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<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Fairy Rings (Energy Never Dies)</em>, 2024<br />Detail</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Fairy Rings (Energy Never Dies)</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />31 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 2 inches / 80 x 64.8 x 5.1 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Bathing in the Misty Rainbow</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Bathing in the Misty Rainbow</em>, 2024<br />Detail</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Protective Mother</em>, 2022<br />Alternate view</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Protective Mother</em>, 2022<br />Detail</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Serenity</em>, 2023<br />Acrylic on panel<br />56 x 64 x 1 3/4 inches / 142.2 x 162.6 x 4.4 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Serenity</em>, 2023<br />Detail</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Emmanuelle (The Lord is Among Us)</em>, 2023<br />Patinated bronze<br />24 1/4 x 5 x 5 inches / 61.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm<br />Edition of 10 plus 1 artist’s proof</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Sweeping Away the Static and Negative Energy</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />70 x 50 1/8 x 2 1/8 inches / 177.8 x 127.3 x 5.4 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>The Stallion</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />50 x 70 x 2 1/8 inches / 127 x 177.8 x 5.4 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Just Landed</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />24 1/8 x 30 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 61.3 x 76.5 x 2.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Caliente Thunder Light</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />50 1/8 x 40 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 127.3 x 101.9 x 2.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>What Remains</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />40 1/8 x 50 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 101.9 x 127.3 x 2.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Eclipsed</em>, 2023<br />Oil on linen<br />20 x 16 inches / 50.8 x 40.6 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Cutting Water</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />50 x 40 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches / 127 x 102.2 x 5.4 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>I Can’t Believe My Eyes</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />30 1/8 x 24 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 76.5 x 61.3 x 2.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Rain at Sea</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />13 1/8 x 15 1/4 x 3/4 inches / 33.3 x 38.7 x 1.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>The Boot</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />30 1/8 x 24 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 76.5 x 61.3 x 2.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Sail Away</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />13 1/8 x 15 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches / 33.3 x 38.4 x 3.2 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Opening Night</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />10 x 8 inches / 25.4 x 20.3 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>The Watchers</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />9 x 12 1/4 inches / 22.9 x 31.1 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>The Chocolate Cosmos</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />10 x 8 inches / 25.4 x 20.3 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Egg Rock</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />16 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches / 41 x 46 x 2.5 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Blue Boot Bonnie</em>, 2023<br />Oil on linen<br />12 x 9 inches / 30.5 x 22.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Night Rocks</em>, 2024<br />Oil on linen<br />16 1/8 x 18 1/4 x 1 inches / 41 x 46.4 x 2.5 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Full Moon Meeting at Glowing Tree</em>, 2023<br />Oil on linen<br />15 1/8 x 13 1/8 x 7/8 inches / 38.4 x 33.3 x 2.2 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>The Sacred Bird Tree</em>, 2022<br />Oil on linen<br />70 x 56 inches / 177.8 x 142.2 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>I’m still pretty bouquet</em>, 2023<br />Oil on linen<br />16 x 12 x 7/8 inches/ 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.2 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Sharks Point</em>, 2023<br />Oil on linen<br />Frame: 50 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches / 128.3 x 102.9 cm<br />Canvas: 50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>The Glowing Night Shade </em>, 2022<br />Acrylic and gouache on panel<br />Overall: 86 x 96 inches / 218.4 x 243.8 cm<br />Panel (each): 86 x 48 inches / 218.4 x 121.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>The Bus Stop</em>, 2023<br />Oil on linen<br />56 x 70 inches / 142.2 x 177.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Her World Got Smaller</em>, 2022<br />Acrylic and gouache on panel<br />Frame: 30 1/4 x 38 1/2 inches / 76.8 x 97.8 cm<br />Panel: 29 3/4 x 38 inches / 75.6 x 96.5 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Courage</em>, 2012<br />Gouache on paper<br />8 1/2 x 11 inches / 21.6 x 27.