EDUCATION
2007 MFA, Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University
2004 BFA, Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Galerie PJ, Metz, France (forthcoming)
2025 Solarium, Picture Theory, New York, NY
2024 Love Feast, Picture Theory, New York, NY
2023 Threshold Drawings, Cris Worley, Dallas, TX
2022 Phantom Stair, Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM
Persephone, Bosse & Baum, London
2020 Tread, Riser, Passage, Bosse & Baum, Vortic VR
While Sleeping, Watch, Cris Worley, Dallas, TX
Trellis, Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA
2018 Windows and Walls, Asya Geisberg, New York, NY
2017 Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver
2016 Squash & Stretch, Trois Gallery, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
2015 Shushumna, Pinnacle Gallery, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2009 Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
Nameless Namer, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
PUBLIC & SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS
2024 The Traveler, Hermès, Flagship store, Singapore
2021 Artist Bookstore, Permanent Installation, Walter Elwood, Amsterdam, New York
2019 Meta Offices, Permanent Installation, New York, New York
2018 Reclining Colonnade, Arts Brookfield, One New York Plaza, New York, New York
2017 Collaboration with Peter Halley, Paradise City, Seoul, South Korea
2016 The Cithara and The Aulos, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
COLLECTIONS
Deji Museum, Nanjing, China
Anderson Museum, Roswell, NM
Paradise City, Seoul, South Korea
Hermès
Meta
Pretium Partners, New York, NY
Savannah College of Art and Design
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Artist Book Collection
The Whitney Museum of American Art, Artist Book Collection
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Artist Book Collection
The Walker Art Center, Artist Book Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Artist Book Collection
Yale University, Artist Book Collection
Harvard University, Houghton Library Artist Book Collection
New York Public Library, Artist Book Collection
Ohio State University, Artist Book Library Collection
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Artist Book Collection
The University of Chicago, Artist Book Collection
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Artist Book Collection
The University of Michigan, Artist Book Collection
Virginia Commonwealth University, Artist Book Collection
AWARDS
2021-2022 Fellowship, Roswell Artist in Residence, Roswell, New Mexico
2020 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant
2019 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2010 Alumni Award, Savannah College of Art and Design
RESIDENCIES
2021-2022 Roswell Artist in Residence, Roswell, New Mexico
2014 Visiting Artist Residency, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, Colorado
2008-09 Artist in Residence, Henry Street Settlement, New York, New York
2008-09 Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
GROUP & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Open Sesame!, Maia Contemporary, Mexico City, Mexico
FRIENDS, Main Projects, Richmond, VA
Collecting the Past, Curating the Future, Stand in Line, Cyprus
2024
Vagabond Shoes, McBride Contemporain, Curated by Benjamin Klein, Montreal, Canada
2023
Maybe the People Would Be the Times, Picture Theory, New York, NY
Home Works, Chart, New York, NY
2022
Escher’s Lovers: Lauren Clay & Nicholas Moenich, KDR305, Miami, FL (two-person)
Jung Lovers, curated by Jennifer Sullivan and Jack Arthur Wood, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Night Birds, Maia Contemporary, Mexico City, Mexico
2021
The Shoo Sho, Curated by Julie Curtiss, WINDOW, Anton Kern Gallery, NY
2019
QUBE, Collaboration with Peter Halley, Gallery Kula, Split, Croatia (two-person)
Peter Halley’s HETEROTOPIA I, Academy of Fine Arts, Magazini del Salle, Venice, Italy
Pulled in Brooklyn, International Print Center New York, NY
2018
Gangs of New York, Adds Donna, Chicago, IL
Porthole Portico, with Jaime Lee Bull, Camayuhs, Atlanta, GA (two-person)
Belladonna, Curated by Calli Moore, Spring Break Art Show, New York, NY
2017
The Glorious Object, Patrick Parish Gallery, New York, NY
Staccato, Sometime Salon, San Francisco, CA
2016
Shroom Show, curated by Nicholas Moenich, Helper, Brooklyn NY
Monochromatic, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY
Background, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Onion by the ocean, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Reference/ Material, curated by Alex Ebstein, Towson University, Baltimore, MD
Drawing for Sculpture, curated by Courtney Puckett, TSA New York, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Quite, Fairly, Rather, Curated by Brent Birnbaum & Jenni Crain, Topless, Rockaway, NY
Five, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Pick One, (harbor) / Regina Rex, New York, NY
2014
Material Way, Shirley Fitterman Art Center, New York, NY
2012
Rainbow of Chaos, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
Rear View Mirror, Curated by Jennie Lamensdorf, New York, NY
Makeup on Empty Space, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
The Sum of the Parts, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2011
PaperWork, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
2009
Living and Dreaming, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Twin Infinities, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2008
Stable Scrawl, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Blank: Exploring Nothing, Curated by Avantika Bawa, Tilt Gallery and Project Space, Portland, OR
Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005
Semiconductors, Curated by Craig Drennen, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
This is the Future, Curated by Dos Pestañeos, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED PRESS / BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cambe, Pameyla. Interview. Grazia, October 2024.
Jasman, Asri. “ESQnA with Lauren Clay for Hermès.” Esquire, October 2024.
