Earl Hooks
Earl Hooks is known for functional pottery and monochromatic sculptures using earthenware, stoneware, marble and other non-ceramic materials. Hooks was also a painter, printmaker, and art educator.
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Earl Hooks is known for functional pottery and monochromatic sculptures using earthenware, stoneware, marble and other non-ceramic materials. Hooks was also a painter, printmaker, and art educator.
Hooks is the recipient of many prizes, awards, and recognitions, and a participant in major exhibitions including the 1966 24th Ceramic National Exhibition, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York. In 1976-1977, he exhibited in Two Centuries of Black American Art at the Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California. In 1977, Hooks exhibited at the Second World African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in Lagos, Nigeria. In 1977 his piece, The Eyes Have It, was given by the governor of Tennessee to the president of the United Republic of Tanzania.
A catalogue from an exhibition of his work at Fisk University in 1966 can be accessed here: https://sova.si.edu/search/ark:/65665/mw9a7083d17d55348d58268349fe8ec0b6a. In 1977
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1953-1954
Instructor, Ceramics and Drawing, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina
1954-1961Indiana University, Northwest Campus, Gary, Indiana
1955-1957Operated, Studio A Gallery, Gary, Indiana
1959-1968Instructor, Art Consultant, Gary Public Schools, Gary, Indiana.
1968 -Professor, Chair of Art Department, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee
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DePauw University, Green Castle, Indiana
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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McGee, Donna
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Citation: McGee, Donna Earl Hooks, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/earl-hooks
