Clemente Bio
Background
Born in 1937, artist Clemente Mimun lived his childhood years in Carthage, the ex-French colony of Tunisia. As the son of a gallery owner Clemente immersed himself in the museums of LeBardo and Carthage, abundant with Roman and Phoenician art, all of which left an indelible impression. At the age of 16, Clemente moved to Paris where he spent countless hours in the coffeehouses absorbing the philosophical conversations of elder artists. To this day, Clemente acknowledges these experiences in the development of his own personal philosophies on existentialism and self-responsibility – transpiring in the motivation for his artwork.
By 1962, Clemente settled in the United States. Today, his universal language is spoken through his art. Clemente explains that his work is born of a synergy between memory and imagination. He uses no models, pictures or still life arrangements when creating a new work of art. A self-proclaimed “observer,” Clemente chooses to elicit an intellectual formula for his subject matter that he describes through a hierarchy of interpersonal understanding:
On the first level, Clemente strives to expose one’s isolation from the rest of the world and the inevitable “antagonistic possession” that lies in our relationships therein. The second level involves an attempt to communicate to resolve this antagonism – not through the complexity of words, but through the simplicity of symbolism. The third level is reconciliation – a resolution to consume and accept a peaceful coexistence. In other words, the artist states: “Why not say it with flowers?”
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Exhibitions (Continued)
Bibliography
SE Florida Style & Design – Winter 2020
Florida Home & Design – Summer 2019
Home & Design, Southwest Florida – 2017 V1
Florida Design, Naples Edition 1-1 – 2017
Palm Beach Daily News – February 2006
Palm Beach Daily News – February 2005
Palm Beach Post Re: Gators Galore, Palm Beach County – 2004
Art Business News: Trend Letters: Emerging Artist – February 2002
Palm Beach Illustrated: Re: Society of the Four Arts - February 2002
Palm Beach Daily News – September 2001, October 2001, December 2001
Society Line – June 2001
Playbill, Kravis Center – December 2000
Le Temps – June 2000
The Desert Sun – May 2000
City Link – April 2000
La Presse - August 1999
Exhibitions
Exhibitions (Continued)
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2016-2020
Art Miami, Miami, Florida
Art Naples, Naples, Florida
Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida
JF Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
NoSo Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Studio 1608, West Palm Beach, Florida
Sweet Art Gallery, Naples, Florida
Wendy Fritz Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
2011-2015
Chrysalis Gallery, South Hampton, New York
Gracie Street, West Palm Beach, Florida
Hayley Gallery, New Albany, Ohio
JF Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
Studio 1608, West Palm Beach, Florida
Sweet Art Gallery, Naples, Florida
2009-2010
Cherif Fine Art, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Chrysalis Gallery, South Hampton, New York
Studio 1608, West Palm Beach, Florida
Gracie Street, West Palm Beach, Florida
Hayley Gallery, New Albany, Ohio
JF Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
Las Olas Fine Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
West Palm Beach Mayors Office, West Palm Beach, Florida
2004-2008
Armory Art Show, West Palm Beach, Florida
Bal Des Artist, West Palm Beach, Florida
Cherif Fine Art, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Chrysalis Gallery, South Hampton, New York
Creatrics, Easton, Maryland
District Four 35, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Garden Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Gracie Street, West Palm Beach, Florida
Galerie Marumeau, Paris, France
Hamilton Fine Art, Miami, Florida
Hayley Gallery, New Albany, Ohio
Ken Elias Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Las Olas Fine Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Palm Artist Group, West Palm Beach, Florida
Puccio Gallery, Manhattan, New York
Studio 1608, West Palm Beach, Florida
tudio E, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
West Palm Beach Mayors Office, WPB, Florida
Wynne Falconer Gallery, Chatham, Mass
Exhibitions (Continued)
Exhibitions (Continued)
Exhibitions (Continued)
2000-2003
Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, WPB, Florida
Art Miami 2002, Miami, Florida
Beekman Gallery, Manhattan, New York
Cherif Fine Art, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Christopher Martin Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Chrysalis Gallery, South Hampton, New York
Elysabeth Edward Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Elysabeth Edward Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Gallery 5, Palm Beach, Florida ; SoHo, New York
Galerie Azur, Naples, Florida
Galerie Marumeau, Paris, France
Gracie Street, West Palm Beach, Florida
Graphics & Things, Washington, DC
Hamilton Fine Art, Miami, Florida
Iegor de St. Hippolyte, Palm Beach, Florida
Ken Elias Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Les Artistes Voyageurs, Paris, France
Palm Desert Art Gallery, Palm Desert, California
Palm Street Art Studio, West Palm Beach, Florida
Powell Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
Tempra Museum of Contemporary Art, Malta
Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
The Philip Hulitar Award 63rd Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings
Studio 1608, West Palm Beach, Florida
Wally Findlay Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
West Palm Beach Art Show, WPB, Florida
West Palm Beach Mayors Office, WPB, Florida
Wynne Falconer Gallery, Chatham, Mass
1996-1999
Barnett Bank, Palm Beach, Florida
Chrysalis Gallery, South Hampton, New York
Gallerie Cezanne, Nice, France
Gracie Street, West Palm Beach, Florida
Graphics & Things, Washington, DC
John Servino Gallery, Northwood, Florida
Metro Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
Neuman Gallery, Delray Beach, Florida
Palm Beach Town & Country Gallery, WPB, FL
Spazio B. Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
The Castor Collection, Corpus Christi, Texas
The Governor’s Club, West Palm Beach, Florida
1968-1986
Atelier d’Art, Brooklyn, New York
Melys Gallery, Long Island, New York
New Hope Galley, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Rich Gallery, Manhattan, New York
Yellow Gallery, Manhattan, New York