Terry Adkins

Terry Roger Adkins (May 9, 1953 – February 8, 2014) na he be American artist. Na he be Professor of Fine Arts insyd de School of Design at de University of Pennsylvania.

 Early life 
Na dem born Adkins insyd Washington, D.C., for May 9, 1953, into a musical household. Na ein poppie, Robert H. Adkins, a chemistry den science teacher den Korean War veteran, sing den play de organ; ein mommie, Doris Jackson, a nurse, na she be amateur clarinetist den pianist. Na Adkins ein grand poppie be de Rev. Andrew Adkins, pastor of de historic Alfred Street Baptist Church insyd Alexandria, Virginia. Na ein aunt Alexandra Alexander be a mathematician den National Security Agency code breaker. Na ein uncle Dr. Rutherford Adkins, a former Tuskegee Airman plus de 100th Fighter Squadron of de 332nd Fighter Group, fly 14 combat missions wey he eventually cam turn Fisk University ein 11th presido.

As a young man, Adkins plan make he be a musician, buh insyd college na he find einself drawn increasingly to visual art. Aaron Douglas den Martin Puryear wey mentor am, he earn a B.S. insyd printmaking from Fisk University insyd Nashville, follow by an M.S. insyd de field from Illinois State University den an M.F.A. insyd sculpture from de University of Kentucky.

 Career 
Na Adkins be interdisciplinary artist wey ein practice include sculpture, performance, video, den photography. Na ein artworks often be inspired by, dem dedicate to, anaa dem refer to musicians anaa musical instruments; na specific installations den exhibitions sam times dem label "recitals." Samtimes, na dese arrangements of sculptures be "activated" insyd performances by Adkins ein collaborative performance group, de Lone Wolf Recital Corps.

He lead de Lone Wolf Recital Corps wey dey premier works at Institute of Contemporary Arts London, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, New World Symphony, Miami, MoMA PS1 MOMA, den Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. Chaw of ein works draw from de biographies of little known historical figures; ein 2011 exhibition Nutjuitok (Polar Star) dey base for de life of a black Arctic explorer dem name Matthew Henson top wey reach de North Pole plus Robert Peary at de turn of de 20th century.  Insyd oda cases, Adkins ein works dey focus for obscure details insyd de lives of seminal figures such as de African American writer, activist den sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois, wey ein famous speech "Socialism and the American Negro" (1960) dem invoke insyd de 2003–2008 installation Darkwater Record.
 Exhibition 

 Work insyd Exhibition 

 Awards 
 2009 Rome Prize
 2008 USA Fellows
 References 
Category:African-American artists
Category:1953 births
Category:Artists wey komot Washington, D.C.
Category:Fisk University alumni
Category:Illinois State University alumni
Category:University of Kentucky alumni
Category:University of Pennsylvania faculty
Category:2014 deaths
Category:20th-century African-American artists
Category:21st-century African-American artists
Category:21st-century African-American academics
Category:21st-century American academics

 External links 

 "Terry Adkins", Dana Roc
 "Terry Adkins", Artnet
 "At the AAR Gallery, Meteor Stream: Recital in Four Dominions", by Terry Adkins After John Brown
 Public artwork at the Harlem – 125 Street train station, commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit
 "Terry Adkins, Oral history", Bomb