Open Air: Artist Conversation With Charly Palmer (Virtual)

Date and Time for this Past Event

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 7pm

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Charly Palmer was born in 1960 in Fayette, Alabama and raised in Milwaukee. He relocated to Chicago to study Art and Design at American Academy of Art and School of the Art Institute. As a graphic designer and illustrator, he has run a successful design studio with a Fortune 500 clientele. As an instructor, he teaches design and illustration and painting at the post-secondary level—most recently—Spelman College.

Palmer's work is in private and public collections which include Atlanta Life Insurance, McDonald's Corporation, Miller Brewing Company, the Coca Cola Company and Vanderbilt University. In 2020, TIME Magazine turned to Palmer for the cover of their July edition titled "America Must Change" and earlier that year, his portrait of John Legend became the cover art for his album "Bigger Love." Palmer's previous work His Story, belonging to the estate of Maya Angelou, was auctioned by Swann Gallery in 2015. His work was commissioned for the 1996 Olympics and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau.

He completed a project with the Green Bay Packers which features art for the Lambeau Stadium. Palmer also illustrated two children's books, There's A Dragon In My Closet and Mama Africa—a children’s book chronicling the life of Miriam Makeba—for which he received the 2018 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award. He currently lives and works in Atlanta, GA. Learn more at charlypalmer.com.

Charly Palmer is represented by ZuCot Gallery. Visit their website at zucotgallery.com.