Pinkney Herbert
Artist Statement:
Since 2008, I have divided my time between Memphis and New York. Working in both cities has inspired a sense of exploration and a certain amount of nervous energy in my paintings and drawings. My intent is to allow for the funky raw history of Memphis to collide with the frenetic energy of New York City. This dichotomy fires my intuitive impulses, allowing them to surface and meet head on in an ever-changing conflict between the emotional and the cerebral. The gestural marks I make attempt to bridge that gap. I am influenced by many other sources, including the figure, architecture, maps, water, music, urban imagery, and digital technology. My goal is to create an abstract language to question and illuminate the connections and contradictions between my interior world and the real world.
Artist Biography:
Pinkney Herbert was born in Charlotte, NC in 1954. He received his BA from Rhodes College and his MFA from the University of Memphis. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission, USIA-Arts America, MacDowell, Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). He has participated in numerous art exhibitions throughout the US, Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia. His art is in the permanent collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, Memphis Art Museum, Arkansas Arts Center, and Allentown Art Museum. He is represented by David Lusk Gallery, Memphis/Nashville; Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta; and Greg Thompson Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR. He serves on the board of VCCA-France, Auvillar, France, and is the founder/director of Marshall Arts, an alternative gallery in Memphis. He maintains studios in Memphis and New York.
AAA:
Member Since: 2018
