CV
Clare Grill
2016
Clare Grill and Matthew Ronay, EddysRoom, Brooklyn, NY
Painters NYC, curated by Meaghan Kent and Maureen Cavanaugh, MUPO (El Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños), Oaxaca, Mexico,
Real States, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
2015
Double Nickels on the Dime, D'Agostino & Fiore, New York, NY Painters NYC, curated by Meaghan Kent and Maureen Cavanaugh, Paramo, Guadalajara, Mexico Homeful of Hands, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, Italy
Where the Trees Line the Water that Falls Asleep in the Afternoon curated by Chris Sharp, P420, Bologna, Italy The Crayon Miscellaney, curated by Julie Ryan, OMI International Art Center, Ghent, NY Oysters With Lemon, curated by Andrew Huston and Michael Zahn, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, NY Transforming Accessory, LVL3, Chicago, IL 2014
Volatiile, Galleri Jacob Bjorn, Aarhus, Denmark
This One's Optomistic: Pincushion, curated by Cary Smith, New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT Brooklyn Bridge, curated by Justine Frischmann, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Folklore, curated by Heidi Leitzke, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
Smart Painting, curated by John O'Donnell, Artspace, New Haven, CT Love's Industrial Park, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Split Seven, curated by Matt Phillips, Fowler Arts Collective, Brooklyn, NY
Dying on Stage: New Painting in New York, curated by Kyle Chayka, Garis + Hahn, New York, NY Cathedral, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Season Review: Selected Artists, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY GrizzlyGrizzly, Philadelphia, PA, Loves Industrial Park
Spring, The Willows, Brooklyn, NY
Paintings and Drawings,Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Out of the Ruins, curated by Liz Thach, New Art Center, Newton, MA Primary, curated by Jamillah James, Nudashank Gallery, Baltimore, MD The Big Show 7, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
I Know This but You Feel Different, curated by Shara Hughes and Meredith James, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY
A Survey, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Reformation 2011, curated by Kyla Chevrier, Reformed Church, Skowhegan, ME Kin, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
A Review, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Talk Show, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Mixtape, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Relocation, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Artist in the Marketplace 29, curated by Micaela Giovanotti, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY Suspend, curated by Stacie Johnson, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL
2008
Clare Grill and Ju Young Ban, curated by Andrea Serbonich, The Clay Projects, New York, NY The Brand New Deal, curated by Shane McAdadms, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
Emerge 9, curated by Christopher Y. Lew, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
2007
Brief Encounters, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY Follies, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA
2006
Stilled Life, curated by Daria Brit Shapiro, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Works on Paper, curated by Carter Foster, Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts, Loveladies, NJ Imperfect Accounts, curated by Simone Subal, The Studio, Armonk, NY
Meditating America, curated by Ernesto Pujol, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Education
2011
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME 2005 M.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2001
B.A., University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Of Flesh and Air, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
2023
At the Soft Stages, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2022
solo presentation, EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL, Derek Eller Gallery M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Oyster
2021
There's The Air 2020, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY,
Bits of Tooth (online exhibition), Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Ply, Horton Gallery, New York, NY
2015
The Names of Objects Might as Well Fall Off, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading,PA Touch'd Lustre, Zieher Smith & Horton, New York, NY
2014
Mary, Mary, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA Petal, Pedal, Peddle, Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT Comb, Soloway, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Clare Grill, Reserve Ames, Los Angeles, CA
Steeped (project space), Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
2011
New Work, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2010
The Forest for the Trees (project space), Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY What You're Told, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Somethings Last a Long Time, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
New Skin, Monica King Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Jason Stopa Clare Grill, Lauren Luloff, Kathia St. Hilaire, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Certain Women, Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston, TX
A Strange Form of Life, curated by Johhny Mullen, Peninsula Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Inquiry: Investigation through Abstraction, curated by Mark Brosseau, Meyers Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2018
Group Show, curated by Jason Stopa, Steven Harvey Fine Art, New York, NY
Eddys Room, curated by Austin Eddy, Usable Space Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Buddy System, Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Primary, curated by Jason Karolak, Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Of Weight and Breath, curated by Christina Renfer Vogel and Ty Smith, East Side Project Space, Nashville, TN Artist in Residence Biennial, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2017
Holding Hands, curated by Robert Otto Epstein, 191 Henry Street, New York, NY
NEW NEW YORK: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century, curated by Debra Drexler and Liam Davis University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI; The Curator, New York, NY
Press
2021
Visiting Artist Lecture, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2020
Visiting Artist Lecture, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Visiting Artist Lecture, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY 2018
Visiting Artist Lecture, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2017
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN Visiting Artist Lecture, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA Visiting Artist Lecture, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2016
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee MFA program, Milwaukee, WI
2015
Visiting Artist Lecture, Albright College, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA 2013
Visiting Artist Lecture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting MFA program
Teaching
2019
Adjunct Professor, Graduate Painting Seminar Fall 2019, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Artist-in-Residence Fall 2017, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
Awards/Residencies
2022
Nominee American Academy of Arts and Letters 2021 Art Award and Purchase Program 2017
Residency, Steep Rock Arts, Washington, CT
Artist-in-Residence, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, TN
2011
Pratt Alumni Award, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2008
AIM 29, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2007
Emerge 9, Aljira, Newark, NJ
2006
Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
"Best in Show", Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts, Loveladies, NJ, Works on Paper, (juried by Carter Foster)
Collections
Minneapolis Insititute of Art, Minneapolis, MN M innesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Albright College, Reading, PA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA Soho House, New York, NY
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Samet, Jennifer, Beer With a Painter: Clare Grill, Hyperallergic, July 3,
2021
Yau, John, Clare Grill's Untranslatable Paint, Hyperallergic, April 24, 2021 Heinrich, Will, Three Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now, New York Times, April 7, 2021
2020
Clark, Andy Martinelli, Critic’s Pick, Artforum, January 2020
2019
20 Painters Who Are Shaping the New Decade Daily Collector, January 2020 Kalm, James, Strange Form of Life at PENINSULA ART SPACE, vimeo
2018
Burns, Emily, Interview with Clare Grill, Maake Magazine, issue 7
2017
Layendecker, Ashley, Interview: Clare Grill, Locate Arts, Dec 14 Colucci, Emily, EDDYSROOM: Out of the Galleries and Into The Closet, Frontrunner Magazine, January 4
2016
Alfred, Brian, Clare Grill, Sound & Vision podcast , episode 23 Yau, John, More Than Meets the Eye, Hyperallergic, February 28
2015
Clare Grill: The Names of Objects Might As Well Fall Off (exhibition catalog), The Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
Sharp, Chris, Clare Grill Paints Some Pictures, (catalog essay) Clare Grill: The Names of Objects Might as Well Fall Off, Oct 2015 Riley-Lopez, Erin, It’s All in the Details, (catalog essay) Clare Grill: The Names of Objects Might as Well Fall Off, Oct Schira, Ron, Clare Grill at the Freedman Gallery: The Power of Color, The Reading Eagle, Sept 13 Where the Trees Line the Water that Falls Asleep in the Afternoon, Artviewer, Aug 27
Griffin, Nora, Clare Grill Touch’d Lustre, Brooklyn Rail, April 25 Hurst, Howard, A Refreshing Dose of Cynicism-Free Abstraction, Hyperallergic, April 20
Smith, Roberta, 10 Galleries to Visit in Chelsea, New York Times, April 16
Grimes, William, Distinct Prisms in an Ever-Shifting Kaleidoscope, New York Times, April 16
2014
Ollman, Leah, Clare Grill paintings: Muted bits of memory, melancholy, Los Angeles Times, Nov 28
Osberg, Molly, How an Artist’s Foggy Recollections Become Ghostly Reconstructions of the Past, Artsy Editorial, Oct 31 Nathan, Emily, Stitches to Strokes: How An Artist Turns Antique Embroideries into Spare Paintings, Artsy Editorial, October 2
Kleberg, Matt, September 2014 Monthly Guest: Clare Grill, paintingisdead.com, interview, Sep 5
Hudson, Suzanne, Clare Grill, Artforum, March 2014 issue, pp.195 Christoph, Sara, Clare Grill, Comb, Brooklyn Rail, March 2014 issue 2013
Hanson, Sarah P., Dying on Stage: New Painting in New York, Modern Painters, October 2013 issue, pp.107 Bickford, Kerry, Love's Industrial Park, Title Magazine, July 23
Micchelli, Thomas, The New Casualists Strike Again, Hyperallergic, June 29
Wylie, Erin, Girl With the Most Cake, Lula Magazine, SS13 issue 16, pp. 52-58 (interview)
2012
Gorky’s Granddaughter studio visit interview, www.gorkysgranddaughter.com McQuaid, Kate, Romanticism, with a dose of modern anxiety, Boston Globe, Sept 26 Butler, Sharon, Year-end roundup: The IMAGES column, 2011, twocoatsofpaint.com, Jan 2
2011
Butler, Sharon, IMAGES: Clare Grill, twocoatsofpaint.com, Jun 16 ARTnews, February issue, front cover
Caruth, Nicole, Not Just Desserts, ARTnews, February issue, p. 94-97 2010
Naves, Mario, Talk Show, cityArts, Apr 20
Schor, Mira, Looking For Art to Love, day one: Chelsea, ayearofpositivethinking.com, Apr 29