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Black Farmers (hand-pulled etching, 1968)
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Born in Aliceville, Alabama in 1939, Wendell Brooks has been a Professor of Art at The College of New Jersey since 1971. Brooks received his MFA in Printmaking and a BS in Art Education from Indiana University. He has received numerous fellowships, scholarship and grants, including a Grant Award from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Art.
In addition, various colleges, museums, and private collections hold Brooks’ work. His work has been displayed both nationally and internationally, and for five years, he served on several committees of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Wendell Brooks’ work is inspired by explorations in self-discovery, as well as cultural diversity, and is often inspired by African masks and the African culture.
His work has been featured in numerous group and solo exhibitions including Free Within Ourselves - American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of African Art, and the Smithsonian Institution: National Collection of Fine Art in Washington, D.C. His work is also in many permanent collections including the Library of Congress, and the Macedonian Center of Contemporary Art in Greece. Brooks has also been featured in the African American Fine Arts Collection, published by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
Group Exhibitions:
Atlanta, Georgia. Fine Arts Building, Spelman College. 11 Black Printmakers. February 8-26, 1970. Unpag. (8 pp.) exhib. cat., 5 b&w illus., brief bio. Information, exhib. Checklist. Intro. by Hans Bhalla. Artists include: Wendell T. Brooks, Calvin Burnett, David Driskell, Leon Hicks, James Edward Jones, Ted Jones, Geraldine McCullough, Edward McCluney, Norma Morgan, Joseph Ross, John Wilson. (Illus. of work by Burnett, Brooks, Hicks, T. Jones, McCullough.) Sq. 8vo, stapled pictorial wraps. First ed.
Atlanta, Georgia Spelman College. Wendell Brooks and ?. February, 1972.
Two-person exhibition.
Bloomington, Indiana. Afro-American Arts Institute, Indiana University. Perspectives on the Black Experience: Art as Image and Idea. February, 1977.
Bloomington, Indiana. Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Indiana University. Two Decades of Change. September, 1993.
Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana University Auditorium. Perspectives on the Black Experience: Art as Image and Idea. February-March, 1977. 32 pp. exhib. cat., 20 b&w illus., photos and biogs. of artists, checklist of 21 works by 16 artists. Alumni invitational exhibition sponsored by the Afro-American Arts Insitute, Indiana Universtiy. Text by Herman Hudson. Included: Antonio Blackburn, Lula Mae Blocton, William E. Taylor, Wendell Brooks, William E. Colvin, Felix Eboigbe, Freida High, Willie Jackson, Earl Johnson, Eddie 'Jack' Jordan, Ramon Price, Roscoe Reddix, Bruce Robinson, Arthur Rose, Malcolm E. Sowells, and James Watkins. Sq. 8vo, pictorial card wraps.
Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana University Museum of Art. An Ebony Excursion. March, 1971.
Camden, New Jersey. Steadman Art Gallery, Rutgers University. Rutgers National 94: Works on Paper. January, 1994. Exhib. cat., illus. Juried by Faith Ringgold and Elizabeth Sussman. Included: Wendell T. Brooks, Beverly McIver.
Carleton, Minnesota. Carleton College.The Young Artist. January, 1970.
Cleveland, Ohio. Karamu House Gallery. Black Printmakers ’69. May, 1969.
Clinton, New Jersey. Hunterdon Museum of Art. 42nd Annual National Juried Print Exhibition. June-July, 1998.
Fayetteville, Arkansas. University of Arkansas. Young Artists. November, 1970.
Hackettstown, New Jersey. Centenary Gallery, Centenary College. Wendell Brooks and ?. November, 1976. Two-person exhibition.
