Welmon Sharlhorne

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Welmon Sharlhorne
Born1952 (age 72–73)
Houma, Louisiana, U.S.
Other namesWelman Stovall, Welmon Sharlehorne, Uncle Shadow
OccupationVisual artist
Movement Outsider art

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

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 3 "Houma artist to participate in prestigious art show". The Courier. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  4. ↑ "Welmon Sharlhorne posts up at Melba's for 'Ask Uncle Shadow'". WGNO. 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  5. ↑ "State v. Sharlhorne, 554 So. 2d 1317". Casetext. Archived from the original on 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  6. ↑ "Welmon Sharlhorne". Raw Vision (#109). Winter 2021. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  7. ↑ "What Carried Us Over: Gifts from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  8. ↑ "What Carried Us Over: Gifts from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  9. ↑ "Welmon Sharlhorne". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  10. ↑ "Docent Permanent Collection Pick". Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  11. ↑ "Welmon Sharlhorne". LACMA Collections. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  12. ↑ Sellen, Betty-Carol (2016). Self-Taught, Outsider and Folk Art: A Guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources (Third ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 88. ISBN   978-0-7864-7585-8.
  13. ↑ "Untitled". High Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
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