Maureen Clay

Born 1947, California
Has practiced at Creative Growth since 1991

Maureen Clay paints with thickly brushed impasto, layering colors repeatedly until the entire composition has been covered several times. She has an intricate sense of color and design, and while her work appears abstract, Clay describes her images as distorted versions of fish, birds, and food. Her work holds multitudes, appearing as a deep seascape, starry night sky, or a view through a microscope. Also a proficient textile artist, Clay, similarly to her painting practice, covers the surface of her clothing with pompoms, sequins, or dense layers of thread.

Maureen Clay pinta con un empaste cepillado grueso, superponiendo los colores repetidamente hasta cubrir toda la composición varias veces. Tiene un intrincado sentido del color y el diseño, y aunque su trabajo parece abstracto, Clay describe sus imágenes como versiones distorsionadas de peces, pájaros y comida. Su trabajo atrae multitudes, apareciendo como un paisaje marino profundo, un cielo nocturno estrellado o una vista a través de un microscopio. También una artista textil competente, Clay, de manera similar a su práctica de pintura, cubre la superficie de su ropa con pompones, lentejuelas o densas capas de hilo.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021
Vibrant, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami
Can’t Beat California, Golestani Gallery, Düsseldorf

2020
Inter-Avant-Garde, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln

2019
Outsider Art Fair, New York
Colors, Gestures, Marks, and Lines, 6397, New York

2018
D’Dessin Art Fair, Paris

2017
Everyday Visionaries, Target, New York
Common Treasures, Esqueleto, Oakland

2016
Take A Seat, St. Supery Estate Vineyard and Winery, Napa, curated by Topher Delaney
Outsider Art Fair, New York

2015
Outsider Art Fair, Paris
Creative Growth Group Show, ParkLife Gallery, San Francisco

2013
Outsider Art Fair, Paris
Cutlog Art Fair, The Clemente, New York
Creative Growth, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco
Almost Home, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco

2012
New Art Dealers Alliance Fair, Miami
Creative Growth, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, curated by Amie Scally
John Hiltunen +1, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, curated by Matthew Higgs
Frieze Art Fair, New York