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Gerald Clarke

Anza, California

Aerial view of art installation titled Immersion which is a circular medallion with a black symmetrical labyrinth-like design on concentric arcs, with a person in red standing near the edge and sparse vegetation surrounding the area.

Continuum Basket: BANG

2024

Aerial view of art installation titled Immersion which is a circular medallion with a black symmetrical labyrinth-like design on concentric arcs, with a person in red standing near the edge and sparse vegetation surrounding the area.

Immersion

2023

Earth Memory is an environmental art installation with hundreds of triangular banner flags whipping in the wind on silver poles in a dry lakebed in Joshua Tree, CA, with people walking around the installation. Each flag has an image of a pre-historic fish.

Earth Memory

2022

A white linen covered book with large title in red reading “Indian Painters and White Patrons” with a large dollar sign branded over the text.

Branded: Indian Painters and White Patrons

2019

Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.

About Gerald Clarke

Gerald Clark looks ahead in front of a blue sky. He is a citizen of the Cahuilla Band of Indians, and has a medium skin tone, salt-and-pepper goatee and hair pulled back. He wears chunky black glasses and a grey t-shirt.

Gerald Clarke is an enrolled citizen of the Cahuilla Band of Indians and lives in the home his grandfather built on the Cahuilla Indian Reservation. Having earned degrees in Studio Arts, he has exhibited his work widely and currently serves as a Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California Riverside, where he teaches classes in Native American art, history, and culture.

Program Participation

Joan Mitchell Fellowship, 2025

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“ Within the Cahuilla community, as in the world at large, I’ve seen how certain people are naturally drawn toward fulfilling the roles of healer, leader, teacher, and activist, among others. I feel an artist plays a vital role within healthy communities as well. To create anything, including art, is to mirror the sacred act of the original creation.”