b. 1988, Chicago, IL
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Represented by Margot Samel Gallery, NYC
Education
2014 BFA Academy of Art University, Painting and Drawing, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2024 The Night Grows Long, Margot Samel Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Whatever Hour You Woke There Was a Door Shutting, Fou Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 If You Ever Make it Home, Academy of Art University, 625 Sutter Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Viewing Room Exhibitions
2023 Focus Series, Workplace, London, U.K.
2022 Hungry Soul, Nathalie Karg Gallery, Viewing Room, New York, NY
Art Fairs
2024
Expo Art Fair, Make Room Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
The Blue Hour, Workplace Gallery, London, UK
Maskenfreiheit, Margot Samel Gallery, New York, NY
BREATHLESS!, Myriam Chair Gallery, Paris, FR
Evening Shadow, Make Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Threads of Perception, London Paint Club Magazine, online exhibition
2022
Holiday Capsule, Platform Art, online exhibition
2021
Vanitas, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY
tHP: Beacon, Satellite Art Club, curated by the Honey Pump, Brooklyn, NY
Flat Files Program, curated by Kate Mothes of Young Space, Collar Works, Troy, NY
2020
Speculative Interiors, NARS Foundation, virtual exhibition
Keep for Old Memoirs, Young Space, virtual exhibition
Personal Space, Collective131, virtual exhibition
2019
Jip, Gummies Gallery Pop Up, Brooklyn, NY
Giddy & Dreadful, SK Art, New York, NY
The Body Responds By Lying Down, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Her Mark: 26th Anniversary Gala, Silent Auction, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Show 3: Feminism, ArtShow Chicago, CC's Art Garage, Chicago, IL
Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017
20th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Reunion II, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016
19th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Hospitality House's 31st Annual Art Auction, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Showing Face, Hang Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
Inventory Salon, Hang Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Front Lines 4.0, Hang Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Vinyl, WonderlandSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bodies, WonderlandSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
More Than One Way, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
4 Year Anniversary Show, WonderlandSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Skin, Studio 17, San Francisco, CA
Fortaleza, WonderlandSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Residencies
2019
NARS Foundation International Artist Residency, Season 1
Grants and Awards
2021
NYFA City Artist Corps Grant
2018
Hopper Prize Finalist Award, Spring
3rd Place Honorable Mention Award for Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery
Publications and Web Features
Cathleen Clarke Revisits Her Childhood in Lush, Dream-Like Scenes, Artnet, 2024
Angst Revisited: Cathleen Clarke at Margot Samel, Whitehot Magazine, 2024
Harper’s Magazine, 2024
Our Mid-February Picks of New York City Art Shows, HyperAllergic, 2024
8 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows in February 2024, Galerie Magazine, 2024
Artforum artguide Must See, 2024
Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar - This Week, From Andy Warhol’s ‘Chelsea Girls’ to Kesh’s Verdant Videos in Times Square, Artnet News, 2022
Editors’ Picks: 9 Events for Your Art Calendar - This Week, From Etel Adnan’s Final Paintings to Surrealist Art From Beyond Europe, Artnet News, 2022
Cathleen Clarke: Whatever Hour You Woke There Was A Door Shutting, China Underground, 2021
Fou Gallery presents Cathleen Clarke's first solo show in New York, CAFA Art Info, 2021
Art Review: On Jefferson Avenue, These Paintings Haunt, Bushwick Daily, 2021
Looking Forward While Looking Back: Speculative Interiors, NARS Foundation, 2020
Cookin’ Up Art, Haunting Riches, In Conversation with Cathleen Clarke, 2019
Voyage Chicago Magazine, Thought Provokers series, 2018