Clare Grill

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Clare Grill (born 1979) is an American artist from Western Springs, Illinois. Grill currently lives and works in Queens, New York. [1]

For her undergraduate degree, Grill attended the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. She received instruction in painting at the nearby St. Catherine University because her university did not have an art department. After college, she moved to New York City to pursue her MFA at Pratt Institute. [1] [2]

Grill began her career in New York as a figurative painter. In 2008, the New York Times described Grill as a landscape and figurative painter in a profile of her and other artists' work in a group show at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art in Newark. [3]

In her artist statement for her 2010 show, "What You're Told," at the Jen Bekman Gallery, Grill elaborated on her inspiration, source material and process:

"I think about the beliefs and stories that were handed down to me and I reinterpret them in my paintings. Family folklore, backyard rituals, religious sacraments, ghost stories, church, school, obedience and trust in what you're told are among my subjects. The things we're taught can be learned a thousand different ways. I like for the familiar to seem a little unfamiliar and complicated, because it is.

I look at images from the past as I work because they're heartbreaking and so haunting – what was never can be again. I mess with my imagery, layering and wearing it away until I've made a painting that makes you notice the paint as much as the pictures." [4]

Grill's recent works are abstract, drawing inspiration from early American sampler embroidery. [5] [6] After studying artists Peter Doig and Mamma Andersson, Grill began to rely her source material for a mood, rather than a literal imagery or narrative. [1]

Grill's 2015 Touch’d Lustre was her fifth solo show in New York, and her first show at the gallery Zieher Smith & Horton. [7] The show included eight large, abstract, oil-on-linen paintings. Further departing from her figurative beginnings, the paintings' imagery referred to modernist abstraction. [8] The show attracted critical attention from publications including The New York Times , The Brooklyn Rail , and Hyperallergic . [1] [7] [8] She is represented by Derek Eller Gallery in New York City. In 2021, Derek Eller Gallery held a solo exhibit of Grill's work, There's the Air. [9] [10] [11] [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Grimes, William (16 April 2015). "Distinct Prisms in an Ever-Shifting Kaleidoscope" . The New York Times . ProQuest   1712362041. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "40 Under 40". Prattfolio. Pratt Institute Archives Publications Collection. Pratt Institute Libraries Digital Collections. Pratt Institute: 16. Fall–Winter 2012. JSTOR   community.39141730 .
  3. ↑ Genocchio, Benjamin (22 August 2008). "Beguiled by Fresh Talent" . The New York Times (published 24 August 2008). pp. NJ.8. ProQuest   433906522. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Grill, Clare (2010). "artist statements: :: Clare Grill | What You're Told". Jen Bekman Gallery . Archived from the original on 20 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Ollman, Leah (28 November 2014). "Clare Grill paintings: Muted bits of memory, melancholy". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Burns, Emily (2018). "Interview with Clare Grill". Maake Magazine. No. 7. Archived from the original on 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  7. 1 2 Griffin, Nora (May 2015). "Clare Grill: Touch'd Lustre". The Brooklyn Rail . Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  8. 1 2 Hurst, Howard (20 April 2015). "A Refreshing Dose of Cynicism-Free Abstraction". Hyperallergic . Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Heinrich, Will (7 April 2021). "3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now". The New York Times (published 9 April 2021). pp. C.10. ProQuest   2509979342. Archived from the original on 2 July 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  10. ↑ Yau, John (24 April 2021). "Clare Grill's Untranslatable Paint". Hyperallergic . Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  11. ↑ Samet, Jennifer (3 July 2021). "Beer With a Painter: Clare Grill". Hyperallergic . Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "Exhibitions: Clare Grill - There's the Air". Derek Eller Gallery. 2021. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
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