My name is Clare Judith Lubell. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, I now live in Aarhus, Denmark. I'm attracted to chance occurrences, especially beauty that appears as an unintended consequence of some unrelated, intentional process. My work incorporates layers of geometric shapes, colors, and patterns that interact in ways both planned and improvised.
As an artist, my goal is to allow patterns and structures to emerge and evolve as I work, allowing room for uncertainty, rather than attempting to impose order and meaning. Through my work I aim to find beauty in the seemingly chaotic, to illustrate the various tensions that exist in the relationship between structure and uncertainty, and to express my awe for the complex and subtle order of the natural world.
Residencies:
Kunstkollectivet 8B - artist in residence, Nykøbing Sjælland Danmark - April-May 2022
Textílsetur Íslands / The Icelandic Textile Center - textile art residency, Blönduós, Iceland - August 2017
Nytomta vävstuga - weaving studio residency, Arvika, Sweden - August 2016
Scholarships and Stipends:
Statens Kunstfond - funding provided to Driftskontoret for Lines & Planes exhibition - 2020
Aarhus Kommune Kulturudviklingspuljen - funding provided for Open Lines exhibition - 2019
Selected Exhibitions:
2020
Lines & Planes
Driftskontoret, Viborg, Denmark
Exhibition and Site-specific installation with Astrid Skibsted
2019
Open Lines
Ovartaci Fields, Aarhus, Denmark
Exhibition with Astrid Skibsted and Michelle Yi Martin
2017
Handgerdir Minjagripir
Textílsetur Íslands, Blönduós, Iceland
Group exhibition with Caryn Aasnes, Deb K WIlliams, Helena Schlichting, Isabel Fuglsang, Marina Sach, and Rosa Smits
2016
Den Røde Tråden
Grünerløkka Bibliotek, Oslo, Norway
Modern, creative approaches to traditional textile crafts. Group exhibition with Ida Hagen, Hilde Marie Hundsnes, and Linn Markstein
Fiber Fortellinger/Fiber Stories
Is It So Collective, Oslo, Norway
Group exhibition with Ida Hagen, Hilde Marie Hundsnes, and Linn Markstein
2014
The Fabric of Space: Geometry as Muse
a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group exhibition with Victoria Wagner, Gina Borg, Rachel Duvall, and Ali Swearingen
2013
Land & Sky
Hotel Biron, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibition
Thinking Like the Universe
Hatch Gallery, Oakland, CA
Group exhibition curated by Aimee Friberg with Miguel Arzabe, Miya Ando, Fritz Chesnut, Randy Colosky, Bryan de Roo, Lauren Douglas, Alan Firestone, Llewelyn Fletcher, Treasure Frey, Sarah Jane Lapp, Terri Loewenthal, Rebecca Najdowski, Tahiti Pehrson, Jesse Schlesinger, Adam Sorensen, Andy Vogt and Lena Wolff
2012
Bright Courage
Flying Goat, Healdsburg, CA
Solo Exhibition
2011
All Together Now
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Group exhibition curated by Adrienne Miller with Laura Baisden, Kelly Bonadies, Will Bryant, Andrew Burkitt, Chris Cheney, Gregory Scott Cook, Ann Flowers, Tate Foley, Alyson Fox, Chad Kouri, Bryce McCloud, Michelle Ramin, Stacey Reason, Sonnenzimmer, Brad Vetter, Betsy Walton, Lindsey Warren, and Lulu Wolf
2010
Bound By A Common Geography
Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New work by Alison Kendall and Clare Judith Bowers
2009
Impromptu
Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group exhibition with Marie d'Abreo, Alison Kendall, Michele King, Aondrea Maynard and Tessa Merrie
Tangible Intangibles
Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group exhibition with Patter Hellstrom, Kevin Pincus, Charles Keatts and Atticus Wolrab
2008
Space for Everything
Wall of Sound, Seattle, WA
Solo Exhibition
Sweet’n’Low
Canteen Gallery, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Group exhibition with Lindsay Campbell, Guen Douglas, Duane Hosein, Jennilee Murray, Hsinping Pan, Pierre Richardson and Mel Stringer