Wang, Xuezhu Jenny. “To the Dreamy Otherworld: A Conversation with Lauren Clay.” Impulse Magazine, 2024.
Forever Magazine, Issue 06, Spring 2024.
Klett, Maddie. “Artists are Launching…” ARTnews, May 30, 2023.
Poizat, Céline Sabari. NONFICTION, Volume 04, Paris, 2023.
Robertson, Michelle. “Lauren Clay.” Hi-Fructose, Volume 64, September 2022.
The Drawer, Volume 21: Wall Drawings, Barbara Soyer & Sophie Toulouse, Spring 2022.
“Persephone: A Conversation with Lauren Clay.” Spring Journal UK, April 2022.
Komjathy, Borbala. “Lauren Clay’s Architectures of the Psyche.” Ocula, March 2022.
BRAN-D Magazine, Issue 57, 2021.
Nafziger, Christina. Interview. Create! Magazine, March 2021.
Buskirk, Martha. Is It Ours? Art, Copyright, and Public Interest, 2021.
Zeiba, Drew. “The Marbled Approximations of the Artist Lauren Clay.” PIN-UP Magazine, January 2019.
Coleman, Charity. Artforum Critics’ Pick, November 2018.
Rivera, Steve. The Great Fires, December 2018.
Geha, Katie. Artforum Critics’ Pick, April 2018.
Ambit Magazine, Issue 233, August 2018.
Flamming, E.C. “Myth and Metaphor: Jaime Bull and Lauren Clay at Camayuhs.” Burnaway, May 3, 2018.
Gitlen, Ariela. “6 Artists Pushing the Limits of Paper.” Artsy, April 23, 2018.
Taylor, Heather. Hiss Mag, Issue 2, March 2018.
Goodman, Jonathan. “Politicizing Space at Anya & Andrew Shiva Gallery.” Sculpture Magazine, Jan/Feb 2018.
Goodman, Wendy. “To Do: The Glorious Object.” New York Magazine, December 10, 2017.
Mee-yoo, Kwon. Korea Times, May 2017.
Blechman, Eliana. Interview for Art-In-Buildings, New York, February 2017.
Halley, Peter. “Artist Portfolio: Lauren Clay.” BOMB Magazine, February 10, 2016.
Johnson, Paddy. “UNTITLED’s Strongest Showing Yet.” ArtFCity, December 4, 2015.
Wallace, Paula. “Miami’s Most Wanted.” W Magazine, December 4, 2015.
Malmed, Jesse. Bad at Sports, Edition 44, December 18, 2015.
Smith, Roberta. “Rays of Light and Menacing Shadows.” The New York Times, December 15, 2013.
Straus, Michael. The Brooklyn Rail, October 27, 2013.
Garnett, Joy. “Free-Fail.” Art21 Magazine, December 1, 2013.
Jovanovic, Rozalia. “David Smith’s Estate Demands ‘House Arrest’ for a Young Artist’s Works.” Blouin Artinfo, October 3, 2013.
Boucher, Brian. “David Smith Copyright Dispute Delays Brooklyn Artist’s Show.” Art in America, October 9, 2013.
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Uribe, Vincent. Interview. LVL3, April 29, 2013.
Buckland, Nikki. Interview. Paper Runway, Issue 5, April 4, 2012.
Klanten, Robert. High Touch Visuals: Tactile Design and Visual Explorations. Berlin: Die Gestalten Verlag, 2012.
O’Sullivan, Michael. “Art in Focus: ‘The Sum of the Parts.’” The Washington Post, March 8, 2012.
Kooiman, Patrick. “Lauren Clay.” Interiorator, November 22, 2012.
Voynovskoya, Nastia. Interview. Hi-Fructose Blog, October 23, 2011.
Nonemaker, Katherine. Interview. Open Lab Magazine, Issue 4:SS11, May 17, 2011.
Lee, Sasha M. Interview. Psychonauts, Beautiful/Decay Book 5, Winter 2011.
Maliszewski, Lynn. “Procedural Musings: Lauren Clay.” BOMBLOG, September 29, 2010.
Giovannotti, Micaela. Living and Dreaming, AIM 29 Exhibition Catalog, Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2009.
Williams III, James J. “Out & About: Twin Infinities.” BOMBLOG, June 22, 2009.
Bridgford, Kim. Mezzo Cammin, Volume 3, Issue 3, Fairfield University, 2009.
Meyers, Laura. Interview. “A Sculptor’s Palette.” The Connector, January 15, 2009.
Youngshin, Kim. Interview. “Space Odyssey.” Vogue Girl Korea, Issue 75, May 2008.
Douer, Irana. Ruby Mag, Issue 18, May 2007.
Gorell, Jerry. “Home Is Where the Art Is.” Access Atlanta, March 17, 2005.
Gorell, Kristin & Julie Puttgen. Ratsalad Deluxe, January 28, 2005.
Cullum, Jerry. Atlanta Journal, January 27, 2005.
Oppenheim, Phil. “This Is the Future at Saltworks Gallery.” Art Papers, November/December 2004.
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Fox, Catherine. “The Future Does Not Lack for Lovely Ideas.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 18, 2004.
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