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Three Artists Contemplate Coming-of-Age in a Harlem Exhibition
Roxanne Fequiere for The T List, The New York Times March 6, 2024 Girlhood can be a prickly thing. The artists featured in 'Teetering on the Brink: Femininity, Inheritance and Disaster,' a new... Read more -
Celebrating Diversity at SEA with Two Local Heroes
Port of Seattle February 8, 2024 As Black History Month unfolds, the Port of Seattle proudly embraces the occasion by expanding its public art collection. In... Read more
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Artist Barbara Earl Thomas On Creation, Contemplation and Bringing People Together
Jahunyia Healis for OBSERVER March 5, 2024 Born in Seattle, artist Barbara Earl Thomas represents the first generation of her family to be born outside of the... Read more -
Barbara Earl Thomas's 'The Illuminated Body' Shines in Philadelphia, Merging Art with Community
Justice Nwafor for BNN March 5, 2024 Artist Barbara Earl Thomas presents 'The Illuminated Body,' a journey of art and community through cut-paper portraits at UPenn's Arthur... Read more -
Barbara Earl Thomas Cultivates Divine Mystery
Jenna Adrian-Diaz for SURFACE February 27, 2024 Some might see the Venetian Gothic architecture of the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery as imposing or overwhelming, yet... Read more
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Arthur Ross Gallery opens "The Illuminated Body" exhibition featuring portraits, light installation
Luiza Louback for The Daily Pennsylvanian February 19, 2024 'Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body' showcases large-scale portraits crafted from hand-cut paper. The exhibition, which marks Thomas' debut in... Read more -
In Magical Cut Paper Works, Barbara Earl Thomas Alchemizes Light and Shadow
Grace Ebert for COLOSSAL February 15, 2024 Barbara Earl Thomas reminds us that darkness—and the absences and omissions it conceals—are part of the stories we’ve adopted as... Read more -
Illuminating the World Through a Million Cuts
The Daily Heller: PRINT February 6, 2024 It is always a gift to be introduced to an artist whose work inspires the soul and uplifts the spirit.... Read more
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100 Years of Junior League of Seattle: Explore the Northwest Art Project
Museum of History and Industruy February 3, 2024 100 Years of Junior League of Seattle: Explore the Northwest Art Project: Learn more about the Junior League of Seattle... Read more -
Smithsonian Visionary Award Honors Glass Artists Dan Dailey and Judith Schaechter
Smithsonian February 1, 2024 The Smithsonian Visionary Award will be presented to two outstanding glass artists, Dan Dailey and Judith Schaechter, during the 2024... Read more -
Barbara Earl Thomas Exhibition The Illuminated Body to Open at Arthur Ross Gallery in February 2024
Almanac: Volume 70 Issue 20 January 23, 2024 The Arthur Ross Gallery presents The Illuminated Body, an exhibition of works by artist Barbara Earl Thomas, which will be... Read more
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Stan Squirewell
Jodie Bass for BOMB December 6, 2023 My first introduction to Stan Squirewell’s work was encountering a recent mural, which moved me to the point of reaching... Read more -
More Miami Art Fairs to Explore
Nazanin Lankarani for The New York Times December 5, 2023 The artist Connor Tingley, in collaboration with Curren Caples, a skateboarder, explores the intersections between music, skateboarding and painting. The... Read more -
A Series of Striking Installations Are Taking Center Stage at Scope Art Show
Artnet Gallery Network December 4, 2023 Elsewhere, American visual artist and sculptor BK Adams’ 25-foot-tall, 20-foot-long The Messenger, Time, A Blue (collar) Horse (2023) will tower... Read more
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Vibrant Mixed-Media Collages Give a Fresh Perspective on African American Ancestry
Jessica Stewart for My Modern MET December 2, 2023 Artist Stan Squirewell creates richly layered identities and fleshed-out characters in his incredible mixed media collages. After finding an image... Read more -
Stan Squirewell Conjures Forgotten Spirits with Mixed Media and Shou Sugi Ban
Charlotte Beach for PRINT December 1, 2023 “I see my work as reaching back through history, creating a visual conversation with the often forgotten subjects of so... Read more -
Stan Squirewell’s “Remixed” 19th– and 20th–Century Portraits
Jenna Adrian-Diaz for SURFACE November 10, 2023 What was on your mind at the time: My source material is found photography from the 19th- and early... Read more
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5 highlights of Seattle Art Museum’s tremendous new Hokusai exhibit
