June Edmonds is an American painter and public artist based in Los Angeles.Knight, Christopher
"Review: A welcome June Edmonds survey illuminates the artist’s surprising trajectory,"
''Los Angeles Times'', November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2024.Mackin-Solomon, Ashley
"New installation for Murals of La Jolla honors local Black pioneers,"
''The San Diego Union-Tribune'', July 12, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2024. She is best known for patterned, thickly textured abstract paintings—most notably, her "Energy Wheel Paintings" and "Flag Paintings"—which express the social, psychological and historical complexity of Black experience.Valentine, Victoria
"On View: See Images From 'June Edmonds: Full Spectrum,' a 40-Year Survey at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles,"
''Culture Type'', November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2024.Pagel, David

''Los Angeles Times'', May 29, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2024.Dambrot, Shana Nys
"June Edmonds at Luis De Jesus,"
''Art and Cake'', June 13, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2024. These tactile, process-oriented works employ color, shape, repetition and movement to explore themes and historic narratives involving spiritual contemplation and growth, racial and gender identity, nationality and trauma.May, Richard Allen
"June Edmonds: Freedom in Abstraction,"
''Artillery'', November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2024.Barrie, Lita
"June Edmond’s 40-Year Survey at Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University and Solo Exhibition at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles,"
''Whitehot Magazine'', October 30, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2024.Conner, Allison
"The Whirling, Spiritual Abstraction of June Edmonds,"
''Hyperallergic'', December. 7, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2024. Reviewers have likened them to sacred forms of art—the dot-paintings of Aboriginal Australians,

mandala A mandala (, ) is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid ...

s and

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—as well as to architecture, music and the work of artists

Alma Thomas Alma Woodsey Thomas (September 22, 1891 – February 24, 1978) was an African-American artist and art teacher who lived and worked in Washington, D.C., and is now recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century. She is the first Afric ...

Joan Mitchell Joan Mitchell (February 12, 1925 – October 30, 1992) was an American artist who worked primarily in painting and printmaking, and also used pastel and made other works on paper. She was an active participant in the New York School of artis ...

and

Alfred Jensen Alfred Julio Jensen (11 December 1903 – 4 April 1981) was an abstract painter. His paintings are often characterized by grids of brightly colored triangles, circles or squares, painted in thick impasto. Conveying a complex web of ideas, often ...

, among others.Heitzman, Lorraine
“Polychromatic Mojo: Color as Content, Cerritos College Art Gallery,"
''Art and Cake'', November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2024.Harvey, Doug. "June Edmonds: Circle/Curve Series," ''Abstract Spiritual'', April 2016.Knight, Christopher

''Los Angeles Times'', December 9, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2024.Haight, Cathryn
"5 Museum Curators Share The Artwork They’ve Missed The Most,"
''WBUR'', July 15, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2024. Curator Jill Moniz describes Edmonds's artistic practice as offering a "language steeped in spiritual resonance, collective consciousness and cultural memory," fusing "painterly knowledge" with personal and social experience.Moniz, Jill. "Chasing Rapture," i
''June Edmonds: Full Spectrum''
Jill Moniz and Karen Rapp, Los Angeles: Loyola Marymount University, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2024. Edmonds has been awarded a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...

, the AWARE Prize, and City of Los Angeles (COLA) and

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fellowships.John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
June Edmonds
Fellows. Retrieved November 6, 2024.Ludel, Wallace
"June Edmonds wins inaugural $10,000 Aware Prize for women artists at the Armory Show,"
''The Art Newspaper'', March 5, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2024.Easter, Makeda

''Los Angeles Times'', May 2, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2024. She has completed public artwork commissions for

Caltech The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private university, private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small g ...

Ehlert, Julia
"Caltech Unveils Portrait of Grant D. Venerable (BS '32),"
Caltech, June 18, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024. and the cities of Inglewood, Los Angeles, Long Beach and Pasadena, as well as created a mural with Murals of La Jolla.Inglewood Public Art
"Inglewood Genesis,"
Projects. Retrieved November 7, 2024.Dunitz, Robin
"L.A.'s Newest Murals Column,"
Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles, 2001. Retrieved November 7, 2024. Her art belongs to the permanent collections of the

Crocker Art Museum The Crocker Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Western United States, located in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1885, the museum holds one of the premier collections of Californian art. The collection includes American works dating f ...

