EDUCATION
2014 MFA Sculpture University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2010 BFA Sculpture University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
PRESS
2019
2018
2017
Create! Magazine, curated by Sarah Potter, December issue
“Welcome to Jen Clay's nightmares”, Sun-Sentinel, Oct.2017, by Phillip Valys
“Artist Jen Clay on Nearing, Sesame Street, and Ghosts in the Woods”, Miami New Times, by
“Volume 20”, Rocking Chair Sessions PodCast, by Maria Theresa Barbist and Elysa D. Batista
“Conversation between Jennifer Clay and Olivia Ramos”, WorkUntitled Magazine, by Olivia Ramos
2016
"Best Emerging Artist, Best of Froward-Palm Beach” Broward- Palm Beach New Times
2015
"ArtFallOut", Broward-Palm Beach New Times, by Terra Sullivan
EXHIBIT
2021
Patterns, Light The Night, commission by Broward County Cultural Division, NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2020
Fruiting Bodies, Florida Biennial, curated by Coralie Claeysen-Gleyzon, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
Idioms and Taxonomies, Oolite Arts, Miami, FL
The Chase, Bass Museum of Art, Funded by Miami Beach Cultural Affairs, Collins Park, Miami, FL
2019
Soft Sanity, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Welcome Friends, South Florida Cultural Consortium, Museum of Contemporary Art , Miami, FL
Welcome To You&Me, Young At Art Museum, Davie, FL
2018
Crawling Out, Cubed: Luminous, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
We All Share, Practice Gallery, Solo exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
Steady Lack, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2017
Nearing, OFF Site Performance Series, Girls’ Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Steady Lack, Rough Textures, Artists & Fleas, Brooklyn, NYC
2016
Episode, SuperFine Fair, Miami, FL
Stewardess, Pink Noise: Flexing The Frequency, Girls’ Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Live Show, Per_Formance, Swine Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2015
UnderNeath, Outdoor Projection Series, NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
UnderNeath, Outdoor Projection Series, Girls’ Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL
SpaceShow, Miami Performance International Festival, MOCA, Miami, FL
Underwater Opera, Here and Now, Miami Light Box, Miami Fl, collaboration with Liz Ferrer, Kalan Sherrard and Poncili Creacion
Underwater Prologue, Miami Design District, Site-Specific Performance Series, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
2014
Live Show, Haunted Mill, Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY
2012
Go, Invitational, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
2010
Monsters, Fresh, Association of Visual Arts, Chattanooga, TN
Visitors, Changing Places, invitational, Levine Museum of The New South, Charlotte, NC
RESIDENCY
2017
Existent Books, Nocturnal Press and IS Projects, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2015
Digital Residency, North and Found, London, England
2014
The Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY
FILM FESTIVAL
2016
Allon Allou, RE/NIGHT/LIVE/MARE, Acre TV, Chicago, IL
2015
Schools, Visionary, Milan, Italy
2014
Mothers and Fathers, Art Grease public broadcasting, Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo, NY
Schools,Super 9 Mobile Film Festival, Experimental Film Section
Schools, Glasgow Independent Film Festival, Short Film Section
Schools, Brooklyn Underground Festival, Short Film Section
GRANTS/AWARDS
2016
Knight Foundation Grant, Outdoor Projection Series, Miami, FL
2013
Visiting Artist Grant, New World School of Arts, Miami FL
2010
Women’s Achievement Award, Charlotte Charter Women’s Fund, Charlotte NC