Gemma Wilson for Seattle Times October 18, 2023 “Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife” Just as compelling as the physical migration of ideas is witnessing them filter, as if... Read more -
Wichita North High School Art Students to Collaborate with Renowned Artist Barbara Earl Thomas at the Wichita Art Museum
Eddy for Wichita By EB October 5, 2023 Get ready to be wowed as the creative minds of Wichita’s North High School art students come together in a... Read more -
Artist Gio Swaby’s First Solo Show Brings Stunning Fabric Portraits to the Peabody Essex Museum
Alexandra Pecci for Northshore Magazine October 4, 2023 The domestic arts of sewing, embroidery, and quilting result in beautiful, intricate creations that are bright, colorful, and intimate. But... Read more
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10 art exhibits to explore this fall
Solon Kelleher for WBUR September 22, 2023 'Gio Swaby: Fresh Up' From afar, a Gio Swaby portrait may resemble an acrylic painting: bright colors and thick lines.... Read more -
BK Adams On His Debut Show ‘Five Miles,’ Choosing The Right Representation and Exploring The Hidden Secrets Around Us
Christopher Cox for Black Art & Design September 14, 2023 Philosopher and artist BK Adams ‘ debut solo exhibition at the esteemed Claire Oliver Gallery in Harlem, NY, represents a... Read more -
The Arthur Ross Gallery and Penn Live Arts awarded The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage project grants
Amanda Mott for Penn Today September 14, 2023 The Arthur Ross Gallery was awarded a grant of $240,500 to support the exhibition “Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body”... Read more
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Come On In
Claire Voon for American Craft, Fall 2023 Issue August 28, 2023 Over more than three decades, Claire Oliver Gallery has built and sustained a reputation for championing historically underrepresented artists, many... Read more -
At Peabody Essex Museum, Gio Swaby’s virtuosic portraits of Black women in thread and fabric
Murray Whyte for Boston Globe August 24, 2023 Loose black thread dangles from bare canvas in Gio Swaby’s “Another Side to Me” series, all of them self-portraits, or... Read more -
Five Miles
Natalie Melendez for Time Out August 24, 2023 Time Out says Southern wives' tales, folklore and fables—these are the works that inspired BK Adams' upcoming exhibition at the... Read more
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These Artists Are Redefining the American West
Angelica Aboulhosn for Smithsonian Magazine August 19, 2023 That vulnerability runs through Barbara Earl Thomas’ Night Crawlers and Earth Worms. In the small linocut, three fishermen are poised... Read more -
my pretty side frays: Chenoa Baker shares an inside look at Gio Swaby’s creative process
Chenoa Baker for Peabody Essex Museum August 7, 2023 Going out requires preparation: adjusting necklines, swooping edges, applying makeup and sculpting hair, a party punctuated by scuffed heels, haloed... Read more -
Claire Oliver Gallery Presents BK Adams’ “Five Miles”, A Multilayered Exhibition of Symbolism And Inspiration
Harlem World August 2, 2023 Harlem’s Claire Oliver Gallery Presents BK Adams’ “Five Miles”: A Multilayered Exhibition of Symbolism and Inspiration. Harlem’s Claire Oliver Gallery... Read more
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A word with Gio Swaby
Dinah Cardin for Peabody Essex Museum July 28, 2023 Gio Swaby is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the intersections of Blackness and womanhood. Swaby was born in 1991 in the... Read more -
A concrete idea: Sculptor arranges 5,000 blocks by hand at Thompson’s Point
Megan Gray for Portland Press Herald July 27, 2023 Stephan said this idea came in part from his own questions about public monuments and how they shape our understanding... Read more -
Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea
Apollo Magazine July 21, 2023 Ideas about the American West have long featured historical falsehoods and racist clichés. This exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art... Read more
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Five museum shows to enrich your summer excursions, from Connecticut to Maine
Murray Whyte for Boston Globe July 14, 2023 GIO SWABY: FRESH UP A quiltmaker with a thoroughly contemporary vision for the medium, Swaby, who is in her early... Read more -
‘Songs for Ritual and Remembrance’ shows impressive and moving works
Lane Timothy Speidel for Artblog July 14, 2023 The show opens with a generous view of “Production 5,” a large richly textured paper piece by Adebunmi Gbadebo. Gorgeous... Read more -
‘This ground is sacred.’ How a new museum reclaims history from horror.