,Rapp, Karen
''June Edmonds: Full Spectrum''
with Jill Moniz, Los Angeles: Loyola Marymount University, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2024.

California African American Museum The California African American Museum (CAAM) is a museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the California Science Center. The museum focuses on enrichment and education on the cultural heritage and history of African Americans w ...

,California African American Museum
"Recent Acquisitions – Curatorial Selections,"
Exhibitions, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2024. Davis Museum,Davis Museum
Friends of Art Acquisitions
2019 Year in Review. Retrieved November 6, 2024. and

Mead Art Museum Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead (class of 1867), of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & Whi ...

, among others.Mead Art Museum. ''Mead Art Museum Annual Report 2020–21'', Amherst, MA: Mead Art Museum, 2021, p. 3, 24, 32, 43.

Early life and career

June Edmonds was born in Los Angeles and grew up in the city's Crenshaw district.Segal, Edward
"Valley Professor June Edmonds named Guggenheim Fellow,"
''The Valley Star'', May 19, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2024.''Los Angeles Times''
"June Edmonds at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles,"
March 7, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.Riverside Art Museum
June Edmonds: Rhythmic Inquisitions
Exhibitions. Retrieved November 6, 2024. Her mother, a teacher, enjoyed drawing and took her on formative visits to museum exhibitions; in her late teens she was influenced by the seminal

LACMA The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Page Museum). LACMA was founded in 1961 ...

exhibition, "Two Centuries of Black American Art." Edmonds completed BA and MFA degrees at

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CS ...

and

Tyler School of Art The Tyler School of Art and Architecture is part of Temple University, a large, urban, public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Tyler currently enrolls about 1,350 undergraduate students and about 200 graduate st ...

respectively, and studied at the

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture is an artists residency located in Madison, Maine, just outside of Skowhegan. Every year, the program accepts online applications from emerging artists from November through January, and selects 65 ...

. Her figurative, mise-en-scène paintings of the 1980s captured young African-American life in casual moments of women playing board games or hanging out in settings filled with lively African textiles, carpets and clothing (e.g., ''Contrast I'', 1990).Stromberg, Matt and Elisa Wouk Almino
"Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for October 2021,"
''Hyperallergic'', October 1, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2024. Painted with a confident embrace of color and texture, the images recalled the expressive figuration of artists such as Varnette Honeywood, Charles W. White,

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Jacob Lawrence Jacob Armstead Lawrence (September 7, 1917 – June 9, 2000) was an American painter known for his portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", an art form populariz ...

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and

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, whose work also embraced an abstract taste for color and pattern.Woodard, Josef
"Exhibit Gives Form to the Inner Visions of L.A.’s Diverse Art World,"
''Los Angeles Times'', July 3, 1997. Retrieved November 7, 2024. In the 1990s and early 2000s, much of Edmonds's work centered on public art commissions in the Los Angeles area.Paterno, Susan

''Los Angeles Times'', September 27, 1992. Retrieved November 7, 2024.Sciaudone, Christiana

''Los Angeles Times'', June 23, 2004. Retrieved November 6, 2024. She was influenced in this direction after learning about and meeting public artists of color such as Willie Middlebrook, Sandra Rowe, Richard Wyatt Jr.,

John Outterbridge John Outterbridge (March 12, 1933 – November 12, 2020) was an American artist and community activist who lived and worked in Los Angeles, California. His work explores the issues surrounding personal identity such as family, community and the e ...

and Elliott Pinkney at an exhibition of work created for the

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(LACMTA).

Public art projects

In 1995, Edmonds created a dozen circular Venetian glass mosaics depicting diverse local residents for a Long Beach metro station, becoming the second Black woman to be awarded an LACMTA commission.Snow, Shauna
"Rail Art,"
''Los Angeles Times'', October 4, 1992. Retrieved November 7, 2024. She produced several mosaics for recreation and community service centers subsequently, including: ''Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky'' (1999), a series inspired by an ancient West African story explaining the presence of cosmological bodies; ''Inglewood Genesis'' (2000/2013), a tile mural that local students largely fabricated based their own drawings; and ''Portrait of Our Community'' (2005), a 30-foot figurative work at the Los Angeles Child Guidance Center. She also designed two large-scale wrought-iron works of linear, swirling patterns in 2001 and 2003. Edmonds completed ''Ebony on Draper and Girard'' in 2021, a colorful, abstract mural in La Jolla that honored pioneering Black women in the city's development; based on the curved routes of old, area street maps, its undulating lines formed a leaf shape evoking feminine energy and interwoven layers of race, politics and identity.Evans, Julia Dixon
"5 Works of Art to See in San Diego in August,"
''KPBS'', August 10, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2024. She temporarily returned to figuration in 2024 for a portrait commissioned by Caltech's Venerable House to honor the school's first Black undergraduate, Grant D. Venerable. It features two images of him—as a 1932 graduate and as an elder figure—set against biographical icons from his life she discovered through research.