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>The Garden Goddess</em>, 2023<br />Gouache on paper<br />11 x 8 1/2 inches / 27.9 x 21.6 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Perseverance</em>, 2014<br />Gouache on paper<br />11 x 11 1/2 inches / 27.9 x 29.2 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Swan Mother</em>, 2022<br />Bronze and patina<br />Sculpture: 60 x 52 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches / 152.4 x 133.3 x 71.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>She Believed in the Magic of It All</em>, 2022<br />Oil on linen<br />56 x 70 inches / 142.2 x 177.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>I’ll Always Have this Little Movie in My Head</em>, 2022<br />Acrylic on panel<br />Panel: 48 x 48 inches / 121.9 x 121.9 cm<br />Frame: 49 x 49 x 2 1/2 inches / 124.5 x 124.5 x 6.3 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Still Life with Red Poppy</em>, 2022<br />Oil on linen<br />Canvas: 17 x 15 x 3/4 inches / 43.2 x 38.1 x 1.9 cm<br />Framed: 17 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches / 44.5 x 39.4 x 3.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>In the Reflection was Itself</em>, 2022<br />Acrylic on panel<br />56 x 64 inches / 142.2 x 162.6 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Pink Flamingo</em>, 2013<br />Oil on canvas<br />46 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches / 117 x 91.5 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Don’t Look Me in the Eye</em>, 2022<br />7-run hand drawn aluminum plate lithograph on BFK Rives<br />Paper size: 30 x 22 inches / 76.2 x 55.9 cm<br />Image size: 22 x 17 1/2 inches / 55.9 x 44.5 cm<br />Edition of 20 plus 7 artist’s proofs</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>I Thought This Was Food</em>, 2022<br />7-run hand drawn aluminum plate lithograph on BFK Rives<br />Image size: 18 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches / 47 x 34 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>The tickle</em>, 2022<br />Oil on linen<br />18 x 16 x 1 1/2 inches / 45.7 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Creatures of the Night</em>, 2022<br />Acrylic on panel<br />
<br />96 x 96 inches / 243.8 x 243.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Tired of thinking</em>, 2021<br />Oil on linen<br />50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cms</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Nature’s Abstract</em>, 2021<br />Oil on linen<br />70 x 56 inches / 177.8 x 142.2 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Walking in rainbow rain</em>, 2021<br />Oil on linen<br />56 x 70 inches / 142.2 x 177.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>My whole world</em>, 2021<br />Oil on linen<br />50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>My Pet Black Widow</em>, 2020<br />Oil on panel<br />30 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches / 77.5 x 62.2 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Harnessing the Energy Light</em>, 2020<br />Oil on linen<br />13 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches / 33.7 x 26 x 3.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Amulet of the Universe</em>, 2020<br />Oil on linen<br />24 x 30 x 1 1/2 inches /<br />
61 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Here We Go</em>, 2020<br />Acrylic on panel<br />56 x 64 inches / 142.2 x 162.6 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Waiting</em>, 2020<br />Acrylic on panel<br />48 x 48 inches /<br />
121.9 x 121.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Black Bird, White Owl</em>, 2020<br />Acrylic on panel<br />58 x 66 x 2 1/2 inches / 147.3 x 167.6 x 6.3 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Waiting Room</em>, 2020<br />Oil on linen<br />56 x 70 inches /<br />
142.2 x 177.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Goddess of the Void</em>, 2020<br />Oil on linen<br />50 x 40 x 1 1/2 inches / 127 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Ominous Nature of Fog</em>, 2020<br />Oil on linen<br />40 x 50 inches /<br />
101.6 x 127 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Bird #2</em>, 2020<br />Oil on linen<br />50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Bird #1</em>, 2020<br />Oil on linen<br />50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Untitled</em>, 2019<br />Oil on linen<br />50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Untitled</em>, 2019<br />Acrylic on panel<br />84.5 x 96.5 inches / 214.7 x 245.2 cm, overall</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Untitled</em>, 2018<br />
Oil on linen<br />
<br />24 x 30 inches / 61 x 76.2 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Untitled</em>, 2019<br />Oil on panel<br />84.5 x 96.5 inches / 214.7 x 245.2 cm, overall</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Untitled (Flower Woman with Bird)</em>, 2009<br />Gouache on paper<br />10.5 x 9 inches / 26.7 x 22.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Untitled (Tree Blowing)</em>, 2008<br />Gouache on panel<br />11.7 x 9 inches / 29.8 x 22.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Untitled (Swan Red Moon)</em>, 2009<br />Gouache on paper<br />9.6 x 9 inches / 24.4 x 22.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Untitled (Owl)</em>, 2005<br />Gouache on paper<br />11.7 x 9 inches / 29.8 x 22.9 cm</p>

