Hand Graphics

Tarleton Blackwell

b. 1956

Benedict College; M.A., M.F.A., University of South Carolina

Tarleton Blackwell is often cited as being one of the preeminent members of a group of younger African American contemporary artists, whose work play a critical role in the current influx of this genre into the mainstream. Like his fellow participant’s inResounding Heart, he has been the recipient of many awards and honors, including the 1994 Southern Arts Federation/ National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship in Painting. Blackwell has been named an “Outstanding Young Man of America” and an “Outstanding Professional South Carolinian in the Field of Art”.

Blackwell’s work has been displayed in over one hundred and seventy solo and group exhibitions including the Horwitch LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA; Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, NY, NY; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY; Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA.. His art works are represented in numerous corporate and private collections including the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC; Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; and the Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC.