EXHIBITION: Memento Mordiddle
January 9, 2025 @ 9:00 am - January 30, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
Free
Charles Clary currently lives and works in Conway, South Carolina, where he is an Associate Professor of Studio Art and Foundations Coordinator at Coastal Carolina University. His latest work will be featured in Memento Morididdle in the Milliken Art Gallery beginning January 9, 2025. Speaking of this body of work, Clary states, “(My parents) passing left a deep void in my life that led to my interest in Memento Mori, or the act of coming to terms with one’s own mortality. Through this investigation, I came to terms with the trauma of my childhood and the lack of memories I actually have.”
“(My parents) passing left a deep void in my life that led to my interest in Memento Mori, or the act of coming to terms with one’s own mortality.”
Clary was born in Morristown, Tennessee. He received his BFA in painting with honors from Middle Tennessee State University and his MFA in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He has shown in exhibitions at Galerie Evolution-Pierre Cardin in Paris, France, The Netherlands’ CODA Museum Paper Biennial in 2021, The Shanghai Paper Biennial in 2021, Art of Paper Fair in New York City, and many other international, national, and regional juried, group, solo, and museum exhibitions. Clary won the Top Prize at the 2016 ArtFields Competition in Lake City, SC; in 2019, he won both the People’s Choice Award for 2D and the Merit Prize at ArtFields. He recently sold three commissioned pieces to Google corporate offices, and he was named the HTC Distinguished Teacher-Scholar at Coastal Carolina University in 2022, the highest award bestowed upon a faculty member by the university.
Memento Morididdle will run from January 9-30, 2025.
Clary will present a Gallery Talk on January 9, 2025, at 6:00 pm in the gallery followed by a reception from 6:30-8:00 pm.
The exhibition is free of charge and located in the Milliken Art Gallery. Gallery hours are Sunday, 2:00-5:00 pm, and Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 pm. The Gallery is closed during school holidays.
