CLARE E. ROJAS
Born 1976, Columbus, OH
Lives and works in San Francisco
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Deitch Projects, New York, NY (Forthcoming)
Believe Me, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
Barry McGee & Clare Rojas, Riverside Art Museum, California
2007
Forget Me Not, Museum Het Domein, The Netherlands
Sympathetic Magic, Laboratorio 987, in the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de
Castilla y León, Spain
Kitty Buck, Lizabeth Oliveiria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
P.S. Hurray!, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
Sympathetic Magic, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, England
Clare Rojas: Hope Springs Eternal, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2006
Moody Loner, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham,MA
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
Clare Rojas, Nicolai Wallner Galeri, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Hah! Ha, ha, ha!, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Clare Rojas, Modern Art, London
Sub-Urban: Clare Rojas, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
2004
Table Turner, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2002
Doing My Day, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Maybelle Crick, Lizabeth Oliveria, San Francisco, CA
Walk Like Man, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
Joy Feasley & Clare Rojas: Pow-Wows or The Long Lost Friend, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Drawing is a Fine Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Girl on Guy, Columbia College of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Men, curated by Ellen Altfest, I-20, New York, NY
Jen Liu, Bjorn Melhus and Clare Rojas, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Life and Limb, curated by David Humphrey, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
In Search of a Continuous Present, International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery in Prague, curated by Lynne Warren
Eureka Fellowship Award Exhibition, Berkley Art Museum, CA
Art Part II: Dazzle Dogs, Clare Rojas, Erin Rosenthal and Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles
Beautiful Losers, Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, curated by Christian Strike and Aaron Rose, CA
2004
Beautiful Losers, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, curated by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike, San Francisco, CA
Beautiful Losers, Contemporary Arts Center, curated by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike, Cincinnati, OH
Change of Address, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Your Heart is No Match For My Love, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
It’s a Wonderful Life, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Altoids Collection 2003, traveling exhibition
East of the Sun and West of the Moon, White Columns, NY
2003
Pocket Atlas, Yerba Buena Center For the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Outerspace Hillbilly, Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA May-June
2002
Scratch Off the Serial, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Widely Unknown, Deitch Projects Wooster Street Space, New York, NY (11/01)
East Meets West, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Film Festivals
2003
New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY (The manipulators #2)
2000
New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
Award: Best Animation
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Harbor, Michigan
Award: Isabella Liddell Art Award, Included on tour
Sarah Lawrence Experimental Film and Video Festival, Sarah Lawrence, NY
Award: 2nd Prize:0-5 Min.
Hi Mom Film Festival, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Award: Audience Choice, 3rd Prize
Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL
Central Florida Film Festival, Orlando, FL
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
New York Expo Film Festival, New York, NY
Awards
2004 2005-2007 Eureka Fellowship Award
2003 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
2003 Tournesol Award, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Residencies
2003-04 Tournesol Award, 1 year residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2003 Project Space Residency, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Selected Performances
2003 Noise Pop, San Francisco, CA
2002 In the Street Festival, San Francisco, CA
2001 Institute of Contemporary Art, East Meets West, Philadelphia, PA, opening night,
Material Clothing Company, Debut Party, Tokyo, Japan
Bibliography
SubUrban: Clare Rojas, exhibition catalogue, Dana Slef, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN 2005
Art Part II: Dazzle Dogs, exhibition catalogue, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, 2005
Table Turner, exhibition catalogue, Deitch Projects, New York, 2004
“Call Them Dazzle Dogs”, Art Nelson, L.A. Weekly, March 18-24, 2005, pg. 34
“Art in Review: Clare Rojas at Deitch Projects”, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, December 10, 2004
“Arts and Craft: Clarity”, Eric Nakamura, Giant Robot Magazine, Issue 32, The Beholders, 2004, pp. 32-35
“One From the Heart: Welcome to the World of Clare E. Rojas”, Kimberly Chun, SF Bay Guardian, Sept. 17, 2003, pg.56
OuterspaceHillbilly, catalogue with Leif Goldberg, Barry McGee, Clare Rojas and Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Luggage Store Gallery, 2003
Review of “Maybelle Crick”, Contemporary Magazine, Laura Richard Janku, December 2002 pg.79
“Widely Unknown”, Mass Appeal Magazine, Brendan Fowler, Issue 14, pgs. 30-31
“Widely Unknown”, review, The New York Times, Roberta Smith, December 14, 2001
Albums
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 Man, Peggy Honeywell, self produced
Education
2002 M.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1998 B.F.A., Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI