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1. Hope, 2006, charcoal and pastel on paper, 38" x 50"
2. Hope, detail
3. Unrepentant, 2007, charcoal and pastel on paper,
38" x 50"
4. Sub Rosa, 2006, charcoal and pastel on paper,
44" x 60"
5. Sub Rosa, detail
6. Flight, 2007, charcoal and pastel on paper, 50" x 66"
7. Flight, detail
8. Hustler, 2007, charcoal and pastel on paper, 38" x 50"
9. Princess, 2006, charcoal and pastel on paper, 38" x 50"
10. Annunciation, 2006, charcoal and pastel on paper,
44" X 60"
11. Hair Burial, 2007, charcoal and pastel on paper,
44" x 60"
12. Study for Hair Burial, 2007, charcoal on paper,
30" x 46"
13. Study for Hair Burial, detail
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Artist Statement
I work with soft drawing media on paper to create large-scale, archetypal portraits of women. I am concerned with psychological and emotional states and the tensions within them: rage and tenderness, confrontation and concealment, empathy and autonomy. I am fascinated by the history of portraiture in painting and by the ways in which changing conventions reflect ideas about gender. My portraits playfully refer to the past but explore contemporary reality, seeking to subvert traditional expectations and to convey a sense of freedom and fluidity of identity. |
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1. Lisa with Eyes Closed, 2004, charcoal and pastel on paper, 41" x 36"
2. Medusa, 2005, charcoal and pastel on paper, 41" x 36"
3. Crone, 2004, charcoal and pastel on paper, 68" x 48"
4. Crone, detail
5. Amethyste Rah, 2003, charcoal and4 pastel on paper, 38" x 46"
6. Amethyste Rah, detail
7. Breastlessness, 2002, charcoal on paper, 30" x 40"
8. Hair, 2005, charcoal and pastel on paper, 22" x 28"
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1. Hair, 2004, graphite on paper, 8" x 9"
2. Geraldine Dreaming, 2004, graphite on paper, 6" x 7"
3. Portrait of an Artist, 2004, graphite on paper, 9" x 10"
4. Ten, 2005, graphite on paper, 9" x 12"
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1. Portrait of a Survivor, 2003, oil on board, 12" x 16"
2. Portrait of Karen with a Beard, 2004, oil on canvas, 10" x 14"
3. My Father's Daughter: Self Portrait with Beard, 2003, oil on canvas, 10" x 12"
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Artist Statement
I enjoy using the tradition of portraiture and the sensuality of classical techniques to redefine identity and to question assumptions about gender, beauty, and normalcy. Whether I am finding a fiery pattern of stretch marks on a pregnant belly, or expressing an inner self through the addition of facial hair to an otherwise female portrait, my work is a way of articulating and expanding my experience of life. |
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The Breast Portrait Project
1. Breast Portrait Triptych, 2002, oil on canvas, 22" x 80"
2. Breast Portrait Triptych, detail
3. Breast Portrait Triptych, detail
4. Breast Portrait Triptych, detail |
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The Breast Portrait Project
1. Pregnancy Breast Portrait, 2003, oil on canvas, 22" x 28"
2. Jane with Breast Portrait, 2003
3. Madeline with Breast Portrait, 2002
4. Post Mastectomy Study, 2002, oil on board, 8" x 12" |
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Artist Statement
The Breast Portrait Project is about celebrating and reclaiming the female body. It began in 1998 when I started doing torso portraits for women on commission, mostly at women's festivals and retreats. I documented the process by photographing the women with their finished portraits and asking them to record their thoughts and stories in "The Breast Portrait Book", a still-growing collection of over a 300 women's writings.
It is through this project that I have come into contact with women who have survived breast and other cancers, and have been moved by their courage, honesty, and unique perspectives on the body.
Questions that I feel inspired to raise with my work, are: What does it mean to be whole? To be female?
Why are some wounds considered heroic and others a cause for shame? What is aesthetically pleasing about symmetry? Asymmetry?
I like to create triptychs out of the portraits so that there is both a dialogue between them and a sense of community.
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Education
2007
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
MFA
2003
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate of Fine Arts
1994 - 1995
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
BA in Film
1989 - 1990
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA |
Selected Awards and Grants
2007
Charles Shaw Award
2006
Posey Foundation Grant
2005
Barbara Deming Grant
2000- 2003
Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Grant
The William Emlin Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship
The Charles Toppan Prize
The Violette de Mazia Memorial Scholarship
The Selma and Samuel J. Savitz Purchase Prize
Franklin C. Watkins Memorial Grant
1999
The American Artists Professional League
American Artists Fund Scholarship Award, New York, NY
1990
Swarthmore Foundation Grant, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1989
Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Washington, DC
1987
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Award, Level I, Miami, FL |
Professional Experience
2007
Visiting Lecturer and Critic, the New York Academy of Art
Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2006 - 2007
Visiting Artist Coordinator, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Teaching Assistant, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing I and Drawing II
2005
Panelist, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Lecture, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
2004
Artist in Residence, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
Lecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Lecture, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
2004 - 2005
Instructor, The Fairmount Art Center, Philadelphia, PA |
Bibliography
Hill, Lori, "First Friday Focus: Highwire Gallery", City Paper, Philadelphia PA, March 31, 2005
Gehman, Geoff, "Exhaustive Viewing the Magic that Makes Juried Show Work", The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, March 10, 2005
D, Vitamin, "The Breast Portrait Project", 20 min, DVD. Shown at the Freedom Cinema Festival in Park City, Utah, and the Philadelphia Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Hill, Lori, "First Friday Focus", City Paper, Philadelphia, PA, July, 3, 2003
Akande, Oladejo, "Art as a Form of Therapy," The Daily Independent, Nigeria, Jan. 13, 2003
Coyle, Carolyn, "The Breast Portrait Project – Clarity Haynes," Oncolink: the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, May 14, 2002
Bell, Cei, "The Image is the Condition," Au Courant, January 6, 1998
Johnson, Brian F., "Clarity Amid Chaos," The South Philly Review, May 1, 1997 |
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Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2006
Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Paintings by Clarity Haynes, PII Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group
2007
THE FACE, the 'temporary Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Club Exhibition,
DUMBO exhibition space, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Corpus VI, six-person show, Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Emerging Artists:Faculty Select, the Andrews Gallery of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Myth, Magic and Meaning, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Juror: Audrey Flack
Art Endures, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Conference Center Gallery at Lankenau Hospital, Haverford, PA
2004
Women Painting Women, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Rendering Gender,
University
Gallery, Truman State
University, Kirksville, MO
Artists in Residence, Bogigian Gallery, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
2003
Annual Juried Alumni Show, 1301 Gallery, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Curators: Bo Bartlett, James Brantley and Sarah McEneaney
The 140th Annual Juried Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings,
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
This Is State of the Art, The Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2000-2003
Gallery 1301, Philadelphia, PA
2000
72nd Grand National Exhibition, The American Artists Professional League, The Salgamundi Club, New York, NY
1995
Intimate Works By Women, Penguin Place Community Center Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Laurie Fitzpatrick
1993
Sources of Strength: DC Women Artists, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
1989
Presidential Scholars in the Arts, The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
1988
Sneak Preview: the Next Generation, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Metropolitan Museum and Arts Center, Miami, FL
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Collections
Rena Rowan Breast Cancer Center
of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Printmaking Department Archives, Philadelphia, PA
Wilson College
Jeff Carr, dean of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Selma and Samuel Savitz
Numerous private collections |
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