Clayton Colvin

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Clayton Colvin is an American artist and Curator of Contemporary Art who lives and works in Birmingham. He received a BA in Art History from New York University in 1999 and a MA Ed. Art Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2003.

Colvin interned for Agnes over a period of several summers while attending school. While there Colvin worked with many artists from the gallery including Mitchell Gaudet, Karen Graffeo, William Greiner, Lee Isaacs, Steven Katzman, Spider Martin, Ray Lewis Payne, David Sandlin, Virginia Scruggs, Volker Seding, Jack Spencer, Melissa Springer, as well as Thomas Tulis and Randy West.

Curatoral work

Colvin is the founder of Birmingham's StealthArts collective. He was co-curator with Brett Levine of the exhibit "Information in Formation" at the UAB Visual Arts Gallery. He also curated the exhibit "Art and Place I: Place as Muse" for the Center for the Living Arts/Space 301 in Mobile.

His art

Colvin was chosen to be part of "Wonder Twin Powers, Activate!" curated by Anat Ebgi and Jose Carlos Diaz.

Colvin was recently included in "Politics, Politics: Nice Artists Explore the Political Landscape" curated by Anne Arrasmith and Peter Prinz of Space One Eleven. This exhibition was funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and included Pinkie M.M. Bass, Peggy Dobbins, Randy Gachet, binx Newton, Arthur Price, John Trobaugh, Paul Ware, Stan Woodard as well as, Colvin.

Colvin's work was part of "Contour: The Definitive Line"<ref>Contour: The definitive line</ref> curated by Jon Coffelt that included the work of Sara Garden Armstrong, Steve Baris, Luis Carle, Travis Childers, Jacob Hill Grad, Louis Hill, Lee Isaacs, Antjuan Oden, Amy Pleasant, Eric Rhein, Jessica Rosner, Virginia Scruggs, Joel Seah, Yuko Shimizu, Sean Slemon, and J. M. Walker.

Quotes

  • Clayton Colvin's work is an attempt to come to terms with the multitude of experiences we deal with day to day; a way of gaining insight, a way of understanding the present . His work is an effort to order, (re)present and mark his existence. - Brian Bishop (University of Alabama)<ref>Brian Bishop, Foreword for Emerging Artist 2006 (Magic City Art Connection)</ref>
  • Clayton Colvin's mixed media canvases and sketches are heavily coated with a clear vinyl that has the look of solidified gel. Isolated words are sqribbled, sketchy lines and restless black arrows meander across a surface that suggest objects but have no real identity. On occasion Colvin labels his works as "Untitled" and then gives them titles in parentheses, such as "Metamorphosis," "Space Cadet" and "Ambassador," hinting at content but suggesting is content incidental to intent. - James Nelson, critic for The Birmingham News, 2006Template:Citeneeded

Awards

  • 2006 Emerging Artist for the City of Birmingham, MCAC

Notes

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External links

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