Gerald Clarke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gerald Clarke
Occupation	Installation Artist
Date Of Birth	Feb 24, 1967(1967-02-24)
Age	57
Birthplace	Los Angeles
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Gerald Clarke Biography

Gerald Clarke is one of the most popular and richest Installation Artist who was born on February 24, 1967 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Gerald Clarke was born in Hemet, California in 1967 to Carol and Gerald Clarke, Sr. His father was born in Cahuilla. At the age of three his parents separated and his siblings and he relocated with them as well as his mother, in Orange County, and on weekends, he would go back home to visit together with his dad. At the age of 16, he emigrated back to Arkansas with his sister and mother. He was a student at Ozarka College, where he majored in welding, electrical maintenance and hydraulics. These are three essential elements to the art Clarke was to create as an artist who worked full-time.

With his Masters with him, Clarke headed the art department at Northeast Texas Community College in 1996. He then transferred for East Central University to serve as an assistant professor of art in 1998.

My ultimate goal as an artist is to remind people of our shared humanity. I wish to give Indian culture back the humanity that has been taken from it by stereotypes created over the past five centuries. Neither the super-shaman nor the drunken-indian do anything to convey what we as a people feel. In my work, I search for the unconventional beauty one finds only in the TRUTH. It celebrates, it mourns and out outshines all else. I’m a California Indian- part traditionalist, part Disneyland. I want to express the passion, pain and reverence I feel as a contemporary Native person. -Gerald Clarke, 2000

Examining not only Native America today, Clarke also looks at the current state of affairs in the United State and beyond. In the video and installation artwork Task (2002 and 2007) he is shown “ironing out the wrinkles that plague our world” in response to September 11, 2001, which he describes as his own type of healing ritual, a ritual and experience that caused him to question the future that his own children would face and how the creation of fine art and freedom of speech is an intricate part to the healing of the United States through this fragile time.

In 1996, Clarke in 1996, Clarke Artifacts which is a collection of four shovels, with blades that are down to be placed against the wall. The handles on top are wrapped in ribbons of color including black, green yellow, and red, which are colours that are representative of those of the American Indian community. Writing, using black marker, moves through the handle until the edge of the blade. The four shovels are for his father, and one is representing his 3 aunts which are depicted on the individual shovels by photo-attached to the blade. A cattle branding is built to the shovel’s blades similar to the ones found on the Clarke family ranch. The goal of Artifacts is showing how you can dig into the past to uncover American Indians in the world present.

Gerald Clarke Net Worth

Gerald Clarke is one of the richest Installation Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gerald Clarke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gerald Clarke (February 24, 1967 -) is an installation artist, sculptor as well as a conceptual artist of the Cahuilla Band, Mission Indians. His work often considers and challenges current issues that affect Native America and the United States as well as his private life.

After graduating from an educational institution for vocational students, Clarke worked as a welderand came across Stacy Brown, whom he was to marry. Looking for a change, Clarke was accepted to University of Central Arkansas where in 1991, he earned the Bachelor of Arts in sculpture and painting. Clarke was able to complete the Master of Arts in 1992 from Stephen F. Austin State University. Following graduation, he was an adjunct instructor of the arts in Lon Morris College all the time doing their Masters thesis. His thesis, which focused on using classic American Indian themes and images in contemporary art, Clarke earned the Masters of Fine Arts from Stephen F. Austin in 1994.

Performance pieces and other conceptual installation works further to examine Indian markets throughout the country. Native Americans, specifically writers and religious figures, have often been sought by non-Native people to provide guidance and wisdom not often found in traditional Western religions. Artworks such as 1998’s Indian Wisdom and Manifest Destiny is an installation piece featuring two gumball machines: Manifest Destiny which is covered in fabric displaying the flag of the United States and a white cowboy hat and Indian Wisdom which is covered in fabric reminiscent of Southwestern Indian blankets, and features a picture of Clarke stating “Indian Wisdom” in it. Clarke describes it as his own form of selling out and while the gumball machines display containers filled dollar bills, which only cost a mere 25 cents to obtain, the purchaser actually receives a print out with politically minded statements on the back.

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When Clarke was rewarded an Eiteljorg Fellowship, from the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, in 2007 he created three signs relevant to the Miami people, connecting with the Miami Nation of Indians in Indiana. Working with Miami artist and historian Scott Shoemaker the three pieces were installed on the museum grounds where they reside to this day:

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Gerald Ranked on the list of most popular Installation Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Gerald Clarke celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.