Hawkins Bolden
Bio
Hawkins Bolden (1914-2005) was a self-taught artist who lived his entire life in Memphis, TN. At the age of seven, Bolden was left completely blind following a baseball accident involving his twin brother. Later in life, he began scavenging the alleyways and fields around his home in search of discarded materials, litter and other debris with which to work.
Utilizing only his sense of touch, he created a vast number of scarecrows, tall totems and mask-like objects from these found materials to protect his backyard vegetable garden from pests and predators.
CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Totems, SHRINE, New York, NY
2021
Scarecrows, SHRINE, New York, NY
2016
Hawkins Bolden: Scarecrows, Outsider Art Fair with SHRINE, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Healing Machine, SHRINE, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Death of an Outsider, SHRINE, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Connections, Online Exhibition, SHRINE, New York, NY
2019
GARDENS, SHRINE, New York, NY
2018
Yard Show, Curated by Marcus Jahmal, SHRINE, New York, NY
Annex, SHRINE, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS
The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Museum of Everything, London, UK
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Souls Grown Deep Foundation, Atlanta, CA
The Keen Collection of Outsider Art at Bethany Mission, Philadelphia, PA
Untitled, mixed media assemblage with holes, 37 x 31 x 22 in
Untitled, mixed media assemblage with holes, 36.75 x 20.5 x 15 in
Untitled, mixed media assemblage with holes, 40.5 x 17 x 16 in
Untitled (scarecrow), 1980, mixed media assemblage with holes, 22.25 x 16 x 11.75 in
Untitled, mixed media assemblage with holes, 23.5 x 18 x 2.5 in
Untitled (scarecrow), 1980, paint can, metal, cloth, twine, shag rug fragments, linoleum and wire, 93 x 32 x 10 in
Untitled, mixed media assemblage with holes, 24 x 26 x 1.5 in
Untitled, mixed media assemblage with holes, 30.5 x 24 x 5.25 in
Untitled (scarecrow), 1980, mixed media assemblage
Untitled, mixed media assemblage with holes, 34.5 x 28 x 3.5 in
Untitled (scarecrow), ca 1990s, Plastic frame, rubber, leather, garden hose, clear plastic and wire
18 x 16 x 4 in
Untitled (scarecrow), 1986, Mixed media assemblage, 44 x 36 x 11 in
Untitled (scarecrow), 1986, Wood, metal, furniture, 50½ x 25 x 3½ in
Untitled (scarecrow), 1980, Metal gas can, leather and wire, 11 x 11 x 9 in