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Clare E. Rojas

Born in Columbus 1976
Lives and works in San Francisco

Education

2002
  • MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
1998
  • BFA Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

Solo Exhibitions

2008
  • Barry McGee & Clare Rojas, Riverside Art Museum, California
2007
  • P.S. Hurray!!, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Fransisco.
  • Forget Me Not, Museum Het Domein, Sittard
  • Kitty Back, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles
  • Sympathetic Magic, Stuart Shave Modern Art, London
  • Sympathetic Magic, Laboratorio 987, Museo De Arte Comtemporaneo De Castilla y Leon
2006
  • Rose Art Museum, Boston
  • Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
  • Ulrich Project Series-Clare Rojas, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita
  • Moody Loner, Paule Anglim, San Francisco
2005
  • Miss Lead and Miss Guide, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
  • SubUrban: Clare Rojas, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville
2004
  • Table Turner, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
  • Tournesol Award Exhibition, McBean Project Space, SFAI, San Francisco
  • Will Poor Will, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver
2002
  • Doing My Day, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  • Maybelle Crick, Lizabeth Oliveira, San Francisco
  • Walk Like Man, New Image Art, Los Angeles

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
  • The Wizard of Oz, Curated by Jens Hoffman, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco
2007
  • Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Museum of Modern Art and Western Antiquities, Department of Pigments on Surface, Section III: Very Abstract And Hyper Figurative, Curated by: Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
  • Euphorion, Pierogi Gallery, Leipzig
2006
  • Panic Room – Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection, Curated by Jeffrey Deitch and Kathy Grayson, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens
2005
  • Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Art Part II: Dazzle Dogs, Clare Rojas, Erin Rosenthal and Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles
  • Eureka Fellowship Award Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
2004
  • Change of Address, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles
  • Your Heart Is No Match For My Love, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis
  • It’s a Wonderful Life, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland
  • Altoids Collection 2003, traveling exhibition
  • East of the Sun and West of the Moon, White Columns
  • Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art, Skateboarding and Street Culture, Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, Ohio (traveling until 2007 to YBCA, SF & Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach), Curated by Aaron Rose
2003
  • Pocket Atlas, Yerba Buena Center For the Arts, San Francisco
  • Outerspace Hillbilly, Luggage Store, San Francisco
2002
  • Scratch Off the Serial, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
    Goop, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2001
  • Widely Unknown, Deitch Projects (Wooster Street Space), New York
  • East Meets West, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
2000
  • Fresh Blood, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia,
  • 2000 Biennial Exhibition, Animation “The Manipulators”, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
  • It’s a Pleasure to Serve You, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Film Festivals

2003
  • New York Underground Film Festival, (The Manipulators no.2)
2000
  • New York Underground Film Festival
    (Award: Best Animation)
  • Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    (Award: Isabella Liddell Art Award)
  • Sarah Lawrence Experimental Film Festival, Sarah Lawrence, New York
    (Award: 2nd Prize 0-5 min.)
  • Hi Mom Film Festival, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    (Award: Audience Choice, 3rd Prize)
  • Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland
  • Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale
  • Central Florida Film Festival, Orlando
  • Chicago Underground Film Festival
  • New York Expo Film Festival

Selected Performances

2003
  • Noise Pop, San Francisco
2002
  • In the Street Festival, San Francisco
2001
  • East Meets West, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
  • Material Clothing Company, Tokyo

Albums

2006
  • Green Mountain, Peggy Honeywell, Ohio Star Music
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 a Man, Peggy Honeywell, self-produced

Selected Bibliography

2007
  • Holiman, Emilie. De soundtrack bij de schilderijen van Clare Rojas, Zuider Ucht, June/July, p. 23
  • Rojas, Clare E., Blue Deer and Red Fox, Museum Het Domein Sittard, The Netherlands
  • Hope Springs Eternal (exhibition catalogue), The Rose Art Museum, Waltham
2006
  • Jeffrey Deitch, Issue Q, December, p. 82
  • Miller, Francine Koslow. Clare Rojas: The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, ArtForum, December, p. 311-312
  • Beatty, Dustin A. Fever to Tell, Anthem Magazine, July/August, p. 89-93
  • Artists project by Clare E Rojas, ArtReview, March, p. 72-75
  • The Newfolk, Art Review, March, p. 14-15
2005
  • SubUrban: Clare Rojas, exhibition catalogue, Dana Slef, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville
  • Art Part II: Dazzle Dogs, Catalog w/Erin Rosenthal & Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Lizabeth * Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Antony and the Johnsons serenade Wolfgang Tillmans, The Art Newspaper, October
  • Nelson, Arty. Call Them Dazzle Dogs, L.A. Weekly, March 18-24, pg. 34
  • Gavin, Francesca. While No One Was Looking, Art Review, March, p. 64-67
  • Bell, Eugenia. Review: Clare E. Rojas at Modern Art, ArtForum, September
  • Smith, Roberta. Art in Review: Clare Rojas at Deitch Projects, The New York Times, December 10
2004
  • Nakamura, Eric. Arts and Craft: Clarity, Giant Robot Magazine, p. 32-35
  • Cohen, David. Arts and Letters: Clare E. Rojas: Table Turner, The New York Sun, November 18
  • Smith, Roberta. Art in Review: Clare Rojas, The New York Times, December 10
2003
  • Chun, Kimberly. One From the Heart: Welcome to the World of Clare E. Rojas, SF Bay Guardian, September 17, p. 56
  • Outerspace Hillbilly (exhibition catalog with Leif Goldberg, Barry McGee, Clare Rojas and Andrew Jeffrey Wright), Luggage Store Gallery
2002
  • Janku, Laura Richard. Maybelle Crick Review, Contemporary Magazine, December, p. 79
  • Fowler Brendan. Widely Unknown, Mass Appeal Magazine, p. 30-31
2001
  • Smith, Roberta. Widely Unknown: Review, The New York Times, Roberta Smith, December 14

Residencies and Awards

2005 – 2007
  • Eureka Fellowship Award
2005
  • Artadia, San Francisco
2003 – 2004
  • Tournesol Awarded 1 year residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito
2003
  • Project Space Residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito
  • Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito
  • Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito
  • Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
  • Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito