Allyson Clay
Born1953
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Websitehttp://www.allysonclay.com
Allyson Clay, Untitled (He didn't ask her much...), 1990, screenprint on paper, collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.

Allyson Clay (born 1953) is a Canadian visual artist, curator, and educator based in Vancouver, B.C.[1]

Life

Clay was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1953, and spent much of her childhood and adolescence in Italy.[2] She obtained a BFA in Painting from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1980, and an MFA from the University of British Columbia in 1985.[3] She was a professor at the School of the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.[4]

Artistic practice

Clay has an interdisciplinary artistic practice that encompasses photography, painting, and installation.[5] Her artwork has often examined "the problematic, contradictory nature of contemporary urbanism" through "experiments with conceptual theory and traditional colour."[6][7] Clay's artistic research draws upon work by feminist writer and scholar Donna Haraway, and American artist Mary Kelly.[8] Clay looks at the role of "women through the city, through the social, and through the history of art making."[8]

Her artwork has been exhibited at Canadian galleries including the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Banff Centre for the Arts. Clay is represented by Costin & Klintworth Gallery in Toronto.[3] Clay's work is in several public collections including the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, and the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery.

Selected exhibitions

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Grants

Clay has received grants from the Canadian Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council, and the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency Program.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "SFU SCA". Archived from the original on 2017-08-24.
  2. 1 2 Keziere, Russell; Elvig, Christine (1985). Allyson Clay, April 30-May 25, 1985. Vancouver: Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery.
  3. 1 2 3 Mastai, Judith (1995). Women & Paint. Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery.
  4. ↑ "SFU SCA". www.sfu.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  5. ↑ "Allyson Clay: Literature in Stereo - Canadian Art". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  6. ↑ Dault, Gary Michael (January 24, 2009). "Coming 'dangerously close to real painting'". Globe and Mail.
  7. ↑ Keziere, Russell; Elving, Christine (1985). Allyson Clay, April 30-May25, 1985. Vancouver: Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery.
  8. 1 2 Henry, Karen; Robertson, Lisa (2002). Imaginary standard distance: Allyson Clay. Banff: Walter Philips Gallery Editions.
  9. ↑ "Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery | Beginning with the Seventies GLUT". belkin.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  10. ↑ "Allyson Clay". Katzman Contemporary. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
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