Clayton Colvin


Clayton Colvin is an American contemporary abstract painter, multimedia artist, collagist, and curator of contemporary art who lives and works in Birmingham, Alabama.

Education

Colvin received a BA in Art History from New York University in 1999 and an MA Ed. in Art Education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2003. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL in 2005.
Colvin interned for Agnes, a photography art gallery in Birmingham, AL for several summers while attending University. As an undergraduate he interned for the Jack Tilton Gallery in New York City, NY.

Art

Colvin is represented by Guido Maus, beta pictoris gallery / Maus Contemporary in Birmingham, AL. His 2013 exhibit at the gallery was reviewed in Art in America by Cinque Hicks. Colvin has exhibited at the launch F18 gallery in New York City, NY and the Mobile Museum of Art in 2014.
Colvin was included in "Politics, Politics: Nice Artists Explore the Political Landscape" curated by Anne Arrasmith and Peter Prinz of Space One Eleven in Birmingham. Colvin's work was part of "Contour: The Definitive Line" curated by Jon Coffelt. Colvin's work is included in the permanent collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art, and the Mobile Museum of Art.

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