Abstract painting, 2007–present

Critics note that Edmond's artistic trajectory from representational to abstract imagery runs opposite to that of many other successful contemporary African-America artists. In discussions of her work, Edmonds has highlighted a tension within Black art since the

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between the need for Black self-representation in a white-dominated society and the freedom to explore other artistic avenues, taken by artists such as Alma Thomas,

Beauford Delaney Beauford Delaney (December 30, 1901 – March 26, 1979) was an American modernist painter. He is remembered for his work with the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as his later works in abstract expressionism following his move ...

and Norman Lewis.Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
"June Edmonds – Russell Lecture,"
October 27, 2021 Retrieved November 6, 2024.May, Richard Allen
"Gallery Rounds: June Edmonds,"
''Artillery'', October 26, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2024. In 2021, critic Lita Barrie observed, "By making figurative paintings in the 1980s when figuration was out of fashion, and pursuing abstraction just when Black figuration is taking the art world by storm, Edmonds continues to defy dominant trends in order to pursue her personal process of discovery based on close observation." Barrie and others suggest that Edmonds's visual language has developed through personal reflection and careful consideration of social and political life, artistic heritage, and significant, often neglected events and figures in Black history.Hudson, Suzanne
"Critics' Pick: June Edmonds,"
''Artforum'', May 24, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2024. Her paintings explore themes of presence, growth and resilience on a spiritual and cultural level, weaving and layering associations through formal means, as well as through allusions in their titles.Victor, Lila

''Westside Current'', July 22, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024. Shana Nys Dambrot describes Edmonds's approach as that of "an abstract painter, a patient and precise wielder of a heavy brush, and a gifted colorist. Her signature style of architecturally placed, thick and juicy applications of pure color is a little like mosaic, a little like textile weave, a little like bird feathers."

"Energy Wheel" and related paintings

The seeds of Edmonds's mature work began with a series of swirling charcoal works (the "Black Drawings," 1997–98) that pointed her toward a new, abstract visual language. In the 2000s, she introduced color into the work and—influenced by her meditation practice—slowed to a deliberate, repetitive method that yielded her breakthrough "Energy Wheel Paintings."Davis, Genie
"Diasporagasm at SBC SoLA Gallery,"
''Art and Cake'', October 23, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2024. These energetic compositions of concentric, radiating and overlapping circles emerge out of controlled short, thick strokes of dense oil paint whose ridges create light-catching texture and shifting color. In signature paintings like ''Gee’s Jungle'' (2011), the ritual repetition of strokes conveys themes of contemplation, keeping time, counting and improvisation; its title references the well-known community of Black quiltmakers in Gee's Bend, Alabama.Schomaker, Kristine
"Ann Marie Rousseau & June Edmonds at LAUNCH Gallery,"
''Art and Cake'', January 9, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2024. Critic Genie Davis compared such paintings to "visual bursts of energy, kaleidoscopic, like cosmic flowers. These are circular forms that spin wildly, yet maintain perfect symmetry and control." As this work evolved, Edmonds extended her historical, visual and color reference points. The large, acrylic-on-unstretched canvas ''Story of the Ohio: For Margaret'' (2017) represents the story of Margaret Garner, the enslaved woman who was the inspiration for

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's '' Beloved''; '' A Tisket'' (2018) was a nod to a famed

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phra ...

recording.Bowie, Summer
"Allegiances and Convictions: An Interview with June Edmonds and Luis De Jesus,"
''Autre'', June 29, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2024. In the painting ''Unina'' (2017), she explored the ''

vesica piscis The vesica piscis is a type of lens, a mathematical shape formed by the intersection of two disks with the same radius, intersecting in such a way that the center of each disk lies on the perimeter of the other. In Latin, "" literally means "bla ...

