FRANK BOWLING   Frank Bowling was born in 1936, in Esseqibo, Guyana and moved to London in 1950.  He is vastly considered one of the most distinguished artists to emerge from post-war British art schools.  He studied at the Slade School of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Art in 1959. Bowling...
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ANTONIO CARRENO   Antonio Carreño uses the abstract language to express his emotions, and through them manages to communicate not only the psychic situations, but also reference to a given fact of how the lands of the tropics through variation of light and shadows convey a saline and vegetative...
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CAROL ANN CARTER   Carol Ann Carter was born in Indianapolis, IN.  She received her BFA degree from the Herron School of Art at Indiana University, and her MFA degree from the University of Notre Dame.  Carter has held teaching positions at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, Penn State...
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NANETTE CARTER   Nanette Carter was born in 1954 in Columbus OH.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and Studio Art at Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.  During her time at Oberlin she studied abroad in Perugia, Italy and traveled through Spain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands,...
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ED CLARK   Edward Clark (1926) an abstract painter whose work has drawn accolades internationally for five decades. Born in the Storyville section of New Orleans in 1926. In 1935 at the age of 9 Clark moved to the Southside of Chicago where he was raised. At 18 Clark left high school to join the Air...
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GREGORY COATES   Born in 1961, Gregory Coates, the second oldest of eight, grew up in Washington, DC. After attending Corcoran School of Art, Coates traveled abroad for 18 months to Germany in 1985, while attending the prestigious Kunst Akademie in Duesseldorf. He continued to make figurative art....
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ROBERT COLESCOTT   Robert Colescott (1925-2009) An African American Painter who’s opinions skewered racial and sexual stereotypes with hilarious force.  Colescott was the first African American artist to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale, in 1997. Colescott, is best known for...
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DEBORAH DANCY   Deborah Dancy is an abstractionist who received a BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University and an MS in printmaking and an MFA in painting from Illinois State University. Her work has been exhibited and collected throughout the country and she has been the recipient of numerous awards,...
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HERBERT GENTRY   Herbert Gentry was born in 1919 in Pittsburgh, PA, and raised in Harlem.  He studied at New York University 1940-1942; Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sociales in Paris 1946-1949; L'Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris 1946-1949.  He served as a member of the Armed Forces during...
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SAM GILLIAM   Sam Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1933 and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky.  Having served in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958, Gilliam received an MA in painting at the University of Louisville in 1961, and also an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters at the...
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RICHARD HUNT   Richard Howard Hunt was born in 1935 in Chicago, IL.  He began formally studying sculpture at The Junior School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and later at The University of Illinois at Chicago. Though his primary focus was welding, he also studied lithography while attending school....
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RICHARD MAYHEW   A painter of expressionistic landscapes, Richard Mayhew is particularly admired for his exploration of the use of color. Inspired by the natural environment, Mayhew uses color, space, and form to express what he has called "a universal space with the illusion of time." Mayhew's...
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ALLIE MCGHEE   Allie McGhee is known for his large expressive paintings in which he often combines colors inspired by nature with symbolic forms and shapes to convey ideas about harmony in the universe. He continues his exploration of science and spirituality in his latest works, drawing parallels between...
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VICENTE PIMENTEL   Vicente Pimentel was born in 1947, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  There, he studied the environment closely; noting its odors, the city noises, and the objects used and abandoned by the people.  He studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo, and at...
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HOWARDENA PINDELL   Howardena Pindell is a full, tenured Professor in the Art Department of Stony Brook University (State University of New York.)  She has taught at Stony Brook University since 1979.  She is Director of the MFA Program, and has served on numerous search committees, in painting,...
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CHARLES SEARLES   Charles Searles (1937-2005) was born in Philadelphia, in 1937. He moved to New York in 1978. Searles received his undergraduate education at the Parsons School of Design, graduating with honors.  He also studied at the Philadelphia College of Art.   Searles...
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