cameron clayborn was born in 1992 and was raised in Memphis, TN. They live and work in New Haven, CT. Solo exhibitions include: Morán Morán, Los Angeles, CA (2023); Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany (2022); Art Basel Statements, with Simone Subal Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (2021) where Clayborn was awarded the Baloise Art Prize; Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY (2022, 2019); and Boyfriends, Chicago, IL (2017). Group exhibitions include: LACMA, Los Angeles, CA (Forthcoming, 2025); Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL (Forthcoming, 2024); Chapter NY, NY (2023); TONE, Memphis, TN (2022); Emalin, London, UK (2022); Someday, New York, NY (2021); Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL (2021); Bradley Ertaskiran, Montréal, Québec (2021); Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (2021); Casemore Kirkeby, San Francisco, CA (2020); FIAC, with Simone Subal Gallery, Paris (2019); Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA (2019); Magenta Plains, New York, NY (2019); White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY (2019); Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL (2019); Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (2018); Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL (2018); Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL (2018); Rover Gallery, Chicago, IL (2017); Lawrence & Clark Gallery, Chicago, IL (2017); and Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL (2017). clayborn’s work is in the permanent collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Studio Museum of Harlem.
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04.06.2024
Newcity: Solemn Promise: A Review of “The Mask of Prosperity” at Gallery 400
Press
01.06.2024
Artforum: Must See: The Mask of Prosperity, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago
Press
10.05.2024
The Mask of Prosperity, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago
Museum Show
05.04.2023
cameron clayborn's roompiercer (with tools), 2019 and fractal #2, 2021 are now part of the Studio Museum in Harlem's collection.
Acquisition
05.04.2023
cameron clayborn's homegrown #3, 2021 joins the LACMA collection
Acquisition
28.11.2022
Contemporary & : In Conversation cameron clayborn: “It is always about trying to harness energy”
Press
20.11.2022
Flash Art Magazine: cameron clayborn “nothing left to be” Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Berlin
Press
15.09.2022
cameron clayborn: nothing left to be, Hamburger Bahnhof - Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Museum Show
18.05.2022
Frieze New York, with Simone Subal Gallery, New York
Fair
23.03.2022
Art in Dialogue: cameron clayborn and Denny Mwaura, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Event
24.02.2022
Hand to your ear, Part 2 (noise/silence), Emalin, London, UK
Gallery Show
02.02.2022
The Columbia Chronicle: South Loop exhibitors find inspiration in opposite forces; discover meaning through art in ‘Soft Allergy’ exhibit
Press
24.09.2021
ArtForum: CAMERON CLAYBORN AND HANA MILETIĆ WIN 2021 BALOISE ART PRIZE
Press
24.09.2021
Art Basel Statements, with Simone Subal Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Fair
21.09.2021
cameron clayborn Awarded 2021 Baloise Art Prize
Award
25.06.2021
David Armstrong Six, cameron clayborn, Jessica Eaton, Sharona Franklin, Jeneen Frei Njootli, and Kayode Ojo, Bradley Ertaskiran, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Gallery Show
16.03.2021
Tense Conditions: A Presentation of the Contemporary Art Collection, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Museum Show
02.03.2021
Escape Routes, FIAC Online Viewing Rooms with Simone Subal Gallery
Fair
25.01.2021
As Far as You Can, Tell the Truth, Casemore Kirkeby, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Show
22.09.2020
Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists. The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, D.A.P., New York, 2020.
Publication
22.09.2020
cameron clayborn included in Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art
Press
28.06.2019
A Detached Hand, curated by Nicole Will, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Gallery Show
14.06.2019
Calculated Muscle Memory, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
Exhibition
26.04.2019
New York Times: Spring Gallery Guide: Lower East Side
Press
19.06.2018
Superficial Paradise, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL
Gallery Show