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Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other Press Images

Finding Freedom

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), Finding Freedom, 2019–2020, light-sensitive cyanotype fabric, approximately 1500 square feet, collection of the artist. Installation view at Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College. Photo: Deb Grove.

Madam C. J. Walker

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), Madam C. J. Walker, 2008, combs, 122 × 87 inches, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, purchased through the generosity of Marilyn D. Johnson; Beverly Dale; Buckingham Foundation, Inc.; Jeanne and Michael Klein; Fredericka and David Middleton; H-E-B; Joseph and Tam Hawkins; Carmel and Gregory Fenves; The National Council of Negro Women (Austin Section); Lone Star (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated; Town Lake (TX) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated; National Society of Black Engineers – Austin Professionals; Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce; National Black MBA Association Austin Chapter; and other donors.

Madam C. J. Walker (detail)

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), Madam C. J. Walker (detail), 2008, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin.

Many

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), Many, 2019, 100 handwoven linen replicas of the Confederate Flag of Truce, 18 1/2 × 36 inches each, collection of the artist. Installation view at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo: Carlos Avendaño.

Solidarity Book Project (detail)

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), Solidarity Book Project (detail), 2020–present, Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College.

Finding Freedom

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), Finding Freedom, 2019–2020, light-sensitive cyanotype fabric, approximately 1500 square feet, collection of the artist. Installation view at Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall College. Photo: Deb Grove.

The Hair Craft Project: Hairstyles on Canvas

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), The Hair Craft Project: Hairstyles on Canvas, 2014, silk threads, beads, shells, and yarn on canvas, nine at 29 × 29 inches and two at 33 × 33 inches, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection, Frederick Brown Fund, Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, and Helen and Alice Colburn Fund.

The Hair Craft Project: Sonya with Kamala Bhagat, Dionne James Eggleston, Marsha Johnson, Chaunda King, Anita Hill Moses, Nasirah Muhammad, Jameika and Jasmine Pollard, Ingrid Riley, Ife Robinson, Natasha Superville, and Jamilah Williams

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), The Hair Craft Project: Sonya with Kamala Bhagat, Dionne James Eggleston, Marsha Johnson, Chaunda King, Anita Hill Moses, Nasirah Muhammad, Jameika and Jasmine Pollard, Ingrid Riley, Ife Robinson, Natasha Superville, and Jamilah Williams, 2014, pigment prints on archival paper, eleven framed, 30 × 30 inches each, collection of the artist.

The Hair Craft Project: Hairstylists with Sonya: Sonya Clark with Jamilah Williams

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), The Hair Craft Project: Hairstylists with Sonya: Sonya Clark with Jamilah Williams, 2013, inkjet photograph, 28 × 28 inches. Photo: Naoko Wowsugi.

Reconstruction Exercise

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), Reconstruction Exercise, 2019, nine looms producing nine scrolls, nine feet long each. Installation view at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo: Carlos Avendaño.

Unraveling (performance view)

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), Unraveling (performance view), 2015.

The Beaded Prayers Project

Sonya Clark (American, born 1967), The Beaded Prayers Project, 1998–ongoing, fabric, beads, and thread, 120 panels, 2 × 2 feet each, collection of the artist. Installation view at Newark Museum of Art.