Kimberly Camp

Kimberly Camp
Camden (en) , Silimin gɔli September 11, 1956 (run 68)
O ya Tiŋgbaŋ	America
African Americans (en)
Education
Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ	University of Pittsburgh (en) Drexel University (en)
Tuma
Tuma	Pɛnta-pɛnta, dollmaker (en) ni museum professional (en)
Tuma shee	Collingswood (en) ni Harrisburg (en)
Pin' shɛŋa o ni dee	view American Craft Council Award of Excellence  (2020)
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Kimberly Camp (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin goli September biɛɣ'pin'yini dali yuuni 1956) nyɛla nuchee ni baŋda mini "museum" toondana ka niriba pam mi o ka di nyɛla o pɛntibu zuɣu.

Awards and fellowships

Camp nyɛla ŋun deegi pina mini "fellowships" o nuchee ni baŋsim tuma puuni. O nyɛla ŋun daa deegi Kellogg National Leadership Program Fellowship buyi National Endowment for the Arts fellowships mini Smithsonian International Travel fellowship ka di daa nyɛ shɛli o ni yɛn zaŋ chaŋ Visiting Scholar for Tokyo Gedia University. O nyɛla bɛ ni daa lahi piigi so Outstanding Young Women of America.

Yuuni	Pini	Laɣingu
2021	Gold Award Best of Show	Peters Valley School of Craft
2020	Award of Excellence	American Craft Council
	Lillian Levy Standing Ovation Award	South Jersey Cultural Alliance
1999	Roger L. Stevens Award for Contributions to the Arts and Culture	Carnegie Mellon University
1994	Award of Distinction	Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation
	Spirit of Detroit	Detroit City Council
1988	Purchase Award	J. B. Speed Art Museum
1986	New Jersey State Senate Citation	New Jersey State Senate
	Builders of the Community Award	Camden County Cultural and Heritage Commission
	Achievement in Painting	Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
1985
	Community Service Award	Association of Negro Business and Professional Women
1984	Arts Achievement Award	City of Camden
	National Service Award	National Conference of Artists

Exhibitions

O pɛntibu nyɛla din be nuchee ni baŋsim tuma duri din gari kɔbigi ni, di shɛŋa nyɛ din doli na ŋɔ.

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 2021–2022: "Spirit Guides," Filo Sofi Arts, Cranford, NJ
• 2022: Solo exhibition, Filo Sofi Arts at Prizm Art Fair, Miami
• 2018: “The Links: Kimberly Camp,” Noyes Museum, Stockton University
• 2014–2015: Solo exhibition, Zora Neale Hurston Museum
• 2007–2008: Stories: Paintings and Dolls by Kimberly Camp, African American Museum in Philadelphia
• 2006: African American Dolls by Kimberly Camp, Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Dallas, TX
• 1996: Solo Exhibition, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
• 1994: Solo Exhibition, CRT/Craftery Gallery, Hartford, CT
• 1994: Solo Exhibition, Harrison Museum of African American Culture, Roanoke, VA
• 1994: Solo Exhibition for the Emerging Forms Series, International Sculpture Center, Washington, DC
• 1993: Fabric Figures, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA

Group exhibitions

• 2021: Shrine to Beauty. Filo Sofi Arts, Cranford, NJ
• 2012: Freedom to See Ourselves, Washington State University
• 2009: Women Who Walk the Path, Washington State University
• 2007: From Taboo to Icon: Africanist Turnabout, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Icebox Gallery
• 1995–1996: International Women's Art, World Bank Art Society
• 1993–1995: Uncommon Beauty in Common Objects: The Legacy of African American Craft Art, National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
• 1993–1995: Traveling exhibition, American Craft Museum; African American Panoramic Experience; Museum of Afro-American Life and Culture; Afro- American Fine Art Museum; Renwick Gallery of American Crafts, National Museum of American Art
• 1993–1995: Traveling exhibition, American Museums of Quilts and Textiles; National Afro-American Museum; Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters Quiltworks '93; Frank Hale Cultural Center
• 1993–1994: Touch: Beyond the Visual, National Museum of Women in the Arts; The Hand Workshop
• 1992: Dolls! by African-American Artists, Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University
• 1991: Yes Sir. That's My Baby. African American Dolls. Banneker-Douglass Museum,

Public collections

• J.B. Speed Art Museum
• Camden Historical Society
• Reader's Digest
• Manchester Craftsmen's Guild

Private collections

• Faith Ringgold
• Judith Jamison
• Delroy and Nashormeh Lindo
• Abbey Lincoln
• Juliette Bethea
• Anne Wollman
• Cynthia Reese
• Anne d'Harnoncourt
• Joseph Rishel

Workshops and residencies

• Baltimore Museum of Art
• Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
• Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square
• Anacostia Community Museum and Renwick Gallery - Smithsonian Institution
• Harrison Museum of African American Culture
• African American Museum in Philadelphia
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
• Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis

Further reading

• Forbes, Dennis (2008). Studios and Workspaces of Black American Artists. Dennis L. Forbes. ISBN 9780974550916.
• Rondon, Nayda (2004). Black Dolls: Proud, Bold & Beautiful. Reverie Publishing Company. ISBN 9781932485127.
• Garrett, Debbie (2003). The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls. Hobby House Press. ISBN 9780875886534.

External links

• Official website
• GalerieMarie.net

External media

• Artist Talk: Kimberly Clark - video from Philadelphia Museum of Art
• The Doll Maker of Collingswood: Kimberly Camp - video on THIRTEEN
• Artist Kimberly Camp on Defining the Muse in Creativity, Education and Beyond - audio interview
• Meet the Artist - Kimberly Camp
• Kimberly Camp - John Anderson Lecture Series Penn State University