Icarus II Painting

PATRICK EARL HAMMIE is an American artist best known for his large-scale portrait and figural paintings. His work draws from art history and visual culture to examine ideas related to cultural identity, masculinity, beauty, and sexuality. His paintings often use allegory to implicate power structures, and question systems of racism and sexism. He received a BA from Coker College and his MFA in Painting from the University of Connecticut. Hammie lives in Champaign, Illinois, where he currently works as an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His work has exhibited in galleries throughout the U.S., and he has received awards from Alliance of Artists Communities, Indianapolis Art Center, Joyce Foundation, Tanne Foundation, University of Illinois, Wellesley College, and Zhou B. Art Center. Hammie’s work is held in permanent collections including the John Michael Kohler Art Center, JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, Kohler Company, Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, and William Benton Museum of Art. He has been an artist-in-residence at the John Michael Kohler Art Center, and was recently named an Artist to Watch by the International Review of African American Art. Hammie is represented by Yeelen Gallery in Miami and Kruger Gallery in Chicago.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:80 W x 56 H x 2 D in

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