Selected works
Lauren Clay / 로렌 클레이
로렌 클레이는 서배너 칼리지 오브 아트 앤 디자인에서 회화 전공 학사(BFA)를, 버지니아 커먼웰스 대학교에서 회화 및 판화 전공 석사(MFA)를 취득했다. 조지아주 애틀랜타 출신인 클레이는 현재 뉴욕에서 거주하며 작업하고 있다. 그녀는 미국 내외에서 활발히 전시를 이어왔으며, 뉴욕의 Picture Theory, 뉴멕시코의 로스웰 미술관(Roswell Museum of Fine Arts), 런던의 Bosse & Baum, 댈러스의 Cris Worley Fine Arts에서 개인전을 개최했다. 또한 뉴욕 브루클린 아카데미 오브 뮤직(Brooklyn Academy of Music), 뉴욕주 암스테르담의 월터 엘우드 미술관(Walter Elwood Museum), 싱가포르의 에르메스 플래그십 스토어를 위해 장소 특정적 설치 작업을 선보였다.
2019년과 2017년에 클레이는 작가 피터 할리(Peter Halley)와 협업하여 이탈리아 베니스에서 열린 2019년 베니스 비엔날레와 연계된 프로젝트를 비롯해, 크로아티아 스플리트의 Galerija Kula, 대한민국 서울의 Paradise City에서 여러 프로젝트를 진행했다. 그녀의 작업은 Artforum, Art in America, The Brooklyn Rail, Sculpture Magazine, BOMB Magazine, Hi-Fructose Magazine 등 다양한 매체에서 비평되었다. 클레이는 2019년 폴록-크라스너 재단(Pollock-Krasner Foundation) 보조금을 수상했으며, 2020년에는 Foundation for Contemporary Arts의 보조금을 받았다. 2022년에는 뉴멕시코 로스웰의 Roswell Artist-in-Residence 프로그램에 선정되어 레지던시에 참여했다.
클레이의 한정판 아티스트 북 Subtle Body(2016, Small Editions NY 출판)는 메트로폴리탄 미술관, 휘트니 미술관, 브루클린 미술관, 워커 아트 센터, 예일 대학교 도서관 등 여러 기관의 소장 컬렉션에 포함되어 있다.
Education
2007 MFA, Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
2004 BFA, Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Coming soon, Galerie PJ
2025 Picture Theory, New York, New York
2024 Love Feast, Picture Theory, New York, New York
2023 Threshold Drawings, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
2022 Phantom Stair, Roswell Museum, New Mexico
2022 Persephone, Bosse & Baum, London, United Kingdom
2020 While Sleeping, Watch, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
2020 Tread, Riser, Passage, Bosse & Baum, Vortic
2015 Shushumna, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
2009 Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, New York
2008 Nameless Namer, Whitespace, Atlanta
Group Exhibitions
2025 Open Sesame!, Maia Contemporary, Mexico City, Mexico
FRIENDS, Main Projects, Richmond, Virginia
2024 Vagabond Shoes, McBride Contemporain, Curated by Benjamin Klein, Montreal, Canada
2023 Home Works, Chart, New York, New York
Maybe the People Would be the Times, Picture Theory, New York, New York
2022 Escher’s Lovers: Lauren Clay & Nicholas Moenich, KDR305, Miami, FL (two-person exhibition)
Jung Lovers, Curated by Jennifer Sullivan and Jack Arthur Wood, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Night Birds, Maia Contemporary, Mexico City, Mexico
2021 The Shoo Sho, Curated by Julie Curtiss, WINDOW, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, New York
2019 QUBE, Galerija Kula, Split, Croatia (collaborative installation with Peter Halley) (Catalog)
2018 Porthole Portico, with Jaime Lee Bull, Camayuhs, Atlanta GA (two-person exhibition)
Belladonna, Curated by Calli Moore, Spring Break
2017 The Glorious Object, Curated by Rodger Stevens, Patrick Parrish Gallery, New York, New York
Staccato, Sometime Salon, San Francisco, California
Politicizing Space, Curated by Charlotta Kotik, Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College, New York, New York
2016 Monochromatic, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, New York
Shroom Show, curated by Nicholas Moenich, helper, Brooklyn, New York (Catalog)
Onion by the ocean, curated by Elisa Solivan & Essye Klempner, Underdonk, Brooklyn, New York
Pick One, (harbor) / Regina Rex, New York, New York
Drawing for Sculpture, curated by Courtney Puckett, TSA New York, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Palimpsest, with Inna Babaeva, Underdonk, Brooklyn, New York (two-person)
Material Way, Shirley Fitterman Art Center, New York, New York, curated by Kathleen Kucka
2012 Rainbow of Chaos, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, New York
Rear View Mirror, Curated by Jennie Lamensdorf, New York, New York
Makeup on Empty Space, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, New York
2011 Paperwork, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont
2010 Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, New York
2009 Living and Dreaming, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
Twin Infinities, Henry Street Settlement, New York, New York
2008 Stable Scrawl, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, New York
2005 Semiconductors, Curated by Craig Drennen, Los Angeles, California
2004 This is the Future, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia (Catalog)
