• Artworks
    • Ty Clark Choosing Joy, Minute by Minute, Day by Day, 2020 Oil, spray paint, oil stick on canvas 53 x 50 in. 134.6 x 127 cm.
      Ty Clark
      Choosing Joy, Minute by Minute, Day by Day, 2020
      Oil, spray paint, oil stick on canvas
      53 x 50 in.
      134.6 x 127 cm.
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    • Ty Clark I Want to Remember Everything #1, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 45 x 34 in. 114.3 x 86.4 cm.
      Ty Clark
      I Want to Remember Everything #1, 2022
      Acrylic on canvas
      45 x 34 in.
      114.3 x 86.4 cm.
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    • Ty Clark I Want to Remember Everything #2, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 45 x 34 in. 114.3 x 86.4 cm.
      Ty Clark
      I Want to Remember Everything #2, 2022
      Acrylic on canvas
      45 x 34 in.
      114.3 x 86.4 cm.
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    • Ty Clark It’s 7:35am in LA. Only Two Hours of Ocean Left., 2021-2022 Acrylic, graphite, pastel pencil, thread and canvas on canvas 48 x 36 x 2 in. 121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm.
      Ty Clark
      It’s 7:35am in LA. Only Two Hours of Ocean Left., 2021-2022
      Acrylic, graphite, pastel pencil, thread and canvas on canvas
      48 x 36 x 2 in.
      121.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm.
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    • Ty Clark Mid-Winter and Musical Jests Float atop Trees and Light Rain., 2022 Acrylic, conte crayon, pastel pencil on canvas 53 x 50 in. 134.6 x 127 cm.
      Ty Clark
      Mid-Winter and Musical Jests Float atop Trees and Light Rain., 2022
      Acrylic, conte crayon, pastel pencil on canvas
      53 x 50 in.
      134.6 x 127 cm.
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    • Ty Clark Sandy Floor Slippery. Drip, Drip, Drippery., 2022 Acrylic, conte crayon, molding paste, pastel pencil and folded canvas on canvas 22 x 18 in. 55.9 x 45.7 cm.
      Ty Clark
      Sandy Floor Slippery. Drip, Drip, Drippery., 2022
      Acrylic, conte crayon, molding paste, pastel pencil and folded canvas on canvas
      22 x 18 in.
      55.9 x 45.7 cm.
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    • Ty Clark Something About the Winds in the Canyon that Force the Calm upon These Dreams #2, 2021 Acrylic, spray paint, conte crayon on canvas 30 x 24 in. 76.2 x 61 cm.
      Ty Clark
      Something About the Winds in the Canyon that Force the Calm upon These Dreams #2, 2021
      Acrylic, spray paint, conte crayon on canvas
      30 x 24 in.
      76.2 x 61 cm.
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    • Ty Clark Sometimes Its a Dance, 2020 Acrylic, conte crayon, oil stick and thread on linen 30 x 28 in. 76.2 x 71.1 cm.
      Ty Clark
      Sometimes Its a Dance, 2020
      Acrylic, conte crayon, oil stick and thread on linen
      30 x 28 in.
      76.2 x 71.1 cm.
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    • Ty Clark Sway in the balance. #2, 2022 Acrylic, graphite, pastel pencil, oil pastels, conte crayon on canvas 44 1/2 x 43 in. 113 x 109.2 cm.
      Ty Clark
      Sway in the balance. #2, 2022
      Acrylic, graphite, pastel pencil, oil pastels, conte crayon on canvas
      44 1/2 x 43 in.
      113 x 109.2 cm.
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    • Ty Clark Thoughts of Spring. #6, 2021 Acrylic, spray paint, conte crayon on canvas 18 x 16 in. 45.7 x 40.6 cm.
      Ty Clark
      Thoughts of Spring. #6, 2021
      Acrylic, spray paint, conte crayon on canvas
      18 x 16 in.
      45.7 x 40.6 cm.
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    • Ty Clark Windy and Remembered. Say Hello to Jean-Michel., 2022 Acrylic, conte crayon, thread, paper and folded canvas on wood panel 24 x 24 x 6 in. 61 x 61 x 15.2 cm.
      Ty Clark
      Windy and Remembered. Say Hello to Jean-Michel., 2022
      Acrylic, conte crayon, thread, paper and folded canvas on wood panel
      24 x 24 x 6 in.
      61 x 61 x 15.2 cm.
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    • Ty Clark You Are None Other Than Champion., 2022 Acrylic, graphite, pastel pencil, thread and canvas on canvas 30 x 20 x 5 in. 76.2 x 50.8 x 12.7 cm.
      Ty Clark
      You Are None Other Than Champion., 2022
      Acrylic, graphite, pastel pencil, thread and canvas on canvas
      30 x 20 x 5 in.
      76.2 x 50.8 x 12.7 cm.
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  • Biography
    Ty Clark

    "Life has a genesis," says Texas based mixed media artist Ty Clark, "and a resolution." Clark explores the complexity of that universal genesis and searches for its elusive resolution through convulsive sketches, slathers of paint, and poetic strips of text applied to large-scale canvas. Clark evokes a lifetime of art-making, cultural exploration, literature, and deep inquiry into the human consciousness in his frenzied, gestural technique. Having grown up under the influence of his uncle Conway "Jiggs" Pierson, a prominent sculptor and Raku artist, Clark has been cultivating his soulful and energetic painting style for decades, a dedication and skill that shows in every new direction his work takes.

