Allyson Clay | |
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| Born | 1953 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Website | http://www.allysonclay.com |
Allyson Clay (born 1953) is a Canadian visual artist, curator, and educator based in Vancouver, B.C. [1]
Allyson Clay | |
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| Born | 1953 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Website | http://www.allysonclay.com |
Allyson Clay (born 1953) is a Canadian visual artist, curator, and educator based in Vancouver, B.C. [1]
Clay was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1953, and spent much of her childhood and adolescence in Italy. [2] She obtained a BFA in Painting from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1980, and an MFA from the University of British Columbia in 1985. [3] She was a professor at the School of the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University. [4]
Clay has an interdisciplinary artistic practice that encompasses photography, painting, and installation. [5] Her artwork has often examined "the problematic, contradictory nature of contemporary urbanism" through "experiments with conceptual theory and traditional colour." [6] [7] Clay's artistic research draws upon work by feminist writer and scholar Donna Haraway, and American artist Mary Kelly. [8] Clay looks at the role of "women through the city, through the social, and through the history of art making." [8]
Her artwork has been exhibited at Canadian galleries including the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Banff Centre for the Arts. Clay is represented by Costin & Klintworth Gallery in Toronto. [3] Clay's work is in several public collections including the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, and the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery.
Clay has received grants from the Canadian Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council, and the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency Program. [10]
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