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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 ...
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Artist Galleries:
Sande Webster Gallery
2006 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103...
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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...
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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 ...
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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
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Exhibitions for Michael Clemmons:
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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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