Allyson Clay

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

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.

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. Keziere, Russell; Elvig, Christine (1985). Allyson Clay, April 30-May 25, 1985. Vancouver: Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery.
  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. 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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