biography of Purvis YOUNG (1943-2010)
Personal data
Birth : 02/04/1943 - Miami FL Florida, United States
Death : 04/20/2021
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
, United StatesRepresentatives
Skot Foreman Fine Art, Ltd. – 2 South Federal Highway – Dania FL, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Object Subject
animalswomen
war
history/society
death
music
portrait
spirituality
sport
technology
Works
| Life in the City | |
| Date of creation : 1995 Medium : Painting Supports : wood Size : 67 x 48 inch | |
| Miles | |
| Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Painting Supports : wood Size : 72 x 47 inch | |
| Procession | |
| Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Painting Supports : wood Size : 95 x 123 cm | |
| Freedom Boats | |
| Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Painting Supports : metal Size : 36 x 24 inch | |
| City Streets | |
| Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Painting Supports : wood Size : 48 x 75 inch | |
| Monk Playin' to the Angels | |
| Date of creation : 1991 Medium : Painting Supports : wood Size : 96 x 44 inch | |
| Warrior | |
| Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Painting Supports : masonite Size : 32 x 20 inch | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2004
Florida Collectors Gallery – Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL, United States
02/28/2004 – 03/27/2004
2000
A Convergent Voyage, Studies in Duality
Skot Foreman Fine Art, Ltd – Dania FL, United States
12/03/2000 – 01/15/2001
1999
Walking Among the Peoples
Museum of Contemporary Art – Lake Worth FL, United States
1999
Frederic Snitzer Gallery – Miami FL, United States
1999
1998
Painting the Blues
Springfield Museum of Art – Springfield OH, United States
1998
Skot Foreman Fine Art, Ltd – Dania FL, United States
1998
1996
Paintings
American Primitive Gallery – New York NY, United States
1996
Paintings, Drawings, Constructions and Books
Fleisher Ollman Gallery – Philadelphia PA, United States
1996
1994
Books and Works on Paper
Fleisher Ollman Gallery – Philadelphia PA, United States
1994
1993
Edward Thorpe Gallery – New York NY, United States
1993
Galerie Karsten Greve – Paris, France
1993
New Works
Galerie Moos – Toronto ON, Canada
1993
1991
Galerie Karsten Greve – Cologne, Germany
1991
Paintings
Ricco / Maresca Gallery – New York NY, United States
1991
1988
Me and my Works
Artists Space – New York NY, United States
1988
Miami Dade Community College – Miami FL, United States
1988
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Frederic Snitzer Gallery – 2247 NW 1ST PL – Miami FL, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Frederic Snitzer Gallery – 2247 NW 1ST PL – Miami FL, United States
Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Skot Foreman Fine Art, Ltd. – 2 South Federal Highway – Dania FL, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Frederic Snitzer Gallery – 2247 NW 1ST PL – Miami FL, United States
Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Skot Foreman Fine Art, Ltd. – 2 South Federal Highway – Dania FL, United States
KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Dean Jensen Gallery – 759 North Water Street – Milwaukee WI, United States
Outsider Art Fair 2001, n° 9
New York NY, United States
01/26/2001 – 01/28/2001
Represented by : Ricco / Maresca Gallery – 3rd floor 529 West 20th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Miami, n° 11
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/22/2001
Represented by : Skot Foreman Fine Art, Ltd. – 2 South Federal Highway – Dania FL, United States
2000
KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – Drususgasse 1-5 – Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions
1999
Self-Taught Artists of the 20th Century: An American Anthology
Museum of American Folk Art – New York NY, United States
09/19/1999 – 12/11/1999
1996
Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South – The Arnett Collection
Michael Carlos Museum Emory University – Atlanta GA, United States
1996
Wrestling with History: Selections from the Shelp Collection
Baruch College Sidney Mishkin Gallery – New York NY, United States
1996
1995
Passionate Views of the American South: Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present
Bass Museum of Art – Miami FL, United States
1995
Pictured in my Mind
Birmingham Museum of Art – Birmingham AL, United States
1995
The Outside Eye: Contemporary Art from the South, from the Collection of George Lowe
Polk Museum of Art – Lakeland FL, United States
1995
1993
Passionate Visions of the American South
NOMA New Orleans Museum of Art – New Orleans LA, United States
1993
1992
Doyle/Hawkins/Young
Edward Thorpe Gallery – New York NY, United States
1992
1986
Transculture Media
Exit Art – New York NY, United States
1986
1977
Contemporary Black Art: A Selected Sampling
FIU Florida International University – North Miami FL, United States
1977
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Periodicals
1999
FEINSTEIN Roni – Report from Miami: Part II – Miami Heats Up
in: Art in America p. 58
New York NY, United States
11/1999
TURNER Elisa – Purvis Young, Frederic Snitzer
in: ARTnews n° 11 p. 178 vol. 98
12/1999
1996
Eager Collectors Bring Outsider Art Inside
in: The New York Times
New York NY, United States
26/01/1996
1987
TURNER Elisa – Miami: Purvis Young
in: ARTnews
New York NY, United States
12/1987
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