Earl Hooks

1927–2005

Artist and art historian Amalia Amaki, referred to Hooks, former chairman of the art department at Fisk as, “a major sculptor of the second half of the 20th Century.”

Earl Hooks

1927–2005

Artist and art historian Amalia Amaki, referred to Hooks, former chairman of the art department at Fisk as, “a major sculptor of the second half of the 20th Century.”

Earl Hooks

1927–2005

Artist and art historian Amalia Amaki, referred to Hooks, former chairman of the art department at Fisk as, “a major sculptor of the second half of the 20th Century.”

Earl Hooks

1927–2005

Artist and art historian Amalia Amaki, referred to Hooks, former chairman of the art department at Fisk as, “a major sculptor of the second half of the 20th Century.”

A graduate of Howard University, Hooks also attended Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Rochester Institute of Technology, and the School of American Craftsman in New York.

Hooks, a sculptor, ceramicists, printmaker, and photographer, is well known for his monochromatic sculptural forms many of which were created in stone or resin. His works had a certain organic quality or fluidity of form that simulated naturally occurring shapes and movement. Hooks was a master at utilizing the properties stone and other materials to create somber sculptural works. His designs frequently are based on the artist’s fundamental interest in the human body and his shrewd ability to capture emotion. Hooks balanced light, harmony and space.

In addition to teaching at Fisk, Hooks taught at other institutions including Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Also served as an art consultant for the public schools of Gary, Indiana.

The Artist’s Work in Other Collections (selected)
• Paul R. Jones Collection (University of Delaware), Moderne Gallery of Philadelphia, and Carl van Vechten Gallery (Fisk University).

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Exhibitions (Object)
• Exhibitions (Artist)- Fisk University in Nashville, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Art Institute of Chicago, Howard University, John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Ind., University of Rochester in New York, Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, N.Y., Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Indiana, Miami National in Florida, University of Delaware and in Lagos, Nigeria.
• His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, with at the Smithsonian Institution, Howard University Gallery of Art, the Carl Van Vechten Gallery of Fine Art at Fisk, and in Lagos, Nigeria.

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