b. 1985 | New York City
Lives and Works in Portland, OR
@claire.elliott.art on instagram
EDUCATION
2014 M.F.A | The School of the Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA
2007 B.S. | Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY
2005 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
The Gardener | Kinhouse Gallery | Fort Wayne, IN
What’s Left on the Stem | Solo Show | Never Coffee, Portland OR
2024
En Motion | A WAVE Contemporary Show | Well Well Projects, Portland, OR
Identity Crisis | Union/Pine, presented by Ethereal Reflections | Portland, OR
Partake in Me | One Grand Gallery, presented by Ethereal Reflections | Portland, OR
2023
Gathered Together, Flat File Show | Wavelength Space | Chattanooga, TN
Rituals | Wavelength Space | Chattanooga, TN
Friend of a Friend | a WAVE Contemporary Show | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
My Own Private Property | Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
2022
The Nexus of Here | a WAVE Contemporary Show | Portland, OR
Holiday House | Serena & Lily | Chicago, Il
A Creeping Normality | 1122 Outside | Portland, OR, two person show with Asa Mease
A Provocation | a WAVE Contemporary Show with After/Time Collective | Portland, OR
On the Verge of Recognition | Well Well Projects | Portland, OR
2021
Atlas | Carnation Contemporary| Portland, OR
In Painting Thinking is Painting | Erickson Gallery| Portland, OR
Inscapes |Eat Paint Studio and Gallery| Chicago, IL (catalog)
2019
Real World | Tropical Contemporary | Eugene, OR | curated by Maddison Colvin
August Show | Olympic Mills | Portland, OR | Solo Show
2017
Skidmore College Annual Alumni Reunion Art Exhibition | Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery | Saratoga Springs, NY
Back to the Garden | Root Division | San Francisco, CA
2016
Bay Area Painting | The Mills Building | Curated by Artsource Inc. |San Francisco, CA
Convergence | Alabama Project Gallery | San Francisco, CA | Curator
Artspan 2016 Annual Auction | SOMArts Cultural Center | San Francisco, CA
2015
Crank | Southern Exposure | San Francisco, CA
Twenty-Sixth International Juried Exhibition | Viridian Artists Inc. | New York, NY
2014
Fall National Juried Exhibition | Marin Museum of Contemporary Art |Novato, CA
SMFA Medal Award Gala and Juried Auction | Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA
MFA Thesis Exhibition | Cyclorama | Boston, MA
Yes! Paint, the SMFA Painting Biennial | School of the Museum of Fine Arts| Boston, MA
Convergences II | Khaki Gallery | Boston, MA
SMFA Drawing Show | SMFA Atrium | Boston, MA, Juror’s Prize
2013
Claire Elliott: Landscapes of Memory | Mayor’s Gallery, Boston City Hall | Solo Exhibition
2010
Recession Expression | Seton Hall Law School | Newark, NJ | curated by Carmen Hermo
2007
Senior Thesis Exhibition | Tang Teaching Museum and Gallery | Saratoga Springs NY
AFFILIATIONS
Member, WAVE Contemporary, Portland, Oregon
Flat File Artist, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Featured Artist, Serena & Lily Art Collection
COLLECTIONS
Soho House Portland | Portland, OR
Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection | Boston, MA and Tigard, OR
Fage USA | Wellesley, MA
Private Collections
GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2020 Artist Residency in Motherhood (ARiM) | Portland, OR
2020 Member of Wave Contemporary
2019 Artist Residency in Motherhood (ARiM) | Portland, OR
2015-2017 ArtSpan Residency at the Journal Building | San Francisco, CA
Curated annual show, Critique Group founder
PUBLICATIONS and FEATURES
2024 Studio Visit Magazine Volume 52 (forthcoming)
Gazette Journal
Arts to Hearts 101 Art Book, Floral Edition
2021 The Gathered Gallery | Online Artist Feature
Friend of the Artist | Studio Image Project
2020 All She Makes | Artist Directory
2019 Chestnut Review | Volume 1, Number 1, Summer 2019 | Cover Artist
2015 Paint Pulse Magazine | Issue 1 | Featured Artist
2014 365 Artists/365 Days Project | Interview
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 4 | Featured Artist and Studio Visit Interview
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019-2021 Teaching Artist, Assembly PDX, Portland, OR
2014 - 2017 After School Academy Teacher: Ceramics and Watercolor
The Hamlin School for Girls, San Francisco, CA
2013 - 2014 Teaching Assistant: Four Painters Visiting Seminar, MFA Program
Visiting Graduate Critic, SMFA Post Baccalaureate Program
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2007 Fall Intern, Drawings Department
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY