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