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Clay Dunklin

Foundation studies professor

Education

  • M.F.A., studio art, University of Maryland, College Park
  • B.F.A., art, University of Central Florida

Credentials

  • Professor of foundation studies, Fall 2023–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • The David C. Driskell Award of Excellence, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  • Finalist, The Trawick Prize, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD
  • Daniel Nicholson Ohlke Memorial Award, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 
  • Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Publications and presentations

Selected solo exhibitions

  • Littman + White Galleries, Portland State University, Portland, OR
  • SERPENTalk, Hamersly Library, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
  • Song of the Wild, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, D.C.
  • Spider Mother, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
  • Do You Know Where You Are?, The University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD
  • yolk, shell, source, system, The Pod at VisArts, in collaboration with Beki Basch, Rockville, MD
  • Slough: Revealing the Animal, The Orlando Science Center, Orlando, FL
  • Decode, The University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Orlando, FL
  • Death Bed, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Selected group exhibitions

  • A Collective Conversation: Observing a Year, VisArts, Rockville, MD, Organizers: Sobia Ahmad and Monroe Isenberg
  • Halcyon, Virtual Arts Community Day, Washington, D.C.
  • Cannon Gallery, WOU 2019 Faculty Biennial, Monmouth, OR, Curator: Paula Booth
  • Rise: 2019, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, D.C.
  • Gallery B, The Trawick Prize, Bethesda, MD
  • Juncture, The Holtzman Gallery, Towson, MD
  • Media Lux, The Stamp Gallery, College Park, MD
  • WORKFLOWS, The Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD
  • Performing the Border, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, Curator: Megan Rook-Koepsel, Gallery Director and Curator, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University Maryland (catalog)
  • Works on Paper, Circle Gallery at Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Juror: Ann Shafer, Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, The Baltimore Museum of Art
  • Primordial States, The Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD
  • 33, The University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Orlando, FL (catalog)
  • Creative Connections, City Arts Factory, Orlando, FL
  • Rare, Canvs, Orlando, FL, Curator: Masami Koshikawa

Selected publications

  • "Song of the Wild: Q&A and Guided Meditation with Clay Dunklin," presented at IA&A at Hillyer, May 18, 2020.
  • "Talking About Art: Paula Booth and Clay Dunklin," interview with Joel Zak, KMUZ, Nov. 8, 2019.
  • "Episode 715," Artworks: Season 7, Episode 715, Maryland Public Television, Jan. 18, 2019.
  • "In the galleries: Turning the commonplace into uncommonly fine art," The Washington Post, Sept.
  • 21, 2018.
  • "Interview with 'Media Lux' artist Clay Dunklin," The Stamp Gallery Blog, May 9, 2018.
  • "Performing the Border," Exhibition Catalog, Alper Initiative for Washington Art, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, 2017.
  • "Artwork," The Cypress Dome, Issue 27 (2016): 76-7
  • "UCF, Orlando Science Center Fuse Art with Science at New Gallery," UCF Today, April 15, 2016.