Huntsville, Alabama. Huntsville Museum of Art. Black Artists / South. April 1-July 29, 1979. 64 pp., illus., bibliog. Dedicated to Aaron Douglas. One of the most substantial exhibitions of Black artists of the '70s, curated by Ralph M. Hudson. 150 artists included: Charles H. Alston, Frederick C. Alston, Emma Amos, William Anderson, Benny Andrews, Emmanuel V. Asihene, William E. Artis, Richmond Barthé, Romare Bearden, Herman Beasley, John T. Biggers, Betty Blayton, Shirley Bolton, Arthur L. Britt, Sr., Wendell T. Brooks, Arthur Carraway, George Washington Carver, Yvonne Parks Catchings, Elizabeth Catlett, Don Cincone, Claude Clark, Claude Lockhart Clark, Benny Cole, Tarrence Corbin, G. C. Coxe, Ernest Crichlow, Ernest J. Davidson, Jr., Joseph Delaney, James Denmark, Murry N. Depillars, Hayward R. Dinsmore, Sr., Jeff R. Donaldson, Aaron Douglas, David Driskell, William Edmondson, Marion Epting, Burford E. Evans, Minnie Evans, Elton Fax, Sam Gilliam, J. Eugene Grigsby, Robert Hall, Phillip Hampton, Isaac Hathaway, Wilbur Haynie, Alfred Hinton, Fannie Holman, Earl J. Hooks, John W. Howard, Jean Paul Hubbard, Earnestine Huff, James Huff, Clementine Hunter, A.B. Jackson, Wilmer Jennings, Bill Johnson, Harvey L. Johnson, Joshua Johnson, Malvin Gray Johnson, William H. Johnson, William E. Johnston, James Edward Jones, Lawrence A. Jones, Lois Mailou Jones, Ted Jones, Jack Jordan, James E. Kennedy, Virginia Jackson Kiah, Simmie L. Knox, Lawrence Compton Kolawole, Jean Lacy, Larry Francis Lebby, Hughie Lee-Smith, Samella Lewis, Henri Linton, Oscar Logan, Jesse Lott, Nina Lovelace, Edward McCluney, Jr., Phillip L. Mason, Steve Matthews, Grady Garfield Miles, Minnie Marianne Miles, Lev Mills, Clifford Mitchell, Corinne Mitchell, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Jimmie Mosely, Jr., Archibald J. Motley, Jr., Otto Neals, Trudell Mimms Obey, Hayward L. Oubré, John Outterbridge, Joe Overstreet, Roderick Owens, William Pajaud, Curtis Patterson, John Payne, Clifton Pearson, Marion Perkins, Harper Phillips, Robert Pious, Stephanie Pogue, P.H. Polk, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, Roscoe C. Reddix, Robert Reid, Leon Renfro, John W. Rhoden, John T. Riddle, Jr., Gregory D. Ridley, Jr., Haywood Rivers, Arthur Rose, John T. Scott, Thomas Sills, Carroll H. Simms, Jewel Woodard Simon, Merton D. Simpson, Van E. Slater, Maurice Strider, Clarence Talley, James Tanner, Alma Thomas, Elaine F. Thomas, Bob Thompson, Mose Tolliver, Dox Thrash, Leo F. Twiggs, Harry Vital, Larry Walker, James W. Washington, Jr., James Watkins, Clifton G. Webb, James Lesesne Wells, Amos White, Charles White, Jessie Whitehead, Claudia Widdiss, Chester Williams, Walter J. Williams, William T. Williams, Ed Wilson, Ellis Wilson, Everett L. Winrow, Viola Wood, Hale Woodruff, Doris Woodson, Charles A. Young, Kenneth Young, Milton Young. 4to (29 cm.), felt-covered wraps. First ed.
Kenosha, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The Pisa Project. January, 1985.
Morristown, New Jersey. Art in the Atrium. That's a Whole 'Notha Story. January 27-March 31, 2006. 14th Annual Exhibit of Fine Art By African Americans. Group exhibition. Curated by Vicki Craig. 57 artists included: Alonzo Adams, Benny Andrews, Indira Bailey, Romare Bearden, Phoebe Beasley, Camille Billops, Lula Blocton, Chakaia Booker, Wendell T. Brooks, Bradford Brown, Eleta J. Caldwell, Leroy Campbell, Nanette Carter, Leroy Campbell, Bryan Collier, Viki Craig, Jose Manuel Cruz, Quintard DeGeneste, Aaron Dobbs, David Driskell, Ife East, Benny Edwards, Stephen Ellis, Frank Frazier, Jerry Gant, Gladys Barker Grauer, Ben Frieson, Nora Green, Janice Hairston, Doreen Hardie, Marietta Betty Mayes Hicklin, Adrienne Hoard, Anne Johnson, Lois Mailou Jones, Darnell Jones-Bey, Tyrone King, Cassandra McIntyre, Margaret Slade Kelly, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Julia Miller, Maceo Mitchell, Len Morris, Russell A. Murray, Rosalind Nzinga Nichol, Kaaren Patterson, Janet Taylor Pickett, Marsha Pickett, Zethray Penniston, Faith Ringgold, Ronald Ritzie, Sonia Sadler, Florence Statts, Cedric Smith, Delores Stewart, Bisa Washington, Joseph Milo Washington, Leroy White, Heather Williams.
New York (NY). Pratt Graphics Center. The Black Experience in Prints. February, 1972.
New York (NY). Pratt Graphics Center. The Black Experience in Prints. February, 1977.
Newark (NJ). Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Mason Gross School of the Arts. The Legacy and Influence of Artist/Educators from of the Arts New Jersey’s Multiple Ethnic & Racial Communities 1950-1980. May 1-June 30, 2004. Group exhibition of work by multicultural and multi-ethnic artist/teachers and examination of their influence on the subsequent generations of artists in New Jersey. Artists include: Emma Amos, Mel Edwards, Lloyd McNeil, Billie Pritchard, Vivian Browne, Camille Billops, Ben Jones, Wendell T. Brooks, Gladys Grauer, Hughie Lee-Smith, Rex Goreleigh.
Oceanville (NJ). Noyes Museum of Art. Living in America. March-May, 1988.
Patterson (NJ). Broadway Gallery, Passaic County Community College. As a Man Thinks. December, 1996-February, 1997.
Plymouth (MA). Cranberry Gallery. Black Artists from New Jersey. March, 1980.
Princeton (NJ). Princeton Art Association. Third Annual Print and Drawing Show. November, 1972.
