CLARE GRILL
born 1979, Chicago, IL
lives and works in Queens, NY
EDUCATION
2011 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2005 M.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2001 B.A., University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY, New Work
2010 Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY, The Forest for the Trees (project space)
2010 Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY, What You're Told
2008 The Clay Projects, New York, NY, Clare Grill and Ju Young Ban (curated by Andrea Serbonich)
2007 Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, Somethings Last a Long Time
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY, Paintings and Drawings
2012 New Art Center, Newton, MA, Out of the Ruins
2012 Nudashank Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Primary
2012 Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, The Big Show 7
2012 Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY, I Know This but You Feel Different (curated by Meredith James and Shara Hughes)
2012 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY, A Survey
2011 Reformed Church, Skowhegan, ME, Reformation 2011 (curated by Kyla Chevrier)
2011 Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY, Kin
2011 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY, A Review
2010 Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR, Five From Brooklyn
2010 Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY, Amuse Bouche
2010 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY, Talk Show
2009 Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY, Mixtape
2009 Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY, Relocation
2009 Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY, Artist in the Marketplace 29 (curated by Micaela Giovanotti)
2009 Rare Device, San Francisco, CA, Little Paper Planes Group Show (curated by Kelly Lynn Jones)
2009 Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL, Suspend (curated by Stacie Johnson)
2008 Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY, The Brand New Deal (curated by Shane McAdams)
2008 Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, Emerge 9 (curated by Chris Lew)
2007 Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY, Brief Encounters
2007 OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA, Follies
2006 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, Stilled Life (curated by Daria Brit Shapiro)
2006 Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts, Loveladies, NJ, Works on Paper (curated by Carter Foster)
2006 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY, Summer Group Show (curated by Dana Orland)
2006 The Studio, Armonk, NY, Imperfect Accounts (curated by Simone Subal)
2005 Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, Meditating America (curated by Ernesto Pujol)
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Gorky’s Granddaughter studio visit, http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/
2012 McQuaid, Kate, Romanticism, with a dose of modern anxiety, Boston Globe, Sept 26
2012 Butler, Sharon, Year-end roundup: The IMAGES column, 2011, twocoatsofpaint.com, Jan 2
2011 Butler, Sharon, IMAGES: Clare Grill, twocoatsof paint.com, June 16
2011 ARTnews, February issue, front cover
2011 Caruth, Nicole, Not Just Desserts, ARTnews, February issue, p. 94-97
2010 Naves, Mario, Talk Show, cityArts, April 20
2010 Schor, Mira, Looking For Art to Love, day one: Chelsea ayearofpositivethinking.com, April 29
2009 Chun, Kimberly, 'Buddy System': A Conversation in Art, San Francisco Chronicle, July 16
2009 Johnson, Ken, Young Artists Arrive, Either Rough or Ready, New York Times, July 8
2008 Genocchio, Benjamin, Beguiled by Fresh Talent, New York Times, August 22
2008 Bischoff, Dan, Newark art exhibition is part swank, part cutting-edge, New Jersey Star-Ledger, August 2
2007 New American Paintings, Volume 68 (Northeast edition, back cover)
2005 Hackett, Regina, Artists muse on America with mostly positive results Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 11
AWARDS/ HONORS
2011 Pratt Alumni Award, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2008 Bronx Museum, AIM 29, Bronx, NY
2008 Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
2007 Aljira, Emerge 9, Newark, NJ
2006 The Drawing Center, Viewing Program, New York, NY
2006 "Best in Show", Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts, Works on Paper, (juried by Carter Foster)