Welmon Sharlhorne (born 1952) is an American visual artist.[1][2] He is self-taught, and is considered an Outsider artist. Sharlhorne is a native of Houma, Louisiana, and has also lived in the French Quarter in New Orleans.[3] He is nicknamed Uncle Shadow,[4] and has gone by the name Welman Stovall.[5]
Biography
Welmon Sharlhorne was born in Houma, Louisiana, he was one of fourteen children born into an African-American family.[6] At the time of his youth, the area was under Jim Crow laws and was racially segregated.[1]
Sharlhorne has spend a significant portion of his life incarcerated and started making drawings while serving time at Louisiana State Penitentiary, where he was released in 1995.[3] His artwork from prison was often created on manila folders.[1] He uses the symbolism of clocks in much of his artwork.[3]
In 2019, Sharlhorne's work was included in the group show What Carried Us Over: Gifts from Gordon W. Bailey Collection among twenty five artists at the Pérez Art Museum Miami.[7]
Sharlhorne's work is in permanent museum collections, including the Pérez Art Museum Miami,[8] Smithsonian American Art Museum,[9] Ogden Museum of Southern Art,[10] Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[11] the African American Museum of Dallas,[12] and the High Museum of Art.[13]
References
- ^ a b c Bellows, Amanda B.; Doss, Katherine; Miura, Robin; Serageldin, Samia (2022-05-15). South Writ Large: Stories from the Global South. UNC Press Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-4696-6859-8.
- ^ Crown, Carol; Rivers, Cheryl; Wilson, Charles Reagan (2013-06-03). The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 23: Folk Art. UNC Press Books. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-4696-0799-3.
- ^ a b c "Houma artist to participate in prestigious art show". The Courier. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "Welmon Sharlhorne posts up at Melba's for 'Ask Uncle Shadow'". WGNO. 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "State v. Sharlhorne, 554 So. 2d 1317". Casetext. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "Welmon Sharlhorne". Raw Vision (#109). Winter 2021. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "What Carried Us Over: Gifts from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ "What Carried Us Over: Gifts from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "Welmon Sharlhorne". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "Docent Permanent Collection Pick". Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "Welmon Sharlhorne". LACMA Collections. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ Sellen, Betty-Carol (2016-02-10). Self-Taught, Outsider and Folk Art: A Guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7864-7585-8.
- ^ "Untitled". High Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-06-12.