Chronology Master Artist LeRoy Clarke
DATE OF BIRTH 1938 November 7th
1944-52 Escallier E.C. School, Gonzales
1952-53 Young High School, Belmont
1953-58 Osmond High School, PoS
1959-67 Teacher, St Phillip’s E.C. School – John, John
1962 National Independence Exhibition, (Group Show), Trinidad & Tobago
1962-67 Member, Trinidad Theatre Workshop
1966-70 Fragments of A Spiritual (Poems) Unpublished
1966 Labour of Love (I st. One-Man Show) Bank of Nova Scotia, PoS
1966 Biennial (Group Show) Sao Paulo, Brazil Save
1967 Expo '67 (Group Show) Toronto, Canada
1967 Married Vera Mitchell
1969 Birth of first Son: Kappel LeRoy Clarke
1969 Harlem Artists '68 (Group Show) Studio Museum, Harlem USA 1969 Impact Africa (Group) New York
1969 Loeb Student Centre (Group Show) New York University
1969 Hudson River Museum (Group Show) Yonkers, New York
1970 Afro American Artists (1800-1969) (Group Show) Philadelphia Museum
1971 Black American Artists - Illinois Bell Travelling Exhibition (Group) USA
1972 Fragments of A Spiritual (One Man) Studio Museum, Harlem USA
1972 Fragments of A Spiritual (One Man) St Mary's Centenary Hall, PoS
1972-75 Artist-In-Residence Studio Museum, Harlem USA
1972 Published TASTE OF ENDLESS FRUIT (Love Poems)
1973-75 Working on Douens Series - Home Studio 7, 840 Montgomery, Street Brooklyn, NY
1974 Directions in Afro American Art (Group Show) Cornell University, USA
1975 Latin American Art (Group show) Indiana University, USA
1976 Douens (One-Man) Howard University, Washington DC
1976 Published DOUENS: A Portfolio of Eight Drawings
1977 One Man Exhibition: Washington, DC
1979 Douens - Teachers Training College, POS, Trinidad.
1980-88 Preparation of El Tucuche Series
1980 Returned to Trinidad (permanently)
1980 Purchased a twenty-five Acre Cocoa Estate In Arlpo, Trinidad
1981 Published DOUENS, Poems
1983 Married Aileen Goddard
1983 Contemporary West Indian Artists (Group Show) New York
1988 EI Tucuche I: In the Maze a Single Line To My Soul, Aquarela Galleries, PoS, Trinidad
1988 Caribbean Arts Community - A Spirit Undaunted (Group Show) Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados
1989 EI Tucuche II: De Eye Am, Aquarela Galleries, POS, Trinidad
1990 EI Tucuche III: EI Tucuche Approaching Apotheosis, Aquarela Galleries, PoS, Trinidad
1990 4 Artists in Venezuela (Group Show) Caracas
1991 EI Tucuche IV: Selection from Utterance, Aquarela Galleries, PoS, Trinidad.
1991 Caribbean Artist Today (Group Show) Drexel University, Philadelphia, Italy
1992 Contemporary Painting, Trinidad & Tobago (Group Show), October Gallery, London
1992 A Taste of Endless Fruit, (Drawings), Aqarela Galleries, PoS, Trinidad & Tobago
1992 A Retrospective '68 -92 (Carifesta V) National Museum & Art Gallery of Trinidad & Tobago
1992 1492-1992, Another look at the Caribbean (Group) Espace, Carpeaux, Courbevoie, France
1993-94 Pantheon I: Fossil of Memory, PoS, Trinidad & Tobago
1996 Pantheon II: Slave Ship Called Fossil of Memory, National Museum & Art Gallery of Trinidad & Tobago
1996 Pantheon II: Slave Ship Called Fossil of Memory (One Man) Atlanta, USA
1996 Pantheon III: Sanctuary Gallery 10I, Dedicated to Ms. Pat Bishop. Tragarete Rd PoS., Trinidad & Tobago
1996 Signs & Portents; National Exhibition of Fine Art (Group Show) Gulf City & Tobago
1996 Second Annual Transafrican Festival Spotlight Pantheon (Fossil of Memory) Galleries, Atlanta
1996 Pantheon II: Slave Ship Called Fossil of Memory, National Museum Jamaica
1997 Revelations I: Fables ... Planting Seeds in De Dark, Art Creators, PoS, Trinidad & Tobago