<p>Clare Rojas<br /><em>Untitled (Woman with 3 Bears)</em>, 2005<br />Gouache on panel<br />11.7 x 9 inches / 29.8 x 22.9 cm</p>

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A magic realist artist with a talent for abstraction whose visual language is rooted in Peruvian folklore and Californian ecofeminism.

Clare Rojas is a painter inspired by wildlife, climate, and literature. She moves freely between dense figurative scenes and minimal, abstract compositions where metaphor, symbology, and fantastical imagery link the past and present, the mystical and mundane. Her compositions are infused with animistic themes, revealing a deep engagement with the mythology of her Peruvian ancestry. Birds, witches, and the forces of nature frequently appear as protagonists in Rojas’ enchanted tableaus.

Rojas (b. 1976, Columbus, OH) is in the permanent collections of MoMA New York; SFMOMA; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; Orange County Museum of Art, CA; San Jose Museum of Art, CA; Berkeley Art Museum, CA; Smart Museum, University of Chicago; and the Columbus Museum of Art, OH, among others. She has been awarded grants and residencies including Artadia, Eureka Fellowship, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Joan Mitchell Foundation, and the Headlands Center for the Arts. In 2024, Rojas is the subject of a solo exhibition at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, North Carolina. She has enjoyed previous solo exhibitions MCA Chicago; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA; Savannah College of Art and Design, GA; Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS; Knoxville Museum of Art, TN; Belkin Satellite, Vancouver; CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco. She has a BFA in printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in painting from School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Clare Rojas
Fairy Rings (Energy Never Dies), 2024
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Fairy Rings (Energy Never Dies), 2024
Oil on linen
31 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 2 inches / 80 x 64.8 x 5.1 cm

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Clare Rojas
Bathing in the Misty Rainbow, 2024
Oil on linen
50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm

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Clare Rojas
Bathing in the Misty Rainbow, 2024
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Clare Rojas
Protective Mother, 2022
Alternate view

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Protective Mother, 2022
Detail

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Clare Rojas
Serenity, 2023
Acrylic on panel
56 x 64 x 1 3/4 inches / 142.2 x 162.6 x 4.4 cm

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Clare Rojas
Serenity, 2023
Detail

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Clare Rojas
Emmanuelle (The Lord is Among Us), 2023
Patinated bronze
24 1/4 x 5 x 5 inches / 61.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm
Edition of 10 plus 1 artist’s proof

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Clare Rojas
Sweeping Away the Static and Negative Energy, 2024
Oil on linen
70 x 50 1/8 x 2 1/8 inches / 177.8 x 127.3 x 5.4 cm

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Clare Rojas
The Stallion, 2024
Oil on linen
50 x 70 x 2 1/8 inches / 127 x 177.8 x 5.4 cm

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Clare Rojas
Just Landed, 2024
Oil on linen
24 1/8 x 30 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 61.3 x 76.5 x 2.9 cm

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ADDITIONAL WORKS

Clare Rojas
Caliente Thunder Light, 2024
Oil on linen
50 1/8 x 40 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 127.3 x 101.9 x 2.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
What Remains, 2024
Oil on linen
40 1/8 x 50 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 101.9 x 127.3 x 2.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
Eclipsed, 2023
Oil on linen
20 x 16 inches / 50.8 x 40.6 cm

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Clare Rojas
Cutting Water, 2024
Oil on linen
50 x 40 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches / 127 x 102.2 x 5.4 cm

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Clare Rojas
I Can’t Believe My Eyes, 2024
Oil on linen
30 1/8 x 24 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 76.5 x 61.3 x 2.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
Rain at Sea, 2024
Oil on linen
13 1/8 x 15 1/4 x 3/4 inches / 33.3 x 38.7 x 1.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
The Boot, 2024
Oil on linen
30 1/8 x 24 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches / 76.5 x 61.3 x 2.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
Sail Away, 2024
Oil on linen
13 1/8 x 15 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches / 33.3 x 38.4 x 3.2 cm

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Clare Rojas
Opening Night, 2024
Oil on linen
10 x 8 inches / 25.4 x 20.3 cm

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Clare Rojas
The Watchers, 2024
Oil on linen
9 x 12 1/4 inches / 22.9 x 31.1 cm

