Sonya Clark is an artist and educator who creates installations and objects rooted in the craft's legacy.

She employs the language of textiles and politics of hair to celebrate Blackness while interrogating historical imbalances.

She is the Winifred Arms Professor of Arts and Humanities at Amherst College in Massachusetts. She has received awards from many organizations, including United States Artists, Pollock-Krasner, Art Prize, and Anonymous Was a Woman. Her work has been exhibited in over 500 venues worldwide.