Biography
Carl E. Hazlewood, a multimedia artist, born in Guyana, South America, also writes and is a curator currently living in Brooklyn, NY. The co-founder of Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, NJ, His most recent solo exhibitions were, âWeights and Measuresâ at Salina Gallery of LIU, NY, (2014) and Temporality and Objectsâ at Aljira (2013). Hazlewood taught at New Jersey City University and other institutions. Currently associate editor for Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, (Duke University) he has written for many other periodicals, including Flash Art International, ART PAPERS Magazine, and NY Arts Magazine. Since 1984 he has organized numerous curatorial projects for Aljira such as âModern Lifeâ (co-curated with Okwui Enwezor). Hazlewoodâs project for Aljira, âCurrent Identities, Recent Painting in the United States,â was the US prize-winning representation at the âBienal International de Pintura,â Cuenca, Ecuador 1994. As an Independent curator he organized exhibitions for The Nathan Cummings Foundation, NY; Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; Hallwalls, NY; Artists Space, NY; P.S.122, NY,