Clayton Colvin

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Clayton Colvin is a American artist and Curator of Contemporary Art who lives and works in Birmingham, 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. Agnes, a gallery devoted to socially aware photography, short film/video and book arts. While at Agnes 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.

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[edit] Curatoral work

Colvin also curates work for StealthArts as well as curating exhibitions with University of Alabama at Birmingham Visual Arts Gallery, as well as, Center for the Living Arts/Space 301, Mobile, Alabama.

Colvin founded StealthArts based in Birmingham,Alabama as a revolving space to create occasiona for public discourse about about contemporary art where he has had numerous shows from artist across the country.

[edit] 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" 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.

[edit] Quotes

  • For the sake of a definition the act of drawing is a way of making sense of the world - it is not just a medium, process or strategy. It is a way of intellectually dissecting an object or experience through the mind and by extension the hand. It is a manner of actualizing, examining, controlling and comprehending the world. 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, Professor of Art, [University of Alabama
  • Colvin claims to speak in a language all his own. Lingual complexities give way to a universal knowledge hidden away in the fabric of his work. Contour here lies in the fact that as a society we are sometimes grouped and categorized by hard-edge lines, but fundamentally we are very much the same. -Jon Coffelt
  • 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, 2006

[edit] Awards

  • 2006 Emerging Artist for the City of Birmingham, MCAC

[edit] External links

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