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Studio Museum in Harlem

New York, United States of America
Official website: Studio Museum in Harlem

The Studio Museum in Harlem has for several decades been an important New York City venue for Black artists, primarily African-American ones. It is located in the heart of the Harlem district of New York, at 144 West 125th Street. A number of artists from elsewhere in the African Diaspora, including some UK-based practitioners, have shown work in exhibitions at this important visual arts venue. Studio Museum in Harlem was one of three venues for Transforming the Crown: African, Asian and Caribbean Artists in Britain 1966 - 1996. SMH exhibition dates were October 14, 1997 - March 15, 1998. It was the venue for Energy/Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction, 1964-1980, April 5 - July 2, 2006.

Related items + view all 9

click to show details of Black Romantic - catalogue

»  Black Romantic - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2002

click to show details of Chris Ofili | Afro Muses 1995 - 2005

»  Chris Ofili | Afro Muses 1995 - 2005

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2005

click to show details of Energy/Experimentation

»  Energy/Experimentation

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2006

click to show details of Transforming the Crown

»  Transforming the Crown

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1997

Exhibitions at this venue + view all 7

»  The Shadows Took Shape

Group show at Studio Museum in Harlem. 2013 - 2014

People who have appeared at this venue - view 5

»  Faisal Abdu’Allah

Born, 1969 in London, UK

»  Alonzo Adams

Born, 1961 in Harlem, New York

»  Said Adrus

Born, 1958 in Kampala, Uganda

»  Ajamu

Born, 1963 in Huddersfield, England

»  Hassan Aliyu

Born, 1964 in London

»  Leroy Allen

Born, 1951 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA

»  Iana L. N. Amauba

Born, 1975 in Eugene, Oregon, USA

»  Jules R. Arthur, III

Born, 1970 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

»  Henrietta Atooma Atele

Born, 1966 in Warri, Nigeria

»  Alexander Austin

Born, 1961 in Tallahassee, Florida, USA

»  Marlon H. Banks

Born, 1965 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

»  Marcia Bennet

Born, 1968 in London, England

»  Zarina Bhimji

Born, 1963 in Mbarara, Uganda

»  Sutapa Biswas

Born, 1962 in Bolpur, India

»  Sylbert Bolton

Born, 1959 in St. Mary, Jamaica

»  (Sir) Frank Bowling OBE, RA

Born, 1935 - 1937 (probably 1936) in British Guiana (now Guyana) Caribbean/S. America

»  Sonia Boyce MBE OBE RA

Born, 1962 in London, England

»  Winston Branch

Born, 1947 in Castries, St Lucia

»  Vanley Burke

Born, 1951 in Jamaica

»  Chila Kumari Singh Burman

Born, 1958 in Liverpool, England

»  Nina I. Buxenbaum

Born, 1974 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

»  Barbara Chase-Riboud

Born, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

»  Ed/Edward Clark

Born, 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

»  Anthony Daley

Born, 1960 in Jamaica

»  Clifford Darrett

Born, 1941 in Evansville, IN, USA

»  Allan deSouza

Born, 1958 in Nairobi, Kenya

»  Godfried Donkor

Born, 1964 in Kumasi, Ghana

»  Sokari Douglas Camp CBE

Born, 1958 in Buguma, Nigeria

»  Keith J. Duncan

Born, 1964 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

»  Nina Edge

Born, 1962 in England

»  Melvin Edwards

Born, 1937 in Houston, Texas, USA

»  Uzo Egonu

Born, 1931 in Onitsha, Nigeria. Died, 1996

»  Fred/Frederick John Eversley

Born, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

»  Rotimi Fani-Kayode

Born, 1955 in Nigeria. Died, 1989

»  Lawrence Finney

Born, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

»  Denzil Forrester

Born, 1956 in Grenada

»  Armet Francis

Born, 1945 in Jamaica

»  Joy Gregory

Born, 1959 in Oxfordshire, England

»  Gerald Griffin

Born, 1964 in Chicago, IL, USA

»  Sunil Gupta

Born, 1953 in New Delhi, India

»  Lubaina Himid MBE, CBE

Born, 1954 in Zanzibar, Tanzania

»  James Hoston

Born, 1963 in Freeport, NY, USA

»  Bhajan Hunjan

Born, 1956 in Kenya

»  Meena Jafarey

Born, 1962 in London

»  Gavin Jantjes

Born, 1948 in Cape Town, South Africa

»  Robert L. Jefferson

Born, 1929 in Philadelphia, PA, USA

»  Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede

Born, 1943 in Nigeria

»  Daniel Johnson/LaRue Johnson

Born, 1938 in Los Angeles, CA, USA

»  Claudette Johnson

Born, 1959 in Manchester. England

»  Oliver B. Johnson, Jr.

