About the Creative...Afro Folk Art by freedom clay
freedom clay is the founder of the art collective aptly named Artsy People of Color. For more than 25 years Durham North Carolina artist freedom clay has worked to celebrate the multi-dimensional facets and plight of Black America by celebrating and affirming its beauty and humanity. This is done by creating paintings in response to what’s going on in his life personally, socially, and politically, as well as how these contexts inform how individuals are perceived and treated in broader society.
freedom clay's use of vivid colors and ability to capture and provoke emotion in his faceless paintings are unique characteristics to his aesthetic. As a proud, humble, and evolving He-ARTist from the South, it is freedom clay's earnest hope that his work continues to interrogate and provoke wonder in the viewer, as well as inspire life-affirming and critical conversations. This should be done while addressing, responding, or reacting to disparate sociopolitical and cultural issues involving the following: human equity, race, class, gender, stigma, sexuality.
freedom clay's creations and photography have been on exhibit at the following places: The University of Texas at Austin's Africa and African Diaspora Studies Department, The Artistically Irrational Exhibition Series 2014 at The Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke University, The National Academy of Medicine, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, North Carolina State University African-American Cultural Center, The Carrack Modern Art Gallery, Blue Coffee Cafe, The Peoples' Channel at Golden Belt, Hairizon, New York City at La Mama Galleria, Bull City Music School's Hillsborough location, the cover of the January/February 2016 special edition, “Public Health Reports”, his creation, “We ARE ALL the FACE of HIV/AIDS” can be seen on the cover of the January/February 2016 special edition, “Public Health Reports”, as part of the U.S. Surgeon General's focus on implementing routine HIV screening in clinical settings, and a solo exhibition celebrating the diverse beauty of Black women and girls at the LGBTQ Center of Durham.
freedom clay is a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, and a proud supporter of historically Black colleges and universities. AGGIE PRIDE!!!
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