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
SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC [forthcoming]
Past the Present, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC [forthcoming]
Clare’s Balls, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA [forthcoming]
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
2022
A Growing Season, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
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
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
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, Denver, 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
