Collages titled "Hair Traffic" by Juarez Hawkins, Original Artwork, Oil

Hair Traffic (2007) Collages by Juarez Hawkins

Not For Sale

Original Artwork Collages, Oil

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 2.4in, Width 3.9in
Categories Collages under $1,000

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Juarez Hawkins

United States

Juarez Hawkins is an artist, educator and curator. She received a B.A. from Northwestern University, and her M.A. from Columbia College Chicago. Juarez has exhibited widely, hosting solo exhibitions at Concordia University, the 33 Collective Gallery, and the South Side Community Art Center. As Co-Curator of Gallery Programs at Chicago State University, she organized exhibitions from the permanent collection, as well as student work, and established artists including Richard Hunt and Marva Pitchford Jolly. Juarez is a member of Sapphire and Crystals, a collective of African American female artists.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Curator, Patric McCoy: Take My Picture, Wrightwood 659, 2023

• Curator, Center Program exhibition Intersectional Touch, Hyde Park Art Center, 2019.

• Curator, Bill Walker: Urban Griot exhibition and programming, Hyde Park Art Center. Part of the Terra Foundation Art Design Chicago initiative, 2017-18 (Catalogue).

• Curator, The Love Affair Continues, a survey of contemporary art of the African Diaspora, DuSable Museum, 2018-19 (Catalogue).

• Developed interdisciplinary curriculum for The Art of Flocking, a Terra Foundation-funded initiative highlighting the art of muralist Hector Duarte and African American artist collective Sapphire and Crystals, 2018.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

Sapphire and Crystals: Forward, Bridgeport Art Center, 2022

Emergence: Intersections at the Center, South Side Community art Center, 2022

Iconic Black Panther, Stony Island Arts Bank, 2018

Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, 2017 (Catalogue)

Front and Center, Hyde Park Art Center, 2014

Diasporal Rhythms: A 10-Year Love Affair with Collecting Art of the African Diaspora, Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, 2013 (Catalogue)

From the Earth, Woman Made Gallery, 2013

Sapphire & Crystals, Christopher Gallery, Prairie State College, 2013

Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 2013 (Catalogue)

Black Creativity Exhibition, juried by Naomi Beckwith (Jury Awards), 2012

EDUCATION

Columbia College, MA, 2001