''—the almond (or leaf and seed) shape formed by intersecting circles, which evokes two energies meeting to create a third. In architecture and religious art (notably, Ghanaian

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), the shape is associated with divine femininity, birth, spiritual crossroads, sexuality and unity. ''Unina'' also signaled her expanded use of hues representing African skin tones, a key aspect in her subsequent "Flag Paintings." Edmonds employed the ''vesica piscis'' form widely in her exhibitions "Joy of Other Suns" (2021) and "Meditations on African Resilience" (2024). The former show's large paintings paid tribute to the female pioneers and cyclical nature of the Black Migration with vibrant, curvilinear abstractions recalling travel routes and topographical mapping.Valentine, Victoria
"Los Angeles: 5 New Gallery Exhibitions are Dedicated to Artists Lorna Simpson, Betye Saar, Amoako Boafo, June Edmonds, and Rashid Johnson,"
''Culture Type'', October 1, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2024. Christopher Knight wrote that their bold, banded shapes suggest "two-dimensional portals to sweeping, optically deep space beyond the canvas surface … The lozenge, a shape recalling a vulva, adds an element of feminine sexuality to a thrilling sense of transport and emerging spiritual power." In the later show, Edmonds drew upon the wellspring of Black ancestral memory to convey themes of faith, courage, resilience and brilliance across many generations, often employing the river leaf emblem (e.g., ''Grande Adage'', 2024), a sacred

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that symbolized spirituality, unity and regal power in the pre-colonial

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(now southern Nigeria).Rabb, Maxwell
"8 Muse-See Shows during Frieze Los Angeles,"
''Artsy'', February 22, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.May, Richard Allen
"Gallery Rounds: June Edmonds,"
''Artillery'', April 3, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.

"Flag Paintings"

Edmonds's draped and stretched "Flag Paintings" (2018–present) were inspired by encounters with the confederate flag in the South and by U.S. electoral politics. Her re-interpretations employ a palette derived from the spectrum of black and brown skin complexions that she accented with deep purples, greens and blues. They examine the flag as a visual statement and token of national identity relating to oppression, optimism, ownership and transformation for people of color and women.Miranda, Caroline A

''Los Angeles Times'', June 13, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2024. Large, dark and vertically oriented to reference Black bodies, the paintings straddle abstraction and representation, with thick columns of acrylic paint suggesting textiles or strands of genetic code while only subtly revealing themselves as flag forms.Schwendener, Martha

''The New York Times'', March 5, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2024.Goldman, Edward
"Smart, Courageous and, Yes, Totally Naked,"
''KCRW'', May. 14, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2024. In Edmonds's exhibition "Allegiances and Convictions" (2019), each flag's title directly alluded to a figure or story from African-American history, such as the

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or civil rights activists

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and

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Cary (''Shadd Cary Flag'', 2020).

David Pagel David Pagel is an American art critic, educator, curator, dioramatist and bike enthusiast. Contemporary art criticism Since 1991, Pagel has been a regular contributor to the ''Los Angeles Times.'' He is a professor of art theory and history at ...

described the show as funereal in tone, "as if the flag is being laid to rest because the ideals it has represented for centuries … no longer have a place in the nation the flag is meant to represent." The three largely black, draped flags comprising ''Carney and The 54 (A Memorial)'' (2019) commemorated the decorated Black Union soldier William Harvey Carney; sculptural, shroud-like objects, their drooping, tarnished quality suggest age, mourning and exhaustion from the weight of history.Hetherington, Riley
"June Edmonds Exhibit Comes to Campus,"
''The Los Angeles Loyolan'', October 7, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

Recognition and exhibitions

Edmonds has been awarded fellowships by the

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation is a private foundation formed in 1925 by Olga and Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died on April 26, 1922. The organization awards Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Gr ...

(both 2022) and City of Los Angeles (COLA, 2018).California Community Foundation
June Edmonds
Retrieved November 6, 2024.Zellen, Jody
"COLA 2018,"
''Artillery'', July 2, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2024. She received grants from the Harpo Foundation,

California Arts Council The California Arts Council functions as a state agency headquartered in Sacramento, California. Its board comprises eight council members who receive appointments from both the Governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and ...

and Center for Cultural Innovation, among others.Harpo Foundation
June Edmonds
Grants for Visual Artists. Retrieved November 6, 2024. In 2020, she was the inaugural winner of the Paris-based AWARE Prize at

The Armory Show The Armory Show is an international art fair in New York City, known as New York's Art Fair. Established in 1994 as the Gramercy International Art Fair by dealers Colin De Land, Pat Hearn, Lisa Spellman, Matthew Marks and Paul Morris, the annu ...

