Clayton Colvin
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Clayton Colvin (born 1976) is an American abstract painter, multimedia artist, collagist, curator of contemporary art, and writer who lives and works in Birmingham, Alabama.
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| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
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| Website | https://claytoncolvin.com/ |
Education
Colvin received a bachelor's degree in Art History from New York University in 1999 and a master's degree in Art Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2003. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 2005.[1]
Colvin interned for Agnes, a photography art gallery in Birmingham, Alabama, for several summers while attending university.[citation needed] As an undergraduate, he interned for the Jack Tilton Gallery in New York City, New York.[2]
Career
Colvin is represented by Maus Contemporary in Birmingham, Alabama.[citation needed]
Exhibitions
2014
- Launch, F18 gallery, New York City[3]
- Mobile Museum of Art[4]
- Put Down Your Stars, Margaret Thatcher Gallery, New York City[5]
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- Politics, Politics: Nice Artists Explore the Political Landscape (curated by Anne Arrasmith and Peter Prinz), Space One Eleven, Birmingham[citation needed]
2006
- Contour: The Definitive Line (curated by Jon Coffelt)[6]
Colvin's work is included in the permanent collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art,[7][8] the Mobile Museum of Art, and the High Museum of Art.
Books
Colvin wrote Clayton Colvin: Space Mountain, published on April 3, 2012, by Maus Contemporary. The book was published as an accompaniment to his exhibition "Space Mountain" at the Maus Contemporary gallery. It contains essays by Brian Bishop, and Brian Edmonds, as well as a poem by Ed Skoog.[9]