PUBLIC & SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS
2024 The Traveler, Hermes, Flagship store, Orchard Road, Singapore
2021 Walter Elwood Contemporary, Book store design, Curated by Brent Birnbaum, Amsterdam, New York, permanent
2018 Reclining Colonnade, One New York Plaza, New York, New York
2017 Collaboration with Peter Halley, Paradise City, Seoul, South Korea, permanent
2016 The Cithara and the Aulos, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
Fairs
Bibliography
Interview, Esquire, Singapore, October 2024
Interview, Grazia, Singapore, October 2024
Lauren Clay, by Michelle Robertson, Hi-Fructose, Volume 64, September 2022
Drawing / Artist Spotlight : Lauren Clay, Boooooom, Sept 2022
The Drawer, Volume 21 – Wall Drawings, Book by Barbara Soyer & Sophie Toulouse, Spring 2022
Persephone: A Conversation with Lauren Clay, Spring Journal UK, April 2022
“Lauren Clay’s Architectures of the Psyche” Borbala Komjathy, Ocula, March 2022
Interview with Christina Nafziger, Create Magazine, March 2021
BRAN-D Magazine, Issue 57, 2021
“The Marbled Approximations of the Artist Lauren Clay” Drew Zeiba, PIN-UP Magazine, January 2019
Charity Coleman, ArtForum, Critic’s Pick, November 2018
Steve Rivera, The Great Fires, December 2018
Ambit Magazine, Issue 233, August 2018
Katie Geha, ArtForum Critic’s Pick, April 2018
Ariela Gitlen, Artsy, April 2018
E.C Flamming, Burnaway, May 3, 2018
Kwon Mee-yoo, Korea Times, May 2017
Peter Halley, Bomb Magazine, February 11, 2016
Paddy Johnson, “UNTITLED’s Strongest Showing Yet”, ArtFCity, Dec 4, 2015
Jesse Malmed, badatsports.com, Edition #44, Dec 18, 2015
Ryland Quillen, Lauren Clay, Sight Unseen, April 3, 2015
Roberta Smith, “Rays of Light and Menacing Shadows,” The New York Times, Dec 15, 2013
Michael Straus, “Warhol and Rauschenberg Foundations Urge the Court in the Richard Prince Case to Take a Broad View of Appropriation Art” The Brooklyn Rail, Oct 27, 2013
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, Fast Company, 2012
Nastia Voynovskoya, Interview, HiFructose Magazine, October 23, 2011.
Katherine Nonemaker, Interview, Open Lab Magazine Issue No. 4:SS11, May 17, 2011.
Sasha M. Lee, Interview, Psychonauts, Beautiful/Decay Book: 5, Winter 2011
Lynn Maliszewski, “Procedural Musings: Lauren Clay”, Interview, BOMBLOG, Sept. 29 2010
James J. Williams III, “Out & About: Twin Infinities”, BOMBLOG, June 22, 2009.
Laura Meyers, Interview, “A Sculptor’s Palette” The Connector, January 15, 2009.
Kim Youngshin, Interview, “Space Odyssey” Vogue Korea, Issue No. 75/ May 2008.
Irana Douer, Ruby Mag, Issue #18, www.ruby-mag.com.ar, May, 2007
Kristin Gorell, Julie Puttgen. Ratsalad Deluxe, Jan. 28, 2005.
Jerry Cullum, Atlanta Journal, Jan. 27, 2005.
New American Paintings, Vol. 52, Juror: Carrie Przybilla, 2004.
Phil Oppenheim, “This is the Future at Saltworks Gallery”, Art Papers, November/December 2004.
Jerry Cullum, “Vizarts- For Future Reference”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 22, 2004.
Catherine Fox, “The Future Does Not Lack for Lovely Ideas”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 18, 2004.
Felicia Feaster, “Tomorrow-land”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, June 17, 2004.
Public Collection
2021 – 22 Roswell Artist in Residence, Roswell NM
2022 Artist lecture, Roswell Museum, Roswell NM
2021 Artist lecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
2021 Artist lecture, Hamilton College, Clinton NY
2020 Artist lecture, Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond VA
2020 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant
2019 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2019 Visiting Artist, Printmaking Dept., School of the Arts, University of Texas, Austin
2017 Artist lecture, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver CO
2017 Artist lecture, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs CO
2016 Artist lecture, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta GA
2015 Artist lecture, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton NJ
2014 Visiting artist, Anderson Ranch, Aspen CO
2012 Visiting artist, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro TN
2008-09 Artist In Residence, Abrons Art Center, New York NY
2006-07 Virginia Museum of Fine Art Fellowship
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