.Selvin, Claire
"Armory Show Names Three Prize Winners for the 2020 Edition, Including Inaugural AWARE Prize for Women Artists,"
''ARTnews'', March 6, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2024. She has received artist residencies from the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony,

Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico is an artist residency program in the artists' colony of Taos, New Mexico. The Foundation, which offers prize fellowships to painters, poets, sculptors, writers, playwrights, composers, photographers an ...

,Helene Wurlitzer Foundation
Alumni
1997. Retrieved November 6, 2024. MacDowell,MacDowell
June Edmonds
Artists. Retrieved November 6, 2024. A.I.R. Studio Paducah,

Ucross Foundation The Ucross Foundation, located in Ucross, Wyoming, is a nonprofit organization that operates a retreat for visual artists, writers, composers, and choreographers working in all creative disciplines. History Founded in 1981 by Raymond Plank, U ...

Ucross Foundation
"Ucross Announces Spring 2023 Fellows,"
May 22, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2024. and

Vermont Studio Center The Vermont Studio Center (VSC) is a non-profit arts organization located in the town of Johnson, Vermont. It conducts the largest fine arts and writing residency program in the United States, with a significant population of international artis ...

. Her exhibition career has included appearances in group shows at the

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Art Center,''Contemporary And''
"First AWARE Prize goes to June Edmonds,"
March 9, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2024. California African American Museum,

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery is located in the Barnsdall Art Park in Los Angeles, California. It focuses on the arts and artists of Southern California. The gallery was first established in 1954. Main building The Los Angeles Municipal ...

Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Join the New C.O.L.A. Fellowship of Artists at Barnsdall and Grand Performances," ''LA Weekly'', April 30, 2018. and

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,Getty
"Adornment, Artifact,"
Events. Retrieved November 6, 2024. as well as at the

Dakar Biennale The Dakar Biennale, or Dak'Art - Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Dakar, Senegal. Dak'Art's focus has been on Contemporary African Art since 1996. History ...

(2022).Biennale de Dakar
Edmonds, June – US – Marché
May 9, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2024. She has had solo exhibitions at the Luis De Jesus Los Angeles Gallery (2019–24) and Cal Poly State University (2021),Cal Poly Art and design
"June Edmonds Exhibition,"
Exhibitions, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2024. and surveys at

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. LMU enrolls over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, making it the largest Catholic university on the west coast of the ...

in Los Angeles (2021) and the

Riverside Art Museum Riverside Art Museum is an art museum in the historic Mission Inn District of Riverside, California. The museum is a non-profit organization which focuses on addressing social issues and offers art classes as well as other events in order to in ...

(2022). Edmonds's work belongs to the public art collections of the California African American Museum,

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(Caltech), Carolyn Campanga Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum,Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum
"Art Encounter: June Edmonds – Collection Focus."
Retrieved November 6, 2024.

Columbus Museum of Art The Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (its name until 1978), it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio. The museum collec ...

(

Pizzuti Collection Columbus Museum of Art at The Pizzuti is a museum for contemporary art in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It has been part of the Columbus Museum of Art since September 2018. The three-story gallery is located in the Short North and Victorian Vill ...

), Crocker Art Museum, David Owsley Museum of Art,David Owsley Museum of Art
'' Convictions I'', June Edmonds
Collection. Retrieved November 6, 2024. Davis Museum, Escalette Collection of Art,Escalette Collection of Art, Chapman University
''Olé'', June Edmonds
Collection. Retrieved November 6, 2024. Mead Art Museum, Petrucci Family Foundation,Petrucci Family Foundation
June Edmonds
Artists. Retrieved November 6, 2024. and

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.United States Department of State
June Edmonds
Collection. Retrieved November 7, 2024.

References

External links

A Conversation with June Edmonds
''Cerebral Women'', Episode 19
Interview with June Edmonds
''Autre'', 2019
June Edmonds – Russell Lecture
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2021
June Edmonds
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles Gallery {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonds, June American women artists 21st-century American painters Painters from Los Angeles Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture alumni San Diego State University alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people)