Born, 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA

»  Troy L. Johnson

Born, 1968 in Philadelphia, PA, USA

»  Mumtaz Karimjee

Born, 1950 in Mumbai, India

»  Rita Keegan

Born, 1949 in New York, USA

»  George Fowokan Kelly

Born, 1938 - 1948 (probably 1943) in Kingston, Jamaica

»  Roshini Kempadoo

Born, 1959 in Crawley, Sussex, England

»  Jonathan M. Knight

Born, 1959 in Daytona Beach, FL, USA

»  Juginder Lamba

Born, 1948 in Nairobi, Kenya

»  Errol Lloyd

Born, 1943 in Jamaica

»  Tom Lloyd

Born, 1929. Died, 1996

»  Al/Alvin Loving

Born, 1935. Died, 2005

»  Jeanette Madden

Born, 1950 in Berkeley, CA, USA

»  Cal Massey

Born, 1926 in Darby, PA, USA

»  Jenny/Jeni McKenzie

Born, 1968 in London

»  Althea McNish

Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, date unknown

»  David Medalla

Born, 1942 in Manila, Phillipines

»  Shaheen Merali

Born, 1959 in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

»  Bill Ming

Born, 1944 in Bermuda

»  Dean Mitchell

Born, 1957 in Pittsburg, PA, USA

»  Ronald Moody

Born, 1900 in Kingston, Jamaica. Died, 1984

»  Kadir Nelson

Born, 1974 in Washington, DC, USA

»  Chris Ofili

Born, 1968 in Manchester, UK

»  Olu Oguibe

Born, 1964 in Nigeria

»  Joe Overstreet

Born, 1934 in Conehatta, MS, USA

»  Eugene Palmer

Born, 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica

»  Tony Phillips

Born, 1952 in Liverpool, UK

»  Howardena Pindell

Born, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA, USA

»  Keith Piper

Born, 1960 in Malta

»  Ingrid Pollard

Born, 1953 in Georgetown, Guyana

»  Leslie Printis

Born, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA, USA

»  Robert V. Reid

Born, 1960 in Trinidad, Caribbean

»  Haywood Bill Rivers

Born, 1922. Died, 2002

»  Franklyn Rodgers

Born, 1963 in London

»  Donald Rodney

Born, 1961 in Birmingham, England. Died, 1998

»  Jonathon Romain

Born, 1966 in Chicago, IL, USA

»  Veronica Ryan

Born, 1956 in Plymouth, Montserrat

»  Lesley Sanderson

Born, 1962 in Malaysia

»  Danijah Tafari (Fitzroy Sang)

Born, 1955 in Kingston, Jamaica

»  Folake Shoga

Born, 1955 in Nigeria

»  Yinka Shonibare MBE CBE RA

Born, 1962 in London, England

»  Gurminder Sikand

Born, 1960 in Jamshedpur, India

»  Philip Smallwood

Born, 1957 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

»  Aj Smith

Born, 1952 in Jonestown, MS, USA

»  Maud Sulter

Born, 1960 in Glasgow, Scotland. Died, 2008

»  Toni L. Taylor

Born, 1958 in Mount Vernon, NY, USA

»  Alma Thomas

Born, 1886 - 1896 (probably 1891). Died, 1978

»  Hulbert Waldroup

Born, 1966 in Chicago, IL, USA

»  Larry Walker

Born, 1935 in Franklin, GA, USA

»  Geraldine Walsh

Born, 1961 in London, England

»  Shamek Weddle

Born, 1975 in Grand Rapids, MI

»  Jack Whitten

Born, 1939 in Bessemer, Alabama, USA

»  Kehinde Wiley

Born, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA, USA

»  Aubrey Williams

Born, 1926 in Georgetown, Guyana. Died, 1990

»  William T. Williams

Born, 1942 in Cross Creek, NC, USA

»  Deborah Willis

Born, 1948 in Philadelphia, USA

»  Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Born, 1977 in London