about
Kelly Clare (they/them, she/her) is an artist, writer, and editor based in Western Massachusetts. Working in large-scale installation, video, collage, drawing, poetry, and performance, much of Clare’s practice explores digital materiality and linguistic play. Their work has recently been exhibited at PeepSpace (Tarrytown, NY), SOIL (Seattle, WA), InterAccess (Toronto, ON), and in the university galleries at Michigan State and University of Wisconsin Stevens-Point. Clare has been supported by residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, A.P.E. in Northampton, MA, and Public Space One in Iowa City, IA.
Clare is the author of two poetry chapbooks: NEARLY EARLY ARTLY NEVER (Greying Ghost, 2024) and demonstration forest (Community Mausoleum, 2025). They received their MA and MFA with honors from the Sculpture and Intermedia Department at the University of Iowa, and a BA from Knox College.
Clare is an editor at Ghost Proposal, a small press focused on work that transcends traditional notions of genre.
CV available upon request.
artist statement
Inspired by traditions of kitsch craft, printmaking, and even laundry, my work uses the scrapyard of everyday objects to open the overheating closets of wires and cables that digitally connect us all. Images compost, merge, and etch into the mineral present. Through installation, video, sculpture, and drawing, I seek to push beyond the screen and into the rooms on the other side.