Rockford (IL). Burpee Museum. A Return to Humanism. March, 1971.
Seward (NE). Concordia Teachers College. Social Comment in Recent Art. April, 1971.
St. Louis (MO). St. Louis Public Library. An index to Black American artists. St. Louis: St. Louis Public Library, 1972. 50 pp. Also includes art historians such as Henri Ghent.
Trenton (NJ). College of New Jersey. Martin Luther King Celebration. December, 1997.
Trenton (NJ). Ellarslie, City Museum of Trenton. Wendell Brooks and Michael Gyampo and Son. January 18-February 23, 2003. Two-person exhibition.
Trenton (NJ). Mercer County Community College. Mercer County Artists. May-June, 1992. Juried group exhibition.
Trenton (NJ). Mercer County Community College. Nineteen Black Artists of the Capital County. January-February, 1989.
Trenton (NJ). Mercer County Community College. Three Male Artists. February, 1983.
Trenton (NJ). Mercer Medical Center. Printmakers. April, 1988.
Trenton (NJ). New Jersey State Museum. African-American Art. October-December, 1998.
Trenton (NJ). New Jersey State Museum. Black Artists of America. February, 1972.
Trenton (NJ). New Jersey State Museum. Fine Arts Annual. June-August, 1999.
Invitational group exhibition. .
Trenton (NJ). New Jersey State Museum. New Jersey 1972. Seventh Annual Juried Exhibition.
Trenton (NJ). New Jersey State Museum. Wendell Brooks and ?. February, 1973.
Two-person exhibition. .
Trenton (NJ). Trenton City Museum. A Perfect Blend of African American Art. January, 2003. Three-person exhibition.
Trenton (NJ). Trenton City Museum. Delaware and Raritan Canal. August, 1984.
Group exhibition. .
Trenton (NJ). Trenton City Museum. Ellarslie Open XIII. March-April, 1994.
Group exhibition.
Trenton (NJ). Trenton City Museum. Nine Black Artists. October, 1982.
Trenton (NJ). Trenton City Museum. TAWA at Ellarslie. May-June, 1988.
Washington (DC). National Museum of American Art. Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art. 1992. 205 pp., over 100 illus., 90 in excellent color, bibliog., list of works, checklist of 105 artists represented in National Museum of American Art. Curated and text by Regenia A. Perry. 32 artists discussed: Edward Mitchell Bannister, Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Frederick J. Brown, Elizabeth Catlett, Allan Rohan Crite, Beauford Delaney, Robert Scott Duncanson, William Edmondson, Minnie Evans, Sam Gilliam, James Hampton, Palmer Hayden, Richard Hunt, Joshua Johnson, Sargent Johnson, William H. Johnson, Frank Jones, Lois Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Edmonia Lewis, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Keith Morrison, Marilyn Nance, James A. Porter, Augusta Savage, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Alma Thomas, Bob Thompson, Bill Traylor, Hale Woodruff, and Joseph Yoakum. Other artists mentioned as part of the collection, but not featured: Leroy Almon, Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Steve Ashby, Ed Bereal, Wendell T. Brooks, Samuel Joseph Brown, Vivian E. Browne, Richard Burnside, Claude Clark, Houston Conwill, Eldzier Cortor, Emilio Cruz, William Dawson, Hilliard Dean, Roy DeCarava, Joseph Delaney, Richard Dempsey, Arthur "Pete" Dilbert, John Edward Dowell, Jr., Melvin Edwards, Frederick Eversley, Josephus Farmer, Walter Flax, Roland L. Freeman, Herbert Gentry, William Hawkins, Felrath Hines, Lonnie Holley, Margo Humphrey, Mr. Imagination, Keith Jenkins, Malvin Gray Johnson, Larry Francis Lebby, Norman Lewis, Ed Loper, Richard Mayhew, Eric Calvin McDonald, Lloyd McNeill, Robert McNeill, Inez Nathaniel-Walker, Joseph Norman, Leslie Payne, Elijah Pierce, Howardena Pindell, Michael Platt, Earle Richardson, John N. Robinson, Nellie Mae Rowe, Charles Sallee Charles Searles, Charles Sebree, Frank Smith, Edgar Sorrells-Adewale, Henry Speller, Raymond Steth, Lou Stovall, Jimmie Lee Sudduth, Mildred Thompson, Dox Thrash, Mose Tolliver, Laura Wheeler Waring, James W. Washington, Jr., Edward B. Webster, James Lesesne Wells, Charles White, Franklin A. White, George W. White, Jr., Ellis Wilson, Richard Yarde, Kenneth Young. [Traveled to: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT; IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, NY; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA.] Small 4to, cloth, dust jacket. First ed.
Wayne (NJ). William Paterson College. Art Faculty of the New Jersey State Colleges: Printmakers. March, 1987.
Trenton (NJ) Art by African Americans in the Collection of the New Jersey State Museum. Trenton: The New Jersey State Museum, September 19-December 31, 1998
West Windsor (NJ). Summit Bank Headquarters. Black Artists. February-March, 1998.
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