Allana Clarke (b. 1987, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies) lives and works in Detroit, MI. She received her MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014, her BFA from New Jersey City University in 2011, and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2014.
She has had solo exhibitions at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC (2024, upcoming); Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL (2023); A Particular Fantasy, Art Omi, Ghent, NY (2022); Usdan Gallery at Bennington College, Bennington, VT (2022); and Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany (2022); amongst others.
Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI (2024); SOVA Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (2023); San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA (2022); Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (2022); and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (2022); amongst others. She received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Arts Grant (2023); Red Bulll Arts Micro Grant (2021); and a Puffin Foundation Grant (2019); amongst others. Clarke was in residence at Cultural DC, Washington DC (2024); Bennington College, Bennington, VT (2022); and NXTHVN, New Haven, CT (2021); amongst others. Clarke’s work is in the collections of Frac des Pays De La Loire, Nantes, France and TD Bank Art Collection.