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Clare Rojas
The Chocolate Cosmos, 2024
Oil on linen
10 x 8 inches / 25.4 x 20.3 cm

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Clare Rojas
Egg Rock, 2024
Oil on linen
16 1/8 x 18 1/8 x 1 inches / 41 x 46 x 2.5 cm

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Clare Rojas
Blue Boot Bonnie, 2023
Oil on linen
12 x 9 inches / 30.5 x 22.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
Night Rocks, 2024
Oil on linen
16 1/8 x 18 1/4 x 1 inches / 41 x 46.4 x 2.5 cm

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Clare Rojas
Full Moon Meeting at Glowing Tree, 2023
Oil on linen
15 1/8 x 13 1/8 x 7/8 inches / 38.4 x 33.3 x 2.2 cm

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Clare Rojas
The Sacred Bird Tree, 2022
Oil on linen
70 x 56 inches / 177.8 x 142.2 cm

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Clare Rojas
I’m still pretty bouquet, 2023
Oil on linen
16 x 12 x 7/8 inches/ 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.2 cm

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Clare Rojas
Sharks Point, 2023
Oil on linen
Frame: 50 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches / 128.3 x 102.9 cm
Canvas: 50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm

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Clare Rojas
The Glowing Night Shade , 2022
Acrylic and gouache on panel
Overall: 86 x 96 inches / 218.4 x 243.8 cm
Panel (each): 86 x 48 inches / 218.4 x 121.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
The Bus Stop, 2023
Oil on linen
56 x 70 inches / 142.2 x 177.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
Her World Got Smaller, 2022
Acrylic and gouache on panel
Frame: 30 1/4 x 38 1/2 inches / 76.8 x 97.8 cm
Panel: 29 3/4 x 38 inches / 75.6 x 96.5 cm

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Clare Rojas
Courage, 2012
Gouache on paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches / 21.6 x 27.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
The Garden Goddess, 2023
Gouache on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches / 27.9 x 21.6 cm

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Clare Rojas
Perseverance, 2014
Gouache on paper
11 x 11 1/2 inches / 27.9 x 29.2 cm

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Clare Rojas
Swan Mother, 2022
Bronze and patina
Sculpture: 60 x 52 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches / 152.4 x 133.3 x 71.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
She Believed in the Magic of It All, 2022
Oil on linen
56 x 70 inches / 142.2 x 177.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
I’ll Always Have this Little Movie in My Head, 2022
Acrylic on panel
Panel: 48 x 48 inches / 121.9 x 121.9 cm
Frame: 49 x 49 x 2 1/2 inches / 124.5 x 124.5 x 6.3 cm

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Clare Rojas
Still Life with Red Poppy, 2022
Oil on linen
Canvas: 17 x 15 x 3/4 inches / 43.2 x 38.1 x 1.9 cm
Framed: 17 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches / 44.5 x 39.4 x 3.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
In the Reflection was Itself, 2022
Acrylic on panel
56 x 64 inches / 142.2 x 162.6 cm

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Clare Rojas
Pink Flamingo, 2013
Oil on canvas
46 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches / 117 x 91.5 cm

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Clare Rojas
Don’t Look Me in the Eye, 2022
7-run hand drawn aluminum plate lithograph on BFK Rives
Paper size: 30 x 22 inches / 76.2 x 55.9 cm
Image size: 22 x 17 1/2 inches / 55.9 x 44.5 cm
Edition of 20 plus 7 artist’s proofs

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Clare Rojas
I Thought This Was Food, 2022
7-run hand drawn aluminum plate lithograph on BFK Rives
Image size: 18 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches / 47 x 34 cm

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Clare Rojas
The tickle, 2022
Oil on linen
18 x 16 x 1 1/2 inches / 45.7 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
Creatures of the Night, 2022
Acrylic on panel

96 x 96 inches / 243.8 x 243.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
Tired of thinking, 2021
Oil on linen
50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cms

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Clare Rojas
Nature’s Abstract, 2021
Oil on linen
70 x 56 inches / 177.8 x 142.2 cm

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Clare Rojas
Walking in rainbow rain, 2021
Oil on linen
56 x 70 inches / 142.2 x 177.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
My whole world, 2021
Oil on linen
50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm

