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Clara Blalock
Atlanta, GA

  Email: ctblalock@aol.com


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*Solo Shows)
  • 2005 “A National View at Grandview” Atlanta Artists Center, Bruce Bobick, Curator
  • 2004 “From Bennett Street to Green Street, Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, Georgia, Invitational
  • 2004 Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Mobile Alabama, Sean Ulmer, Curator
  • 2003 “Artists to Watch” Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta, GA . Invitational
  • 2003 Atlanta Artists Center, Regional Juried Show, Allen Teigreen Curator
  • 2003 ING Corporation Atlanta Bench Project Invitational
  • 2003 “Art With a Southern Drawl” University of Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
  • 2003 “Escapes”, Jules Place, Boston, group show; Jan. 17th - Feb. 28th, Invitational
  • 2002 *Rutledge Street Gallery, Camden South Carolina; November/December
  • 2002 “The Landscape” Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia; November; Invitational
  • 2002 *Paddiwhack, High Springs, Florida, Opening, October 4th.
  • 2001 Jules Place, Boston; three person show, September; Invitational
  • 2000 2000 Southeastern Invitational Exhibition
  • 1998 South Cobb Arts Alliance 11th National Juried Art Exhibition
  • 1998 “Art With a Southern Drawl” University of Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
  • 1997 “Trees” Exhibit, Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, Ga. Invitational
  • 1997 “Norman Wagner and His Students, 34 Years” Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, Lagrange, Ga.; Invitational
  • 1997 *Atlanta College of Art, Gallery 100, June 3 - 29.
  • 1996 Georgia Arts “96
  • 1996 Decatur Arts Alliance Annual Juried Show
  • 1986 *Atlanta Junior League Headquarters
SELCTED AWARDS AND HONORS

  • 2004 Award of Merit, South Cobb Arts Alliance 17th National Juried Exhibition, Gregor Turk, Curator
  • 2000 Mabel House Award of Distinction (Best in Show), South Cobb Arts Alliance 13th National Juried Exhibition, Mabelton, Georgia; Keith Rasmussen, Curator
  • 1999 Honorable Mention, Artforms, Atlanta, Ga.; Gordon Anderson, Alan Teigreen, Polly Neal, Curator
  • 1999 Juror’s Choice Award, “Rock, Paper, Scissors; Artworks 2000”; Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia; Kevin Cole Curator
  • 1998 First Prize, “Man, Earth & Sky” Exhibit, Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, Georgia; Gregor Turk, Curator
  • 1998 “Best in Show”, Atlanta Artists Center 26th Annual Traveling Show; Christopher Hickey, Curator
  • 1998 Purchase Award, Anderson County Art Center 23rd Annual Juried Show, Anderson, S.C.; Victoria Boone, Curator
  • 1996 First Prize and Honorable Mention; Artists Atelier of Atlanta, Juried Show, Ben Smith Curator
  • 1995 Merit Award; Artists Atelier of Atlanta, Annual Juried Show; Dale Rayburn, Curator
  • 1994 Merit Award; Artists Atelier of Atlanta, Annual Juried Show; Bruce Bobbick, Curator
  • 1994 Third Prize; Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Ga. 12th Juried Competition and Exhibition; Charles Thomas Butler, Curator
  • 1993 First Prize; Oil and Acrylic, South Cobb Arts Alliance 6th National Juried Art Exhibition, Mableton, Georgia; Joseph Perrin, Curator
  • 1991 Two Dimensional Award of Excellence; Quinlan Gala, Gainesville, Ga.; Lamar Dodd, Curator
  • 1964 Best Printmaker Award, Atlanta College Of Art
EDUCATION
  • 1964 BFA Painting (minor Printmaking), Atlanta College of Art
  • 1961 Associate Degree, Stratford College; Danville, Virginia
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
  • Americas Capital Partners, Piedmont Center
  • Progress Energy Corporate Headquarters; Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Mayo Clinic; Jacksonville, Florida
  • Post Properties; Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, DC
  • North Georgia Cancer Center
  • PGA tour TCP at Riverbend
  • Baptist South Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Suntrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia
TELEVISION
  • “Trading Spaces” 100 Grand Edition
  • “Extreme Home Makeover”
SELECTED JUROR, JUDGE
  • 2005 Metro Montage VI, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art
  • 2004 57th Annual Members Exhibit, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
  • 2003 “Home is Where the Heart Is” Atlanta Artists Center benefit for Habitat for Humanity, Rabun Gap, Georgia
  • 2003 “Arts on the River” Columbus Artists’ Guild, Columbus, Georgia
  • 2002 “Home for the Holidays” Dawson County Arts Council National Juried Show, Dawsonville, Georgia
  • 2002 Atlanta Artists Center New Members Show
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Atlanta Artists Center (Member of Excellence) (President, 1996 & 1997, Board Chair, 1998 & 1999)
  • Plein Aire Painters of Georgia
  • Fredericks Canvas (Tara) Advisory Board
PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION
  • Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Beverly McNeil Gallery, Destin, Florida
  • Bobbe Gillis Inc., Professional Art Services , Atlanta, Georgia
  • Fogle Fine Art, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Jules Place, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Matt Jones Gallery, Tuscaloosa Alabama
  • Megan Candler Gallery, Vero Beach, Florida
  • Royal Decor Ltd., Omaha, Nebraska
  • Rutledge Street Gallery, Camden, South Carolina
  • Tucker Gallery, Evanston, Illinois
  • www.artshow.com
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