MY EXPERIENCE
Every single line means something.
~ Jean-Michel Basquiat
ARTIST STATEMENT
“If it was perfect, it would not be considered art. I look at my experience with breast cancer as God's way of making me appreciate the blessings that I have. So I can only feel sorry for those who will never have the same opportunity. My survival is my inspiration.”
Keiona Clark Art
Gallery Showroom
artist bio
Keiona Clark is an artist entrepreneur and a curator based in Washington, DC metro area. Clark serves as Gallery Manager for 39th Street Gallery located in Brentwood, Maryland. She is also Curator for the Gateway Community Development Corporation which is the catalyst for arts-centered economic revitalization of the US Route 1 corridor and the surrounding Prince George's County communities within the Gateway Arts District, including Mount Rainier, Brentwood and North Brentwood, Maryland.
Clark is Founder and CEO of the DMV League of Artists; her passion is to align with similar minds and network to build a force in the creative community through fostering relationships and creating fellowship with an extraordinary league of creative souls. Keiona has not only proven herself to be a force in the “Art” of business; she is also an Artist/ Creative inspired by her love for art: an Abstract Impressionist inspired by her love for all things involving creativity.
Keiona is a (stage 3B) breast cancer survivor who was inspired to create shortly after her chemo infusions. Surviving cancer helped her decide that her life would be centered on her passion. As a young child, Clark had a natural talent and took to art as soon as she was able to hold a crayon. With no formal training, her inspiration is experience, emotional expression and inner energy, and sometimes contemplation. Non-traditional application of paints and technique make her art original, inspirational, and unique.
Exhibition work
ART BASEL 2020, SPECTRUM GALLERY
Curation
December 2019
Ward 7
Mural
3950 Minnesota Ave NE, DC 20019
October 2019
PEPCO EDISON GALLERY
702 8th St NW, DC 20068
January 2019
BUSBOY’S & POETS
1025 5th St. NW, DC 20001
October 2018 - Present
450 K St NW, DC
March – October 2018
39th STREET GALLERY
Solo Exhibit – Like a Girl, Like a Boss
3901 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood, MD 20722
September- December 2018
HARLEM FINE ARTS SHOW
101 Constitution Ave, NW, DC
June 2018
WSSC Water GALLERY
14501 Sweitzer Ln, Laurel, MD 20707
• February 2017
• May 2016
• February 2016
• June 2015
TAKOMA PARK FESTIVAL
Carroll Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912
October 2016
ART O MATIC 2017
1800 S Bell St, Arlington, VA 22202
March 24 – May 6, 2017
ART O MATIC 2015
8100 Corporate Drive, Hyattsville MD
October 30 – December 12, 2015
STORAGE VILLAGE
Mural
4950 Nicholson Court, North Bethesda, MD 20895
April 2013 – Present
experience
Abstract Impressionist, Artist - 2014 - present
Founder, DMV League of Artists – 2019 - present
Event Coordination, Project Management, Art Curator and Artist Liaison, Gateway CDC
Art Curator and Manager, 39th Street Gallery - January 2019 - Present
Curation
Gateway Open Studio Tours - Mt. Rainier, MD (30 Artists) - Spring 2018 & 2019
Harlem Fine Arts Show (DMV League of Artists) - Washington, DC (7 Artists) - 2018
Harlem Fine Arts Show (DMV League of Artists Pop Up) – Harlem, NY (20 artists and vendors)
39th Street Gallery - September 2018, February 2019 & 2020
The Gift 420 (60 artists)
Art Basel, Spectrum Gallery, The Fearless Artist Pop up - Miami, FL (13 artists) - December 2019
Bibliography & Media
Alcove Books American Art Collectors- Juried Competition of New Work 2015 - I Surrender
Alcove Books American Art Collectors- Juried Competition of New Work 2016 - Jeramiah 29:11
Alcove Books American Art Collectors- Juried Competition of New Work 2017 – Madam Butterfly
Women Who Inspire Excellence at WSSC- March 22, 2016
NBC 4 News- Breast Cancer Survival
WJLA Let’s Talk Live (Live interview/ framing Demo) - June 13, 2018
Radio One, News Talk Live - September 2018
Awards
Honoree Gateway CDC Art Awards Gala -December 2018 (Contributions to Gateway Arts District)
Artists Illuminate Mural Contest (Placed top 3 out of 8) - N. Bethesda April 2013
Partnerships
DMV League of Artists, Gateway CDC, LW Arts & Design, WHUR, Mount Rainier PD, Harlem Fine Arts Show
PG Parks & Rec, PG Arts and Humanities, Black Art Today, Thurgood Marshall Center