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Clare Rojas
My Pet Black Widow, 2020
Oil on panel
30 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches / 77.5 x 62.2 cm

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Clare Rojas
Harnessing the Energy Light, 2020
Oil on linen
13 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches / 33.7 x 26 x 3.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
Amulet of the Universe, 2020
Oil on linen
24 x 30 x 1 1/2 inches /
61 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
Here We Go, 2020
Acrylic on panel
56 x 64 inches / 142.2 x 162.6 cm

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Clare Rojas
Waiting, 2020
Acrylic on panel
48 x 48 inches /
121.9 x 121.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
Black Bird, White Owl, 2020
Acrylic on panel
58 x 66 x 2 1/2 inches / 147.3 x 167.6 x 6.3 cm

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Clare Rojas
Waiting Room, 2020
Oil on linen
56 x 70 inches /
142.2 x 177.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
Goddess of the Void, 2020
Oil on linen
50 x 40 x 1 1/2 inches / 127 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm

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Clare Rojas
Ominous Nature of Fog, 2020
Oil on linen
40 x 50 inches /
101.6 x 127 cm

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Clare Rojas
Bird #2, 2020
Oil on linen
50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm

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Clare Rojas
Bird #1, 2020
Oil on linen
50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm

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Clare Rojas
Untitled, 2019
Oil on linen
50 x 40 inches / 127 x 101.6 cm

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Clare Rojas
Untitled, 2019
Acrylic on panel
84.5 x 96.5 inches / 214.7 x 245.2 cm, overall

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Clare Rojas
Untitled, 2018
Oil on linen

24 x 30 inches / 61 x 76.2 cm

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Clare Rojas
Untitled, 2019
Oil on panel
84.5 x 96.5 inches / 214.7 x 245.2 cm, overall

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Clare Rojas
Untitled (Flower Woman with Bird), 2009
Gouache on paper
10.5 x 9 inches / 26.7 x 22.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
Untitled (Tree Blowing), 2008
Gouache on panel
11.7 x 9 inches / 29.8 x 22.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
Untitled (Swan Red Moon), 2009
Gouache on paper
9.6 x 9 inches / 24.4 x 22.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
Untitled (Owl), 2005
Gouache on paper
11.7 x 9 inches / 29.8 x 22.9 cm

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Clare Rojas
Untitled (Woman with 3 Bears), 2005
Gouache on panel
11.7 x 9 inches / 29.8 x 22.9 cm

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EXHIBITIONS

Clare Rojas: Clare’s Balls

April 25-June 1, 2024

A Growing Season

August 19-October 28, 2023

Femmenology

April 20-May 26, 2023

PRESS

6 Artists Reveal The Details of Their Creative Process

L'Officiel, December 6, 2024

Clare Rojas: Past the Present

Air Mail, October 2024

SFJazz Collective’s Latest Inspiration? de Young Artists

San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, October 21, 2024

“About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift” at de Young Museum.

San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, August 15, 2024

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Born 1976, Columbus, Ohio
MFA, Painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2002
BFA, Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1998
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2024
Stem, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Past the Present, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Clare’s Balls, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA

2023
Go Placidly, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

2022
The Magic of It All, Jessica Silverman, Los Angeles

2021
Here We Go, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA

2019
Claire Rojas: Shifted Horizons, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2018
Egret, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL

2017
Orphaned Wells, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2016
Clare Rojas: Orphaned Wells, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC
The Inexhaustible Middle, Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2015
New Work, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2014
Everyone Has Those Spaces, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Caerulea, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2013
Clare Rojas, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, New York, NY
Clare Rojas, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012
Spaces in Between, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
Pith, Prism, Los Angeles, CA
Clare Rojas: Piecemeal, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2011
Clare Rojas: Inside Bleak, Prism, Los Angeles, CA

2010
We They, We They, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK; traveled to Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
Through the Woods, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2007
P.S. Hurray!, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
Forget Me Not, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands
Sympathetic Magic, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, León, Spain
Kitty Buck, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Clare Rojas: Hope Springs Eternal, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Moody Loner, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
Clare Rojas, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ulrich Project Series – Clare Rojas, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS

2005
Miss Lead and Miss Guide, Modern Art, London, England
SubUrban: Clare Rojas, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
Clare Rojas, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004
Table Turner, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Tournesol Award Exhibition, McBean Project Space, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Will Poor Will, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver, B.C.

