Sedrick Huckaby

Sedrick Ervin Huckaby (1975) is an American artist who is known for his use of thick, impasto paint to create murals that evoke traditional quilts and to produce large portraits that represent his personal history through images of family members and neighbors.[1][2] Huckaby has worked with images from quilts for many years, moving them from background components of portraits into the subject of his work.[3] He was interviewed about his quilt-influenced abstract work in a podcast for Painters Table.[4] His work in on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine arts in Boston, and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

Awards and Distinctions

In 2004, Huckaby was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant, which is given to acknowledge “painters and sculptors creating work of exceptional quality through unrestricted career support”.[5] In 2008 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship.[6] In 2016, he was one of the winners of the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, which is hosted by The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.[7]

Biography

Huckaby is a native of Fort Worth, Texas. He studied art at Texas Wesleyan University before receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Boston University in 1997 and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University in 1999.[8] He has lectured on the Grant Hill Collection of African American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art, and through the The Artist's Eye series at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.[9] He is currently an assistant professor of painting in the Department of Art and Art History at UT Arlington, where he has been teaching since 2009. He is married to artist Letitia Huckaby.

References

  1. ↑ ""A Legacy of Love and Freedom" Unfolds at the TMA--Quilt Paintings by Texas Artist Sedrick Huckaby On View". Tyler Museum of Art. April 12, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ Sherer, Scott. "UTSA Art Gallery features exhibit "Fare Thee Well" through Feb. 20". UTSA Today. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Simek, Peter (April 23, 2010). "Letitia and Sedrick Huckaby: An Artist Couple Reaches Into Shared Memory For Inspiration". Front Row Blog--D Magazine. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sedrick Huckaby: Interview". Painters' Table. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Joan Mitchell Foundation". Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ "UTA Assistant Art Professor Among Winners of Prestigious Smithsonian Portrait Competition". MyArlingtonTX. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  8. ↑ Samantha Calimbahin. “Sedrick Huckaby: Local artist gaining national attention.” Fort Worth Business. Friday, July 8, 2016. http://www.fortworthbusiness.com/news/arts_and_culture/sedrick-huckaby-local-artist-gaining-national-attention/article_93859204-455a-11e6-b093-e3a02701db95.html
  9. ↑ "Artist Biography for Sedrick Huckaby". AskArt. Retrieved March 18, 2016.

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