Vicky A. Clark (born December 19, 1950) is an American independent curator of contemporary art, art historian, and writer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Clark moved to Santa Monica, California, at the age of 10. She attended Santa Monica High School, before attending UCLA and majoring in Art History. Graduating in 1972, she then attended UC Davis for her master's degree in Art History, and went on to receive her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Michigan.
Publications
Clark's writings include a book on Robert Qualters, Pennsylvania Artist of the Year in 2014, entitled Robert Qualters: Autobiographical Mythologies (University of Pittsburgh Press).
Exhibitions
- Recycling Art History at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 1998
- Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation (co-curated with Barbara Bloemink), Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, 2004
- Invisible Threads at Clarion University, 2009
- The White Show: Subtlety in the Age of Spectacle at Clarion University, 2011
- Coming Attractions, Lawrenceville, 2014
References
- ^ Pitz, Marlynne (September 13, 2014). "Gallery in Lawrence showcases emerging artists". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- Guggenheimer, Paul (March 4, 2016). "Lack of Female Misplaced Pages Editors Reflected in Gender Bias Content". Essential Pittsburgh. 90.5 WESA. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- The White Show, Clarion University Art Gallery, Clarion University, 2011.
- Clark, Vicky (2005). Figures of thinking: convergences in contemporary cultures. New York Richmond: Pamela Auchincloss/Arts Management University of Richmond Museums. ISBN 0295985720.
- "Robert Qualters: Autobiographical Mythologies". University of Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- "Recycling Art History". vickyaclark.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- Solomon, Charles (July 22, 2004). "Cartoons storm the gallery gates". Los Angeles Times.
- "Art Gallery Presents Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation". Carnegie Mellon News. 10 (4). February 2003. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- "Invisible Threads~Common Ground at Clarion University Gallery". www.clarion.edu. September 4, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- "The White Show". vickyaclark.com. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
External links
Categories:- 1950 births
- Living people
- Artists from Pittsburgh
- American art curators
- American women artists
- American art historians
- American gender studies academics
- University of California, Davis alumni
- University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni
- Writers from Pittsburgh
- Historians from Pennsylvania
- American women art historians
- 20th-century American historians
- 21st-century American historians
- American women curators