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Sculptor John Abduljaami with carved Scottish Terrier.

John Abduljaam, renowned Oakland wood sculptor, works with found wood and sculpts with axe, chisel, and saw. He creates powerful and spirited wor...

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Sculptor John Abduljaami with rabbit.

Renowned outsider sculptor John Abduljaami discusses a rabbit he sculpted.

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Sculptor John Abduljaami discusses wood choice.

Renowned outsider sculptor John Abduljaami discusses the different woods he uses to create his vibrant visionary works.

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John Abduljaami, visionary wood sculptor.

John Abduljaam, renowned Oakland wood sculptor, works with found wood and sculpts with axe, chisel, and saw. He creates powerful and spirited works...

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John Abduljaami
Visionary wood sculptor.

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Feb 3, 2008

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John Abduljaam, renowned Oakland wood sculptor, works with found wood and sculpts with axe, chisel, and saw. He creates powerful and spirited works.
Abduljaami was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in 1941 and moved with his family to
the San Francisco Bay area a year later. He quit high school to join the navy.

The Oakland museum has two works in their permanent collection.

In 2006 Abduljaami's boxer formed a major part of the yearlong exhibit at Baltimore's prestigious American Visionary Art Museum, "Race, Class, Gender," which travelled in 2007 to the Lowell Revolving Museum.

March 10 - April 22, 2007
ZOOLATRY a curious menagerie
John Abduljaami
Arts Benicia

Smithsonian American Art Museum archives: http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ip...

Featured artist on California KQED "SPARK" Public Television which showcases only the most innovative and renowned:
http://www.kqed.org/arts/people/spark...

Grave's Country Art Gallery has some works:
http://www.gravescountry.com/selartis...
Ames Gallery: http://www.amesgallery.com/resource_a...

San Franciso The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
Contrasts in Wood: John Abduljaami and Harold Pepperell April 29- June 21, 1987

John Abduljaami is featured in several books on outsider art, including:
20th Century American Folk, Self taught, and Outsider Art, by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johanson

Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth-century American Folk, by Chuck Rosenak, Jan Rosenak (1990)
Self Taught, and Outsider Art, by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johanson (2000)
Point of View
Cat and a Ball on a Waterfall: 200 Years of California Folk Painting and Sculpture. By Harvey Jones (Oakland Museum of ART, 1986)
Tree of Life: The Inaugural Exhibition of the American Visionary Art Museum
by Rebecca Hoffberger, Roger Manley, Colin Wilson (1996)
Living in Balance By Jo Hanson, Patricia Sanders, Susan Leibovitz Steinman, John Abduljaami, Richmond Art Center (California, 1994)

Slotin Auction - Sales Results - May 5, 2007
Slotin Auction - Sales Results - May 13, 2006

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John Abduljaami

Sculptor John Abduljaami with carved Scottish Terrier.

Sculptor John Abduljaami with rabbit.

Sculptor John Abduljaami discusses wood choice.