Ken Makin for The Christian Science Monitor July 10, 2023 A picture of Baker’s wife, Lavinia, and their five surviving children is on display at the museum... The picture that... Read more
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Claire Oliver Gallery now presenting works by Gio Swaby
Art Daily July 8, 2023 The exhibition features life-scale textile works including six self-portraits and a grid work of nine silhouettes. This new series explores... Read more -
Gio Swaby: ‘I Will Blossom Anyway’ at Claire Oliver Gallery
Art Martin Cid Magazine July 8, 2023 Swaby’s work is a marked counterpoint to this: intentionally serving as a love letter to Black women, often her friends,... Read more -
Ancestral memory in materials and art with Adebunmi Gbadebo
Robert Margolis for Broad Street Review July 5, 2023 It is a communal and generational work, which means too it is a family work, of memory and preservation. For... Read more
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Podcast: No. 605: Gio Swaby "Coded"
The Modern Art Notes Podcast June 28, 2023 Episode No. 605 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Gio Swaby , and curator Leslie Jones. Read more -
For Gio Swaby, Love is Liberation
by Jenna Adrian-Diaz for SURFACE June 27, 2023 The textile artist celebrates the multifaceted power of her chosen medium, finding softness and strength in her monumental embroidered portraits. Read more -
Philly artist wins $100K craft prize for her work remembering Black ancestors
Peter Crimmins for WHYY June 23, 2023 Part of what makes Gbadebo’s work extraordinary is the relationship it represents with her ancestors. Not only does she know... Read more
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‘Ritual and Remembrance’
Louisa Shepard for Penn Today June 23, 2023 Gbadebo’s works incorporate the cotton, indigo, and rice grown on the True Blue Plantation in Fort Motte, South Carolina, where... Read more -
The Unsung Heroes: “Hear Me Now – The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina”
LUMLUX ART June 22, 2023 “Hear Me Now” is not just an historical exhibition, it is also a dialogue between the past and present. The... Read more -
"Major Awards for Adebunmi Gbadebo..."
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage June 20, 2023 Adebunmi Gbadebo (2022) received the Maxwell/Hanrahan Award in Craft , a $100,000 unrestricted award awarded in partnership with United States... Read more
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Who Is Adebunmi Gbadebo?
