Born 1944, Detroit, MI

Melvin W. Clark was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began to seriously study art in Detroit and moved to New York City in 1986 where he received an N.Y.S.C.A. Artist-in-Residence Grant. From 1988-1989, he was at the Lower East Side Printshop. Although painting is his main interest, he also enjoys wood block printmaking. In 1990, he began exhibiting in Europe (Amsterdam, Paris, Copenhagen, and Stockholm). He has works in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Modern African Art Gallery, Amsterdam; the Detroit Board of Education, and the Lower East Side Printshop.

EDUCATION

1986 The Printmakers Workshop
1973-75 The Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

AWARDS

1988-89 New York State Council on the Arts Artist-in-Residence, Lower East Side Printshop, New York City
1986 Artist Fellowship, The Printmakers Workshop, New York City
1995 Best of Show- Black Creativity Juried Show, Museum of Science and Industy Chicago

COMMISSIONS

1999 Mural Project, New Jersy Transit - Newark N.J. Penn. Station
1997 Poster Commission Missisippi Delta Blues Festival- Greenville, Miss.
1996 Poster Commission The Birmingham International Jazz Festival- Birmingham, GB
1994 Poster Commission AMAR Blues Festival - Denmark
1993-94 New York City School Construction Authority
1988 Barcardi Imports, Inc.
1981 Detroit Blues Festival, Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York City
The Modern African Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland Printmaking Workshop Collections, New York City
The Lower East Side Printshop, New York City
Detroit Board of Education, Detroit, MI
Your Heritage House Museum, Detroit, MI
Barden Communications, Inc. Detroit, MI

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1994 Sung Harbor Cultural Center

1993 North Sea Jazz Festival, Den, Haag, Holland Gallery New York Morning, Paris, France

1992 Art Expo, New York City Gallery 41, Stockholm, Sweden Gallery Pocketboger, Copenhagen, Denmark Gallery West, San Francisco, CA

1991 The Modern African Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Crossing Over-Changing PlacesA National and International Exhibition, Arts American Program of the US. Information Agency

1990 Printed at the lower East Side Printshop. City Gallery

1989 In the Blood. Bronx. Council on the Arts, Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY

1988 Spirits II (Solo Show), Special Things Gallery, Chicago, IL

1987 Enter-Group Gallery, New York City Wenniger Gallery, Boston, MA

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