2002
Doing My Day, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Maybelle Crick, Lizabeth Oliveria, San Francisco, CA
Walk Like Man, New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

Selected Two Person Shows

2015
Retrospective, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA

2014
Clare Rojas | Barry McGee, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy

2008
The Big Sad: Barry McGee & Clare Rojas, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

2007
Joy Feasley & Clare Rojas: Pow-Wows or The Long Lost Friend, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
Future Tense: Art, Complexity, and Uncertainty, Beall Center for Art and Technology, UC Irvine, CA
Accretion: Works by Latin American Women, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
About Place, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2023
A Growing Season, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA

2022
13 Women, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA
California Biennial 2022: Pacific Gold, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA
Color Code, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY, The Contemporary Austin, TX
Shifting the Silence, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA

2021
We Are Here, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA

2018
The House Imaginary, San José Museum of Art, CA
Way Bay, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA
DNA of Painting, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017
Independent New York – 2017, Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, PA
Jump, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016
House or Home: Architectural Form in the Print, Paulson Fontaine Press, Berkeley, CA
New Geometries, Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, PA

2015
Donde Esta La Playa? The Summer Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark

2014
Art Alliance: The Provacateurs, curated by Shepard Fairey, Block Thirty Seven, Chicago, IL
Initial Public Offering: New Works from SJMA’s Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Folklore, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA

2013
The Illuminated Library, Fine Arts Library, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Unruly, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA

2012
10 Revolutions Around the Sun, Headland Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Domesticated Souls, Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Summer Group Hang, Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern, San Francisco, CA Flection, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Piecemeal, Paule Anglim Contemporary Arts Centre, San Francisco, CA

2011
In the Moment: Artists, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
Painting between the Lines, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA; traveled to Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA

2010
Leave It Alone & Together At Last, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
40, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
Orde di segnatori, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporeanea, Milan, Italy
Paper! Awesome, Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2TheWall, New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

2009
Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL
Instruments, Solway Jones, Los Angeles, CA
American Realities, New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

2008
Prospect1. New Orleans, Prospect New Orleans, LA
Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Wizard of Oz, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
Journey to the End of the Night, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Eureka!, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Harry Smith Anthology Remixed, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
Untitled (Waves), Primo Marella Gallery Beijing, Beijing, China

2007
Existencias, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Léon, Spain
Some Kind of Portrait, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Size Matters: XS Recent Small-Scale Paintings, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY; traveled to Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK
Panic Room: Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
SITEings, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
In The Fullness of Time: The Luggage Store 20 Year Anniversary Exhibition, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA

2006
Drawing is a Fine Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Girl on Guy, Columbia College of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Men, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY
Jen Liu + Bjørn Melhus + Clare Rojas, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005
Life and Limb, curated by David Humphrey, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
In Search of a Continuous Present, International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery in Prague, curated by Lynne Warren, Prague, Czech Republic
Art Part II: Dazzle Dogs, Clare Rojas, Erin Rosenthal and Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Eureka Fellowship Award Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Beautiful Losers, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

2004
Change of Address, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Your Heart Is No Match for My Love, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
It’s a Wonderful Life, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
East of the Sun and West of the Moon, White Columns, NY
Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art, Skateboarding and Street Culture, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH; traveled to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco and Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
6th Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum, New York, NY

2003
Pocket Atlas, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Outerspace Hillbilly, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA

2002
Goop, New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Scratch Off the Serial, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Widely Unknown, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
East Meets West, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Fresh Blood, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Biennial Exhibition, Animation “the Manipulators,” Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
It’s a Pleasure to Serve You, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Bibliography

2024
Yerebakan, Osman Can. “6 Artists Reveal The Details of Their Creative Process.” L’Officiel. December 6, 2024.
Clavarino, Elena. “Clare Rojas: Past the Present.” Airmail. October 2024.
Gilbert, Andrew. “SFJazz Collective’s latest inspiration? De Young artist.” San Francisco Chronicle Datebook. November 20, 2024.
Barton, Champe. “Clare Rojas’ New Paintings Depict the Rich Inner Lives of Women.” KQED. May 2, 2024.
Gamboa, Carlota. “A Motif Exhibition from Clare Rojas, Belle of the Balls.” Art & Object. April 29, 2024.

