Clay Lohmann (born 1950) is an artist with a studio practice grounded in painting, who now uses a treadle sewing machine to create large-scale fabric installations.[1]
Bio
editClay Lohmann was born in Marfa, Texas. He grew up and attended the reservation school in Osage County, Oklahoma. Lohmann has a BFA in lithography from Wichita State University, with graduate hours in sculpture.
CamoCubes, a room-sized fabric installation curated by Danielle Knapp, was recently shown a the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene, Oregon.[2] Lohmann's first solo exhibition in Portland, Oregon, Treadle to the Metal, was held at The Portland Pataphysical Society (Pata PDX) in late 2015.[3] Earlier that year, Lohmann's work was included in a group show, Found/Made, at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, curated by Roderick Kiracofe.[4][5]
Lohmann lives in Corvallis, Oregon with artist and wife, Julie Green.
Awards
editLohmann was a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant in 2014.
References
edit- ^ "Skulls, Swastikas, and Quilts: Artist Clay Lohmann Reimagines Fabric - The Corvallis Advocate". The Corvallis Advocate. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Clay Lohmann's Camo Cubes | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art". jsma.uoregon.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "The Portland 'Pataphysical Society". The Portland 'Pataphysical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ ""Found/Made" Exhibition Connects Quiltmaking to Contemporary Art". Hi-Fructose Magazine. 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Found/Made has been installed!". Roderick Kiracofe. Retrieved 2018-04-28.