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Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi (1948-)<\/h2>\r\n

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A\u00a0curator, writer, quilter and print\u00a0maker, Dr.\u00a0Carolyn Mazloomi (b 1948) is perhaps the most important advocate for African American quilts and those who create them. She has curated several major exhibitions and written several books which accompanied her exhibitions, including \u201cSpirts Of The Cloth\u201d (1998) and \u201cTextual Rhythms: Quilting the Jazz Tradition\u201c (2007).

In 1985, Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi founded the non-profit organization, Women of Color Quilters Network (WCON). The organization\u2019s mission is to educate others\u00a0about African American quilts and its artistic\u00a0importance\u00a0by producing exhibitions, documenting, preserving and educating others about them.

Some of America\u2019s noted and innovated African American artists who work with the quilt medium have been included In Mazloomi\u2019s exhibitions and books, such as Bisa Butler, Sharon Kerry-Harlan, Jim Smoote and Sonji Hunt.

Mazloomi is a\u00a0noted quilt artist herself. Her work has been included extensively in several\u00a0exhibitions and collections at major museums and other venues, such as the American Folk Art Museum, the Smithsonian\u2019s Renwick Gallery, the Mint Museum and Museum of Art and Design. Her work is also in numerous private collections.

Mazloomi has curated an upcoming exhibition, \u201cBlack Pioneers: Legacy in the American West,\u201d which includes the work of 42 artists. The exhibition opens\u00a0September 3rd, 2022\u00a0at the James Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida and it\u00a0runs through January 8, 2023. \u00a0Mazlomi has written a book\u00a0about the exhibition.<\/p>\r\n

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Henry Taylor (1958-)<\/h2>\r\n

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American artist,\u00a0Henry Taylor (b 1958) lives and works in Los Angeles and his art work offers social commentary on Black American life. Taylor is known for for his portrait paintings. The imagery in his work documents his viewpoint of the world. Taylor also does mixed media installations and sculpture. In 1985, he earned a BFA from CalArts.\u00a0

Taylor\u2019s paintings have been included in various exhibitions and institutions such Torrance Art Museum, New Museum, and he was one of the artists in the 2017 Whitney Biennial. His work was also in the 58th Venice Biennale in 2018.<\/p>\r\n

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Amoako Boafo (1984-)<\/h2>\r\n
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Based in Vienna, Austria, Amoako Boafo (b 1984) was born in Accra, Ghana. Known for his portraiture paintings that honor the representation of Black figures, Boafo is regarded as one of the leading young voices among today\u2019s African artists. His intriguing Black figures are painted with his fingers instead of a brush. Kehinde Wiley discovered Boafo\u2019s Instagram page and bought one of his artworks. Kehinde introduced Boafo\u2019s work to some of the galleries that represented him. This led to Boafo having his first solo exhibition at the Roberts Projects in Los Angeles.\u00a0

Boafo\u2019s achievements are impressive. In 2017, Boafo was awarded the Walter Koschatzy Art \u00a0Prize. Boafo completed a residency at the Rubel Museum in Miami Florida in 2019. While at the Rubell residency, he met Kim Jones, the Creative Director of Dior Menswear and this led to a collaboration between the company and Boafo.\u00a0

Boafo\u2019s work is widely\u00a0collected by private and public collectors and institutions, most recently by the Leopold Museum (Vienna, Austria), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, NY), Marieluise Hessel Collection Hessel Museum of Art (Annandale-On-Hudson, NY), Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (Annandale-On-Hudson, NY), The Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria), and the Rubell Museum (Miami, FL).\u00a0His work has exhibited in Europe and in the United States in institutions such as the\u00a0Volkskunde\u00a0Museum (Vienna, Austria),\u00a0Kunsthalle\u00a0Vienna (Vienna, Austria),\u00a0Mumok\u00a0(Vienna, Austria), and The Bass Museum (Miami, FL), among others.<\/p>\r\n

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Purvis Young (1942-2010)<\/h2>\r\n
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One of the most important self-taught artists during the late 20th and early 21st century,\u00a0Purvis Young (1942-2010), created a unique visual language in his artwork by often combing elements of painting, drawing, collage and discarded objects in his work such as books, wood, scraps, cardboard, doors etc. He grew up in Miami, Florida. His uncle, Irvin Young, who was a well known sign painter, introduced Young to drawing and painting when he was a child.

Though Young did not attend high school, he would spent time at the public library studying books about art and history. What he learned influenced the visual images in his work. Southern Black culture, documentaries about history, and folklore also helped shaped the narrative of his work.\u00a0

In 2016, a documentary, \u201cPurvis of Overton,\u201d was produced about Young\u2019s life and artwork. His work is in numerous private collections including celebrities like Damon Wayans, Jane Fonda, and Dan Aykroyd. His work is also in one of America\u2019s important art collections of contemporary art, the Rubell Family collection. Some of the museums and institutions that has Young\u2019s work in their collections are High Museum of Art, the American Folk Art Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the National Museum of African American Museum History and Culture and the Concorde Gallery of Art.\u00a0

Before his death, Young and his former manager Martin Siskind became \u00a0involved in a legal battle. In 2007, while Young was in the hospital waiting on a kidney transplant, Young fired Siskind and sued hin for mismanagement of Young\u2019s funds. In turn, Siskind petitioned for Young\u2019s affairs to be placed under legal guardianship due to Young\u2019s mental incompetence. Siskind won, however, it should be noted that Young\u2019s friends disputed Siskind\u2019s claims that Young was mentally incompetent. The result of this action left Young financially unstable. Siskind claimed that he and\u00a0Young settled the lawsuit and that Young retained ownership of 1,000 paintings.
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Purvis Young died April 29, 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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Ruby C. Williams (1928-2022)<\/h2>\r\n
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Ruby C. Williams (1928-2022), a self-taught artist, was born and raised during the Depression in Bealsville, Florida. Bealsville is a historic African-American town that was formed by freed slaves in 1865. It is one of the oldest African-American communities in Florida. Williams\u2019 great grandmother, Mary Reddick, was one of the 12 formerly freed slaves who founded the town.

In the 1960s, she moved to New Jersey and became a minister and founded a church and worked with at-risk youth. During this time period in her life, she began painting but kept her artistic endeavors a secret. After 25 years in New Jersey, she moved back to Florida.

Since the 1980s, she ran a roadside produce stand and gallery. Her produce stand was where her artistic journey and legacy began. She started painting to pass the time while waiting for customers. Williams entered the folk art arena in the early 1990s when her colorful painted signs she used to advertise her produce caught the attention of folk artist Rodney Hardee, who encouraged Williams to make art. People were stopping by her produce stand to buy the signs she painted that were meant to advertise the produce.
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Williams eventually became a star in Central Florida\u2019s art world and beyond. Her work has been exhibited in various galleries, museums, and festivals including Kentuck Festival of Arts, Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum, Hillsborough Community College Gallery, American Visionary Museum, Polk Museum of Art, and Chicago Cultural Center.\u00a0She has also been a guest artist at the Kentuck Festival of the Arts in Northport, Alabama.

The Folk Art Society awarded Williams The Folk Art Society of America\u2019s Award of Distinction, in 2009.\u00a0She also illustrated a children\u2019s book titled \u201cI Am Ruby.\u201d Her artwork is in many public and private collections worldwide. Williams accomplished much in her lifetime and passed away on August 8, 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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