The Drivin' & Vibin' Team for Outside Folk Gallery June 15, 2023 Adebunmi Gbadebo is a trailblazer in today’s art world. As the descendant of enslaved African Americans, this artist has worked... Read more -
Artist Explores the Concept of Dual Identities in Series of Textile Portraits
Margherita Cole for My Modern Met June 13, 2023 Moving to a new country can be invigorating and isolating all at once. When Bahamian artist Gio Swaby relocated to... Read more -
Reflections on Edgefield: Jason Young, Historian, and Adebunmi Gbadebo, Artist
Jason Young for MFA Boston June 9, 2023 “Their bodies are made physical in these vessels.” The enslaved potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina, created ceramic objects that... Read more
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Gio Swaby’s Stitched Portraits Reveal the Beauty of the Undone
by Grace Edquist for VOGUE June 8, 2023 To create the textile works in her new solo exhibition at Claire Oliver Gallery, in Harlem, Gio Swaby turned inward.... Read more -
Gio Swaby Explores Resilience in Adversity Through Her ‘I Will Blossom Anyway’ Artworks
Thursd. June 6, 2023 Swaby's art is a reminder that, like flowers breaking through concrete, we too can find the strength to bloom and... Read more -
Gio Swaby’s Love Letters to Black Women at Chicago Art Institute
Mariyam Syed for The Courier June 5, 2023 The beautiful intricacy of Going Out Clothes 1 is a common characteristic of each of Swaby’s works, which feature models... Read more
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Gio Swaby's Textile Reflections at Claire Oliver Gallery
Art Currently May 30, 2023 The exhibition is a love letter to Black and Brown women, often Swaby’s friends. Focalizing on their flaws, personal style,... Read more -
Gio Swaby, uno sguardo sulle donne
Daniela for Il Canto delle Muse May 26, 2023 Nascono da una sagoma per poi divenire textures di stoffe vivaci con enfasi floreale i ritratti di donne che caratterizzano... Read more -
Gio Swaby Embarks on an Exploration of Self-Love and Acceptance in Her Vibrant Textile Portraits
Kate Mothes for Colossal May 24, 2023 From minimal outlines in black thread, empowering portraits of Black women emerge in new large-scale textile pieces by Toronto-based artist... Read more
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GIO SWABY: I WILL BLOSSOM ANYWAY
Redazione for ArteMorbida May 19, 2023 I Will Blossom Anyway Coincides with the Artist’s Second Solo Museum Exhibition, Fresh Up, On View at the Art Institute... Read more -
Gio Swaby: I Will Blossom Anyway
Mutual Art May 19, 2023 Having grown up in the Bahamas surrounded by the materials her seamstress mother used, Swaby chose to work in textiles—a... Read more -
Giving Voice to Women and BIPOC Artists - In Conversation with Claire Oliver of Claire Oliver Gallery
Kame Hame for Widewalls May 17, 2023 For over thirty years, Claire Oliver Gallery has remained true to its original policy to champion underrepresented artists. Thanks to... Read more
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Gio Swaby opens in Harlem
West Harlem Art Fund May 16, 2023 Gio Swaby is a Bahamian interdisciplinary visual artist currently represented by Claire Oliver Gallery. She is known for her textile... Read more -
10 Fun Things to Do This Weekend in Harlem, Washington Heights and Beyond
The Curious Uptowner May 16, 2023 Simone Saunders: Unearthing Unicorns Through May 13; Tue-Sat 11am-6pm Central Harlem Claire Oliver Gallery, 2288 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd... Read more -
Unearthing Unicorns
Alberta University of the Arts May 16, 2023 Unearthing Unicorns showcases eight large-scale textile artworks that explore the iconography of the famed high Renaissance era Unicorn Tapestries and... Read more
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‘Gio Swaby, I Will Blossom Anyway’ to Open at Claire Oliver Gallery during Frieze Week
Gotham To Go May 12, 2023 Gio Swaby originally drew from the concept of Double Consciousness originally coined by W.E.B. Debois in his 1903 work, The... Read more -
Your Own Unique Voice w/ textile artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Studio Noize May 10, 2023 Simone Elizabeth Saunders makes her New York debut with her new solo exhibition Unearthing Unicorns. Simone joins the Studio Noize... Read more -
Unicorn Art in Harlem
New York Daily News May 6, 2023 Works by Canadian artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders — who creates “punch-needle and tufting” tapestries to express narratives of “Blackness and... Read more
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"Mozart Immersive" Debuts And More In Chicago This Month
Modern Luxury Chicago April 29, 2023 When you think of the Art Institute of Chicago , names of old masters like Monet, van Gogh, Picasso and... Read more -