1998 The Masters: Retrospective of De Poet Series, National Museum & Art Gallery of Trinidad & Tobago
1998-00 Revelation II: Landscape of Consciousness Kiskadee , A Cultural Laboratory, Trinidad & Tobago
2000 Revelations III: Devil Gut
2002 Revelation IV: Syllables, (One Man) Gallery 10 I, Tragerete Road, PoS, Trinidad & Tobago
2003 Dwellings I, One - Man Exhibition, Gallery 10 I, Tragerete Road, PoS, Trinidad & Tobago
2003 Official recognition as a National Icon
2004 Revelations V: Moments, (One Man) Gallery 10 I, Tragerete Road, PoS, Trinidad & Tobago
2004 Caribbean Distinguished Artist (One Man) (Carifesta VIII) Suriname
2004 Published: EYEING DE WORD ... Love Poems for ETTELYNE
2005 One Man Exhibition, Campbell's Gallery, London
2005 One- Man Exhibition, Bahamas National Museum
2005 West Indian Heritage Exhibition, Bermuda National Art Gallery
2005 Eyeing de Word in My Art, (One Man)101 Gallery, Art Society of Trinidad & Tobago Building
2005 Awarded a Staff of Eldership and Chieftaincy Title in the Orisha Community by The Ile Eko Sango/Osun MiI'Osa (IESOM) Title reads: Chief If a’ Oje’ Won Yomi Abiodun.
2005 Made an Honorary Fellow of UTT, the University of Trinidad & Tobago
2005 Folk Arts Award for contribution to Arts and Culture, Trinidad and Tobago Folk Arts Institute, New York USA
2005 Revelations VI…Cogitative Dimensions (One Man) The National Museum of Trinidad & Tobago
2006 Eyeing de Word in my Art, (One Man) Gallery at Fine Art, Woodbrook, PoS, Trinidad & Tobago
2006 Revelations VI…Cogitative Dimensions (Revisited) CARIFESTA IX Masters Award Exhibition, National Museum of T, & T
2006 Dwellings II, Gallery at Fine Arts
2007 Published: De Distance is Here. The El Tucuche Poems 1984-2007 (Cinderella Edition)
2007 Association of Caribbean States (ACS) - Greater Caribbean Art of the 21st Century, Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago
2007 Drawings…As in Drawing Out, National Museum and Art Gallery, POS, Trinidad & Tobago
2007/8 Drawings…As In Drawing Out, National Library and Information System Authority, PoS, Trinidad & Tobago
2008 Group Exhibition at In2Art Gallery, St Ann’s (February)
2008 Launch of UTT’s Edition of De Distance is Here: The El Tucuche Poems 1984-2007 (March 13th)
2008 Preludes I: Laventille Here, Laventille There, Laventille Everywhere, Gallery at Fine Art, Woodbrook, POS
2008 Preludes II: Laventille Here, Laventille There, Laventille Everywhere, In2Art Gallery, St Ann’s
2008 Exhibition of Writings: LeRoy Clarke Master Artist and Poet, Ceremony to Recognise 70th Birthday, Main Library University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine (October 15th)
2008 Sunshine Award for Contribution to Fine Arts, New York (October 25th)
2008 Presentation of “Key to the City of Port of Spain, City Hall, Port of Spain (October 30th)
2008 “LeRoy Clarke at 70” Master Artist: A Living Heritage – National Museum & Art Gallery (November 4th)
2008 Preludes: Laventille Here, Laventille There, Laventille Everywhere, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (November 7th) 2888 Launch of CLICO’s 2009 Calendar in Tribute to Master Artist LeRoy Clarke (November 14th)
2008 The El Tucuche Symposium, LeRoy Clarke at 70. Three day Symposium hosted by UNESCO (November 19th -21st) At the Central Bank of T&T, POS, Trinidad.
2008 Conferring of Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts by the University of Trinidad and Tobago, (UTT) (December 3rd)
2008 Published Secret Insect of a Bird Deep in Me, Wanting to Fly - Drawings 1968-2008
2009 Construction of De Legacy - House of El Tucuche, Well Spring Cascade (Work in Progress)