2023
Sutton, Benjamin. “Los Angeles Inaugurates Three New Art-filled Metro Stations.” The Art Newspaper. June 22, 2023.
Vankin, Deborah. “For L.A.’s Newest Underground Art Experience, Head down to the Metro Regional Connector.” Los Angeles Times. June 17, 2023.
Bravo, Tony. “(P)art of the City.” San Francisco Chronicle. January 3, 2023.
Ford, Lauren Moya. “What Can Art Do for Women?” Hyperallergic. January 3, 2023.

2022
Saul, Amelia. “IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY.” The Brooklyn Rail. November 2022.
Marcelline, Shei. “The Contemporary Austin | IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY.” Flaunt. September 15, 2022.
Heitzman, Lorraine. “Clare Rojas: The Magic Of It All at Jessica Silverman.” Art and Cake. July 31, 2022.
Gotthardt, Alexxa. “Clare Rojas’s Mesmerizing Paintings Weave Tales of Chaos and Serenity.” Artsy. July 25, 2022.
Slenske, Michael. “Artist Clare Rojas’ Magical Surrealism Lands In LA.” Los Angeles Magazine. July 15, 2022.

2021
Quick, Genveieve. “Review: Clare Rojas’ Cosmologies of Uncanny Animal Intelligence and Mystery.” 48hills. May 12, 2021. ”
Eckardt, Stephanie. “In the Studio with Clare Rojas, the Painter Who Won’t Be Boxed In.” W Magazine. June 8, 2021.

2018
Barcio, Phillip. “The Politics of Contemporary Abstraction: A Conversation with Clare Rojas and Jeffrey Gibson.” Momus. May 31, 2018.

2015
Goodyear, Dana. “A Ghost in the Family.” The New Yorker. August 10, 2015.

2014
Baker, Kenneth. “Maychack’s Objects on the Verge, and a Vanishing Modernism.” San Francisco Chronicle. May 24, 2014.
Juxtapoz. “Art Alliance: The Provocateurs, July 31 – August 4, 2014.” Juxtapoz Magazine. July 18, 2014.
Passori, Cedar. “Introducing Art Provocateurs Week on Complex, with Artists Curated by Shepard Fairey.” Complex. July 28, 2014.
Valencia, Andrea. “Warfield Building Gets Schooled.” MissionLocal. May 21, 2014.

2013
Bellman, Erica. “On View | Clare Rojas Gets in Touch With Her Abstract Side.” New York Times Style Magazine. November 7, 2013.
Frank, Priscilla. “Artist Clare Rojas Talks Abstraction, Art Market Gossip and Louie C.K.” The Huffington Post. November 15, 2013.
Fyars, Ilya. “Clare Rojas Folk Art Inspired Tableaus Shift into Abstract.” Artlyst. November 9, 2013.
Shiffman, Allyson. “Clare Rojas x Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld.” Interview Magazine. November 2013.

Residencies and Awards

Artadia Award
Eureka Fellowship Award
Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts

Headlands Center for the Arts, project space
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant

Selected Public Art Commissions

2024
Thompson Palm Springs, CA

2023
Harmony, LA Metro Regional Connector Little Tokyo Station, Los Angeles, CA

2021
Wayfinder: Clare Rojas, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Bird Song, MarinHealth Medical Center, Kentfield, CA

2019
A Sense of Community, San Francisco Arts Commission, Central Subway Chinatown Station, San Francisco, CA

2018
Art in Embassies, Laredo, TX

2014
Hummingbirds, UCSF Children’s Hospital Amphitheater, San Francisco, CA
Promise, Creative Work Fund, Warfield, Theater Wall, San Francisco, CA

2006-07
Blue Deer, San Francisco Arts Commission, Public Art Program, San Francisco International Airport, International Terminal, San Francisco, CA

Selected Performances

2003
Noise Pop, San Francisco, CA

2002
“In the Street” Festival, San Francisco, CA

2001
Institute of Contemporary Art, East Meets West”, Philadelphia, PA, opening night
Material Clothing Company, Debut Party, Tokyo, Japan

2000
Hi Mom Film Festival, Chapel Hill, NC
Fort Thunder, Providence, RI

Public Collections

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA
Columbus Museum of Art, OH
Dakis Jannou Collection, Athens, Greece
Denver Art Museum, CO

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA
Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, OH
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA
San José Museum of Art, San José, CA
Smart Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

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