Simone Elizabeth Saunders. Unearthing unicorns
Meer April 25, 2023 Unearthing Unicorns showcases the artist’s large-scale textile works that explore and recontextualize the iconography of the famed High Renaissance era... Read more -
Claire Oliver Gallery: Unearthing Unicorns
The Harlem Neighborhood Association April 20, 2023 Make sure to check out the fantastic exhibit at Claire Oliver Gallery by Simone Saunders, called: Unearthing Unicorns The exhibit... Read more
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An ode to Black women
Chicago Reader April 19, 2023 At first glance, Gio Swaby’s artwork can be deceptively simple. Her portraits are marked by thin, black lines that sketch... Read more -
Dealers report strong first-day sales as Expo Chicago's largest edition yet draws a 'critical mass' of Midwestern collectors
The Art Newspaper April 14, 2023 Sales appeared promising during the first day of Expo Chicago , the US Midwest’s largest art fair, as dealers said... Read more -
Dealers Reported Strong Sales and 'Genuinely Enthusiastic' Collectors at the Opening Day of Expo Chicago
Artnet News April 14, 2023 Harlem’s Claire Oliver Gallery had success with artist Gio Swaby, whose work is the focus of a just-opened solo show... Read more
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Gio Swaby's First Museum Solo Show is a Celebration of Blackness and Womanhood
ARTnews April 14, 2023 It is not a total surprise that Gio Swaby would base her practice on textiles. After all, her mother was... Read more -
EXPO CHICAGO Hosts 10th Edition at Navy Pier
Whitewall April 13, 2023 “For the past 10 years, the exposition has created a setting for the outgrowth of art and ideas, and our... Read more -
Harlem’s Claire Oliver Gallery looks to nurture, grow emerging artists
New Amsterdam News April 13, 2023 The work of Calgary, Canada-based textile artist Simone Elizabeth Saunders is on view through May 13th at Harlem’s Claire Oliver... Read more
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Styling as a Form of Resistance: A Review of Gio Swaby "Fresh Up" at the Art Institute of Chicago
Newsbreak April 11, 2023 More than expressing love visually, Swaby is hoping for an honest reflection of Black people—”an unmediated version of Blackness,” she... Read more -
Styling as a Form of Resistance: A Review of Gio Swaby “Fresh Up” at the Art Institute of Chicago
Vasia Rigou for New City Art April 11, 2023 Bringing together seven of her series from 2017 through 2021, including “Love Letters,” “Pretty Pretty,” “My Hands Are Clean,” “New... Read more -
5 Amazing Exhibits by Black Artists to Check Out this Spring
EBONY April 10, 2023 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Fresh Up , an exhibition that explores the intersections of Blackness and womanhood from... Read more
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GIO SWABY: FRESH UP
Selvedge Magazine April 9, 2023 On view from today, The Art Institute of Chicago will open Gio Swaby: Fresh Up , an exhibition that explores... Read more -
Chicago Art Exhibits 2023
Air Chicago Magazine April 8, 2023 Gio Swaby: Fresh UP April 8 - July 3, 2023, Art Institute of Chicago Gio Swaby textile-based practiice explores the... Read more -
Gio Swaby at the Art Institute in Chicago: Arts Intel Report
Airmail April 8, 2023 “I am approaching the world of art as an outsider, being a Black woman from the Caribbean,” the multimedia artist... Read more
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Gio Swaby is a multidisciplinary artist whose textile-based practice explores the intersections of Blackness and womanhood.
Art Institute Chicago April 8, 2023 Her embroidered portraits are anchored in the connections she forges with her subjects: each portrait begins with a photo shoot... Read more -
Gio Swaby: Fresh Up
Chicago Gallery News April 8, 2023 The Art Institute is pleased to announce Gio Swaby: Fresh Up, an exhibition that explores the intersections of Blackness and... Read more -
Honorary Consul Foutain Attends Opening Reception For Gio Swaby's Gallery Exhibition
Bahamas Chronicle April 8, 2023 The exhibition—Swaby’s first solo museum show—brings together seven of Swaby’s series from 2017 through 2021, along with approximately 15 new... Read more
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What to do in Chicago the week of April 5
Chicago Business April 6, 2023 Multidisciplinary visual artist Gio Swaby, here in the second stop for her first solo museum exhibition, often begins her work... Read more -
2023 Expo Chicago Invites the World to Chicago and Chicago to the World
Ocula April 5, 2023 As across the rest of the year, contemporary art presentations abound throughout the third coast hub, including Gio Swaby: Fresh... Read more
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