education
Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, PA
Doctor and Mrs. Arthur Weiss,
Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Anthony Monteiro,
Philadelphia, PA
The Philadelphia Zoological
Gardens
Ms. Jennifer Jordan, New
Jersey
West Chester State
University, PA
Ms. Vashti Dubois, Boston
Massachusetts
Dr. Miriam Maat ...

Further Information
Commissions:
Barbara Dawkins, Philadelphia,
PA, USA
Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennslyvania,
USA
Sande Webster Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA, US
Dr. Rebecca Thomas, India
John and Barbara Dawkins,
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Dr. Miriam Monges,
Philadelphia PA, usa

...

Further Information

Exhibitions for Michael Clemmons:



Selected Exhibitions
2008 Black Clay: Dialogue in Flux, August Wilson Center Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA

2007 Form and Function, Crafts for Living Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2006 Migrations of the African Diaspora, Pittsburg center for the Contemporaty Arts, Pittsburg, PA

2006 Silent Voices, Loud Echoes, African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2006 Crossovers: Craft,Art and Design, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington Delaware

2005 Creativity in Clay: Kuumba, NCECA 2005, Baltimore, MD
James E. Lewis Museum of Art, The Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center Morgan State University

2004 National Black Fine Art Show, New York, N.Y.
Sande Webster Gallery

2004 Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Transitions” Group Show

2003 National Black Fine Art Show, New York, N.Y.
Sande Webster Gallery

2002 Universidade de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
“World of Clay” Group Exhibition

2002 TheClay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
“Mastery In Clay” Group Exhibition

2002 TheClay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
“Associate Artist” Group Exhibition

2002 Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“ Love, Life and Basketball” Group Show

2001 National Black Fine Art Show, New York, N.Y.
Sande Webster Gallery

2001 Woodmere Museum, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
“ Art Matters” Group Show"

2001 National Black Fine Art Show, New York, N.Y.
Sande Webster Gallery

2001 Dizyners Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Common Bonds” Group Show

2000 Dizyners Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Treasured Visions” Group Show

2000 Art Walk, Jim Thorpe, PA

2000 Sedgewick Cultural Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
“Cultural Vibrations” Best of Show

1999 Brecht Forum, New York, NY
“ASM” Group Shop

1999 Cheltenham Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
“Selections” Group Show

1999 Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
“Associates Show” Philadelphia, PA

1999 Dizyners Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Contemporary works by African -American Artists”

1998 Hub and Kern Gallery, PennState, State College, PA
“Celebrating Visual Traditions 2” Group Show

1999 Levering Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Soul Looked Back” Solo

1998 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Group Show

1997 Center for the Arts/Wilson Gallery, Rowan University, New Jersey
“Personal Visions: 4 Emerging African American Artists”
1997 Perkins Center for the Arts, Merion, PA
“Works on Paper,” Group Show

1996 Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
“Celebrating Visual Traditions,” Group Show
Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA
“Celebrating Visual Traditions

1996 Levering Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Miniatures,” Group Show

1996 Swarthmore Black Cultural Center, Swarthmore, PA
“Blacks in Art,” Solo Show



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