clarity haynes

      Born: 1971, McAllen, Texas
      Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

education

      2007 MFA in painting, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
      2003 Certificate of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
      1995 BA in Film Production, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

solo exhibits

      2011 Clarity Haynes: Radical Acceptance, Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
           Catalogue with essay by Beth Gersh-Nesic and an introduction by Brandon Fortune
      2008 Clarity Haynes: Recent Drawings, Bogigian Gallery, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
      2006 Clarity Haynes: Paintings, Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
      2005 Clarity Haynes: Recent Work, Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
      2003 PII Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

selected group exhibits


      2012 The Influential Female: Drawings Inspired by Women in History, Kentler            International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
      2011 Faculty Exhibition, Ruth S. Harley University Center Gallery,
           Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
           Intersecting Identities: Women of New York, Campbell Soady Gallery, LGBT Center, New York
           Portraits by Clarity Haynes and Cyndy Warwick, Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and            Lesbian Art, Window Gallery Exhibition, New York, NY
      2009 About Face, Tabla Rasa gallery, Brooklyn NY
           Into Your Head, Hopkins House Gallery of Contemporary Art, Camden, NJ
      2007 THE FACE, the ‘temporary' Museum, Brooklyn, NY
           Pennsylvania Academy Alumni Exhibit, DUMBO Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
           Q Art, The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
      2005 Corpus VI, Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
           Emerging Artists: Faculty Select, the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
           Myth, Magic and Meaning, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
           Art Endures, Lankenau Hospital, Haverford, PA
      2004 Women Painting Women, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
           Rendering Gender, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
           Artists in Residence, Bogigian Gallery, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
      2003 This Is State of the Art, the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
      1989 Presidential Scholars, the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
      1988 Sneak Preview, Metropolitan Museum and Arts Center, Miami, FL

selected awards and grants


      2010 Brooklyn Arts Council
      2007 Charles Shaw Award
      2006 Posey Foundation Grant
      2005 Barbara Deming Memorial Grant 
      2003 Leeway Foundation WOO Grant
           Benjamin West Award
      2002 William Emlin Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship
           Selma and Samuel Savitz Purchase Prize
           Charles Toppan Award
           Violette di Mazia Memorial Award
           Franklin Watson Grant
      1999 American Artists Fund Scholarship Award
      1990 Swarthmore Foundation Grant
      1988 NFAA Arts Recognition Finalist
           Presidential Scholar in the Arts 

professional experience


      2009 – present   Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
                       Drawing II, Figure Drawing
      2011             Part-Time Lecturer, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ Visiting Critic, New York                        Academy of Art, New York, NY
      2007 – present   Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn college, Brooklyn, NY
                       Beginning through advanced drawing, undergraduate and graduate level
      2008             Visiting Artist, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia NY
      2007             Visiting Lecturer and Critic, the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
      2006             Teaching Assistant, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY
                       Visiting Artist Coordinator, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY
      2005             Visiting lecturer, the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
      2004             Artist in Residence, Wilson College, Chambersburg PA
                       Visiting Lecturer, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
                       Panelist, “Women Painting Women”, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
                       Visiting Lecturer, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
                       Visiting Lecturer, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
                       Visiting Lecturer, the University of Maryland, College Park, MD

bibliography

      Saettel, Tom, “Just Real-Looking: the Portrait Art of Clarity Haynes: An Interview with
      Clarity Haynes by Tom Saettel, ” The Journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, #20,
      Summer 2006.
      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.
      Haynes, Clarity. The Breast Portrait Book. Limited edition artist’s book, created with a grant
      from the Leeway Foundation, 2003.
      Hill, Lori, “First Friday Focus: PII Gallery,” City Paper, Philadelphia PA, July 3, 2003.
      Akande, Oladejo, "Art as a Form of Therapy," The Daily Independent, Nigeria, January 13, 2003.
      Vachani, 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

memberships

    
Member, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Board
      Trustee, The Carlo Pittore Foundation for the Figurative Arts