Nomad Gallery

Specialties

Paintings by Leslie Clark, ethnic jewelry, artifacts and textiles from Africa, India and Indonesia.

History

Established in 1996.

The Nomad Gallery was started as a showcase for Leslie Clark’s paintings of people from around the world, and to support artisans from around the world by selling their products. It has evolved and expanded to include a large collection of jewelry made by Tuareg nomadic artisans and Leslie Clark, artifacts and textiles from Africa and India. A major focus of the gallery is to support humanitarian work of the NOMAD Foundation. Sales and fundraising efforts through our websites have helped us build schools, medical clinics and conduct ongoing adult education programs for nomads at the Tamesna Center for Nomadic Life.

Meet the Business Owner

Leslie C.

Business Owner

Leslie Clark is an artist whose career has always included travel. Her first trip to Niger in 1993, was to look for exotic subject matter for her paintings. She found that and a lot more. A chance meeting with Wodaabe nomads took her on a path that changed her life. She started the Nomad Foundation in 1998 and since then has been raising funds to do humanitarian work among the nomadic people.

The goal of the gallery is to tell the story of the indigenous people she paints and to help them support themselves selling the things they produce. Her jewelry designs are a way to present the beautiful work of the Tuareg jewelers to a wider audience.

The goal of the Nomad Foundation is to bring opportunities to people who have none, culminating in the Tamesna Center for Nomadic Life where a boarding school, a medical clinic and ongoing adult education programs are available to nomads on their migration route. Purchases on the website and at the gallery benefit the Nomad Foundation.