Name Country Email Born Favorite Food
Memphis United States ohmymark@hotmail.com 1969 Blackened Chicken

Memphis is a Los Angeles-based artist specializing in collage that illuminates the African American experience. He studied at the Atlanta College of Art majoring in fine art and graphic design. Memphis collage and assemblage will be exhibited in the spring of 2003 at the California African American Museum.

Title: A Travelin' Soon
Description: A young man bravely throws his shoulders back, and steps out on the great adventure that is his life.
Title: Mojo Dangereux
Description: Dark forces lie behind the face of otherwise seemingly 'happy-go-lucky' stereotypical caricatures borne of America's love of Black Americana from the 1800's until the mid 1960's.
Title: Sambo and Dinah
Description: An actual ad from the 1930's, Sambo and Dinah of the 'Performing Coons' serve as a painful memory of who we were once perceived to be and a beacon for all that we would ultimately become.
Title: Ulysses
Description: The brow of this stoic African American man from the turn of the century is deeply furrowed with recollections of his past and bright hopes for his future.