    "Every piece has a specific message," Clark says, "my hope is that my work drives the viewer to an internal conversation of memory and meaning." Clark paints and sketches in a studio surrounded by poetic and artistic muses from the past: Maya Angelou, Rainer Maria Rilke, Andy Warhol, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, of whom Clark derives his pen-name SAMO4PREZ. As if transcribing prophetic missives, Clark works frenetically, moving rapidly from one point of canvas to another in no clearly marked path,  applying layers of text and paint, charcoal and oil in a dizzying assembly. Clark's rapid-fire style is akin to designing patchwork quilts: he deconstructs artistic traditions like graffiti painting, abstract expressionism, and Pop art, and then binds them together in a fresh, contemporary, graphic style.  

  • CV

    Lives and works in Austin, TX

    EDUCATION

    Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
    Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2024
    All Saints Gallery, Austin, TX
    2023
    Works Base on Selected Poems 1995-2022, VaughnGallery, Austin TX
    2021
    Smythe-Mckee Digital Show, curated by Abstract Duke (Sam Duplesis), Online
    Childhood Memories, BeBop Jazz, and Brand-NewYear, NAVA Contemporary, Online
    2019
    Retrospect, curated by Dr. Jane Damron, House Gallery, Waco, TX
    OpenStudio Show, Past Works, Waco, TX
    Lessons in Remembering, Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, NC
    Lessons in Remembering Pt.2, Lost, Recovered and Remaining, Cultivate Gallery, Waco, TX
    2017
    5D Studio Show, One Man Show, Waco, TX
    2016
    Cosmos in the Chaos, Studies from Budapest, House Gallery, Austin, TX
    Texas Artist Series, Louis Shanks Gallery, San Antonio, TX, Houston, TX, Austin, TX
    2013
    GoodXGlobal, SXSW, Private Showing for Gates Foundation, United Nations, World Health Org, Austin, TX


    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2024
    Affordable Art Fair, Vaughn Gallery, Austin, TX
    James Beard Gallery, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
    2023
    Vivid Vibrations, The Yard Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    50th Anniversary Exhibition, Art Center Museum, Waco, TX (with Kermit Oliver)
    Austin Studio Tour, Vaughn Gallery, Austin, TX
    2 Person Exhibition with Vy Ngo, Art Center Museum, Waco, TX
    2022
    Austin Studio Tour, Vaughn Art Gallery, Austin, TX
    Opening Exhibition, Vaughn Art Gallery, Austin, TX
    12x12, Smythe-McKee Digital Exhibition, curated by SamDuplesis (Abstract Duke)
    2021
    Group Roster Exhibition, Path Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    A Few Thoughts on This or That, with Catherine Walker, Mont Art House, Houston, TX
    2020
    From Chaos to Order, Delaware Contemporary Museum, Wilmington, DE
    2019
    Beacham ArtSeries, Beacham & Co, Atlanta, GA
    Dialogic Series, Cement Loop Gallery, Austin, TX
    Surface Spectrum, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2018
    New Texas Talent, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
    Writing on theWall, Group Show with Banksy's "Haight Street Rat", Cultivate 7twelve Gallery, Waco, TX
    Abstracts, The Language of Abstraction, Cultivate 7twelve Gallery, Waco, TX
    Wild Torch Waco, Hippodrome, Waco, TX
    2017
    EAST Austin Studio Tour:Soma Vida, Austin, TX
    The Breath and the Clary, Winston/Salem, NC
    Prism, Print Press Gallery, Austin, TX
    Space #1, Meraki Gallery, Austin, TX
    JSL Gallery, Art Center Waco, Waco, TX
    Wild Torch, Hippodrome, Waco, TX
    2016
    Environmental Project HMC, Gallery 12, Budapest, Hungary
    Wild Torch, Hippodrome, Waco, TX

     
    RESIDENCIES

    2024
    Pouch Cove Foundation Residency, Newfoundland, Canada
    2022
    Alta Community Enrichment Artist Residency, Alta, Utah
    2016
    Hungarian Multicultural Artist Residency, Budapest, Hungary

    COLLECTIONS

    Allen Collection, Placerville, CA
    Combs Family Collection, Argyle, TX
    FMS Collection, Denton, TX
    Wilemon Collection, Austin, TX
    Jones Family Collection, Las Vegas, NV
    Caudle Family Collection, Highland Village, TX
    Combs Family Collection, Denver, CO
    Stark Family Collection, Phoenix, AZ
    Kaplyn Collection, Brooklyn, NY
    Kuhn Collection, Durham, NC
    Siler Family Collection, Lewisville, TX
    Bennett Collection, Portland, OR
    Gonzalez Collection, Studio City, CA
    Lauria Family Collection, Hollywood, CA
    Mcevilly Family Collection, Austin, TX
    Stockton Family Collection, Austin, TX
    Mendez Collection, Dallas, TX
    Johnson Collection, Dallas, TX
    Kleberg Family Collection, Austin, TX
    Grimes Family Collection, Flower Mound, TX
    Rutherford Collection, Austin, TX
    Azusa Pacific University Collection, Azusa, CA
    Dodson Collection, Austin, TX
    Clark Family Collection, Honolulu, HI
    Daichendt Family Collection, San Diego, CA
    Szechy Family Collection, Budapest, Hungary
    Safdar Collection, Austin, TX
    Kubena Family Collection, Austin, TX

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