CLAIRE ELLIOTT

b. 1985 | New York City hello@claireelliott.com

Lives and Works in Portland, OR www.claireelliott.com

@claire.elliott.art

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 EXHIBITIONS

2024

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 | SATOR Projects | Portland, OR

Holiday House | Serena & Lily | Chicago, Il

A Creeping Normality |1122 Outside | Portland, OR
On the Verge of Recognition | Well Well Projects | Portland, OR

A Provocation: WAVE Contemporary | after/time | 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

2018

Rock Collection | Bar Mingo| 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

All In | Hotel Triton | 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

Open Studios Group Show | Asterisk Gallery | San Francisco, CA

Nucleus | Joy Gallery | San Francisco, CA

Twenty-Sixth International Juried Exhibition | Viridian Artists Inc. | New York, NY

2014

Fresh Art 2014 | Marin Society of Artists Gallery | Ross, CA

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

Salon 21 | Nave Gallery | Somerville, MA 

Painting Intricacies | Nave Gallery Annex | Sommerville, MA

Yes! Paint, the SMFA Painting Biennial | School of the Museum of Fine Arts| Boston, MA

Massachusetts! | Gallery 263 | Cambridge, MA 

Convergences II | Khaki Gallery | Boston, MA

SMFA Drawing Show | SMFA Atrium | Boston, MA, Juror’s Prize

2013

(Motion) Pictures: Narrative Structures in Visual Arts | Mission Hill Gallery | Boston, MA

Claire Elliott: Landscapes of Memory | Mayor’s Gallery, Boston City Hall | Solo Exhibition

Summer Show | Brodsky Gallery | Princeton, NJ | Solo Exhibition

I Know What You Did Last Summer | Mission Hill Gallery | Boston, MA

2012

Wit | Mission Hill Gallery | Boston MA

Impressions of Boston | Scollay Square Gallery,  Boston City Hall | Boston, MA

Le Sacre du Printemps | Kaleidoscope Vision Bazaar | Seattle, WA

2010

Recession Expression | Seton Hall Law School | Newark, NJ | curated by Carmen Hermo

2009

Senior Thesis Exhibition | Tang Teaching Museum and Gallery | Saratoga Springs NY

COLLECTIONS

Soho House Portland

Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection | Boston, MA and Tigard, OR

Fage USA | Wellesley, MA

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

2014 

Honorable Mention | Fall National Juried Exhibition | Marin Museum of Contemporary Art | Novato, CA 

Juror’s Prize | SMFA Drawing Show | Boston, MA 

Nominee | Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship | New York, NY

PUBLICATIONS and FEATURES

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

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019-2021 Teaching Artist, Assembly PDX, Portland, OR 

2017 - 2018 After School Associate Teacher and Painting Teacher

Oregon Episcopal School, 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, Master of Fine

Arts Program

Visiting Graduate Critic, SMFA Post Baccalaureate Program

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2009 Graduate Teaching Artist

  School District of Philadelphia Summer Enrichment Program Philadelphia Arts and Education Partnership, Philadelphia PA

2007 Fall Intern, Drawings Department

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY