Lauren Clay
Lauren Clay
March 01 - March 29, 2008






SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008"Nameless Namer" WHITESPACE, Atlanta, GA

"Decked Out In Delight", TILT GALLERY AND PROJECT SPACE, Portland, OR

"Wake Up Dreary Dreamers", LARISSA GOLDSTON GALLERY, New York, NY
2007"Prism Pivot Point", MFA Thesis Exhibit, VCU ANDERSON GALLERY, Richmond, VA
2005"Hideaway Units and Rescue Units", EYEDRUM SMALL GALLERY, Atlanta, GA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008"Stable Scrawl", LARISSA GOLDSTON GALLERY, New York NY

"Paper Chasers", Curated by Elaine Lynch, ARTWORKS GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH

"Color Less Delicious", Curated by Eiketsu Baba, NU'UANU GALLERY, Honolulu HI

"Dialogue: flat/form", Curated by Marjorie Hirsch, ARCHER GALLERY, Clark College, Vancouver WA

"Art Anonymous", CORCORAN GALLERY, Washington D.C.

"Introductions3", IRVINE CONTEMPORARY, Washington, D.C.

"The Affair at the Juniper Hotel", TILT GALLERY AND PROJECT SPACE, Portland, OR

"Summer Group Exhibit", ADA GALLERY, Richmond, VA

"So Inclined", DENISE BIBRO GALLERY, New York, NY
 "Double Bubble", PAGE BOND GALLERY, Richmond, VA
 "Almost Famous II", REYNOLDS GALLERY, Richmond, VA
 "BLANK: Exploring Nothing", Curated by Avantika Bawa, TILT GALLERY AND PROJECT SPACE", Portland, OR
 "Art DC", ADA GALLERY, Washington, D.C.
2006"We and Us", PLAYSPACE GALLERY, CCA, Oakland, CA
 Scope Miami, ADA GALLERY, Miami, FL

"Primary", HUNT GALLERY, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA

"Art212", ADA GALLERY, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, NY
 "The Old Grey Whistle Test", PLANT ZERO, Richmond, VA
 "I Mean C'mon, Fluff My Pillow", INNS OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, VA
 "Grid Galore", VCU FAB GALLERY, Richmond, VA
 "Ar+: Emerging Transition", PAGE BOND GALLERY, Richmond, VA
 "Color Me Bad", Group Collaboration with Joann Greenbaum, VCU, Richmond, VA
 2005"ROYGBIV", VCU FAB GALLERY", Richmond, VA
 "Semiconductors", Curator: Craig Drennen, PHARMAKA GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA
 "Pin-Up", CITY GALLERY EAST, Atlanta, GA
 "Turn the Tides", THE ATLANTIC, Jacksonville, FL
 2004          "This is the Future", Curators: Dos Pestaneos, SALTWORKS GALLERY, Atlanta, GA
 "100%", ORLEANS GALLERY, Savannah, GA
 "The Infinite Conduit", DESOTO ROW GALLERY, Savannah, GA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008"Space Odyssey," Interview, Vogue Girl , Korea, May 2008/No.75.
  Demetre, Jim. “Rating the art in Portland's monthly gallery walk” Crosscut Seattle, February 27, 2008.
  DuRoche, Tim. “Tilt Gallery is Two”, Ultrapdx.com, January 24, 2008.
2007
Norris, T.J. "Hereto, Where Out Thou?", Portlandart.net, May 11, 2007.
 Klein, Barbara. “Looking for the Best In a Fresh Crop of Graduates”, Voice of America, August 29, 2007.
 Roberts-Pullen, Paulette. “Turned Loose”, Style Weekly, Richmond VA, May 2, 2007.
 MFA Thesis Catalog, Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Anderson Gallery
 artDC Catalog, artDC Art Fair, Washington Convention Center
2006
Ryan,Paul. "Mapping the MFA Studio: Flow and Interchange in the First Year"Exhibit Essay for The Old Grey Whistle Test, Plant Zero, Richmond VA
  Fox, Catherine. “Impromptu Show Delivers Range, Intimacy”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 24, 2005.
  Cullum,Jerry. “Home is where the Art Is”, Access Atlanta, March 17, 2005.Review of For Reproduction Only, Curated by Lauren Clay and Aaron Gerth
  Gorell, Kristin and Julie Puttgen. “A Night in the Panty Hideaway Unit”, Ratsalad Deluxe, Jan. 28, 2005.
  Cullum, Jerry. “Panty lines are Clear, Hiding Spaces Aren’t”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jan. 27, 2005.
2004
This is The Future, Exhibit Catalog, Saltworks Gallery, Dos Pestaneos, June
 Oppenheim, Phil. “This is the Future”, Art Papers, November/December 2004.
  New American Paintings, Vol. 52, Juror: Carrie Przybilla, Curator, High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA
 Pandolfi, Keith. “Why the Art World has Georgia on its Mind”, Art Business News, August 2004.
 Cullum, Jerry. “Vizarts- For Future Reference”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 22, 2004.
  Feaster, Felicia. “Tomorrow-land”, Creative Loafing, June 17, 2004
 Fox, Catherine.“The Future Does Not Lack for Lovely Ideas”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 18, 2004

AWARDS

2008-09    Artist in Residence, Henry Street Settlement, New York NY
2006-07    Virginia Museum of Fine Art Fellowship

EDUCATION

2007MFA Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University
2004BFA Painting, Savannah School of Art and Design

FEATURED COLLECTIONS


Capitol One, Private Collection, Richmond VA
 Savannah College of Art & Design, Office of the President, Savannah, GA
 Savannah College of Art & Design, Painting Department, Savannah GA
Larissa Goldston Gallery