Born 1976, Columbus, OH
Lives and works in San Francisco
EDUCATION
2002 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1998 BFA., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
- “Clare Rojas: We They, We They”, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA
- “Through The Woods”, ACA Gallery of SCAD, Atlanta, GA; Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA
- “We They, We They”, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England
2009
- Deitch Projects, New York, NY
- “Believe Me”, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
- “Barry McGee & Clare Rojas”, Riverside Art Museum, CA
2007
- “Forget Me Not”, Museum Het Domein, The Netherlands
- “Sympathetic Magic”, Laboratorio 987, in the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
- “Kitty Buck”, Lizabeth Oliveiria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- “P.S. Hurray!”, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
- “Sympathetic Magic”, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, England
- “Clare Rojas: Hope Springs Eternal”, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2006
- “Moody Loner”, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
- Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
- Clare Rojas, Nicolai Wallner Galeri, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
- “Hah! Ha, ha, ha!”, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Clare Rojas, Modern Art, London, England
- “Sub-Urban: Clare Rojas”, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
2004
- “Table Turner”, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2002
- “Doing My Day”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- “Maybelle Crick”, Lizabeth Oliveria, San Francisco, CA
- “Walk Like Man”, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
- “Pictures & Statues”, Country Club, Cincinnati, OH
2008
- Prospect 1 New Orleans Biennial, New Orleans, LA
2007
- “Joy Feasley & Clare Rojas: Pow-Wows or The Long Lost Friend”, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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”, curated by Ellen Altfest, I-20, New York, NY
- “Jen Liu, Bjorn Melhus and 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, curated by Lynne Warren, National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic
- Eureka Fellowship Award Exhibition, Berkley Art Museum, CA
- “Art Part II: Dazzle Dogs, Clare Rojas, Erin Rosenthal and Andrew Jeffrey Wright”, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
- “Beautiful Losers”, Curated by Aaron Rose & Christian Strike, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco, CA, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL, Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan, Italy, Le Tri Postal, Lille, France, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland, Arhus Kunstbygning, Denmark, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain (traveling 2004-2008)
- “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
- Altoids Collection 2003, traveling exhibition
- “East of the Sun and West of the Moon”, White Columns, NY
2003
- “Pocket Atlas”, Yerba Buena Center For the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- “Outerspace Hillbilly”, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
2002
- “Scratch Off the Serial”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2001
- “Widely Unknown”, Deitch Projects Wooster Street Space, New York, NY
- “East Meets West”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED FILM FESTIVALS
2003
- New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY (The manipulators #2)
2000
- New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
- Award: Best Animation
- Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Harbor, Michigan
- Award: Isabella Liddell Art Award, Included on tour
- Sarah Lawrence Experimental Film and Video Festival, Sarah Lawrence, NY
- Award: 2nd Prize:0-5 Min.
- Hi Mom Film Festival, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Award: Audience Choice, 3rd Prize
- Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
- Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL
- Central Florida Film Festival, Orlando, FL
- Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
- New York Expo Film Festival, New York, NY
AWARDS
2005-2007
2003
- Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
- Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
RESIDENCIES
2003-2004
- Tournesol Award, 1 year residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2003
- Project Space Residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2010
- Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England
2008
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
- Lund, Karsten. “Clare E. Rojas, Believe Me”, Flavorpill. July 14.
- Lopez, Ruth. “Clare E. Rojas”, Art News. October.
- Snodgrass, Susan. “Clare E. Rojas”, Art in America. October.
2005
- ubUrban: Clare Rojas, exhibition catalogue, Dana Slef, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
- Art Part II: Dazzle Dogs, exhibition catalogue, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles
- “Call Them Dazzle Dogs”, Art Nelson, L.A. Weekly, March 18-24, pg. 34
2004
- Table Turner, exhibition catalogue, Deitch Projects, New York
- “Art in Review: Clare Rojas at Deitch Projects”, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, December 10
- “Arts and Craft: Clarity”, Eric Nakamura, Giant Robot Magazine, Issue 32, The Beholders, pp. 32-35
- Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, Iconoclast/D.A.P., USA
2003
- “One From the Heart: Welcome to the World of Clare E. Rojas”, Kimberly Chun, SF Bay Guardian, Sept. 17, pg.56
- OuterspaceHillbilly, catalogue with Leif Goldberg, Barry McGee, Clare Rojas and Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Luggage Store Gallery
2002
- Review of “Maybelle Crick”, Contemporary Magazine, Laura Richard Janku, December, pg.79
- “Widely Unknown”, Mass Appeal Magazine, Brendan Fowler, Issue 14, pgs. 30-31
2001
- “Widely Unknown”, review, The New York Times, Roberta Smith, December 14
ALBUMS
2005
- Faint Hums, Peggy Honeywell, self-produced
2002
- Super Unreleased, Peggy Honeywell, self produced
2001
- Honey For Dinner, Peggy Honeywell, Galaxia Records
2000
- Peggy Honeywell and the Dew Loves You Too, Peggy Honeywell, self produced
- Walk Like Man, Peggy Honeywell, self produced
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