BIOGRAPHY
Clark grew up in Seekonk, Massachusetts and studied close to home in Providence at the Rhode Island School of Design. He earned his BFA in Graphic Design, focusing primarily on print design and alternative typography. During this time, he discovered collage. This method of hands-on, spatial development took a major role in his digital work as well as his physical works on wood and paper. Clark was named Pittsburgh’s 2015 Emerging Artist of the Year and was recently awarded an Investing in Professional Artists Grant from the The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments. His drawings, paintings and sculptures have shown nationally including exhibitions in the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Chautauqua Institution. He currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA and exhibits through galleries, museums and art fairs around the country.
ABOUT THE ART
An interplay between suffering and resilience is found in forgotten places. I strive to capture the essence of neglected structures, exploring our fascination with decay and encouraging viewers to ponder the transient nature of our existence.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
PARADIGM GALLERY
Philadelphia, PA
BOXHEART GALLERY
Pittsburgh, PA
MOMENTUM GALLERY
Asheville, NC
EDUCATION
2008 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
Providence, Rhode Island
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
Upcoming TBA Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA (February 2024)
2022 Places We Could Live II Nahcotta, Portsmouth NH
2022 Seth Clark Collection Momentum Gallery, Asheville NC
2021 Places We Could Live Nahcotta, Portsmouth NH
2020 In Isolation Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2020 Transience Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2019 SCOPE Paradigm Gallery New York City NY
2018 Fragmentation Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2018 Hive Gallery BOM, Boston MA
2017 Studio Direct Union Hall, Pittsburgh PA
2017 Barnscapes Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua NY
2017 Persistence Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2017 2017 Collection Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2015 Emerging Artist of the Year Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
2014 Studio Direct Union Hall, Pittsburgh PA
2013 Fragmentation Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2012 OPENStudio Assemble, Pittsburgh PA
2011 Art on the Walls Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Pittsburgh PA
2011 City Blocks Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
2011 Ruination Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
GROUP
Upcoming 2023 Art on Paper Boxheart Gallery Pier 36, New York City NY
2023 In Ruin Mark Rengers Gallery, Sewickley PA
2022 Outlandish Abel Contemporary, Madison WI
2022 Atomic #13 Vertical Gallery, Chicago IL
2021 Gathered Locally Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA
2020 Counterpressures Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA
2019 Dissolution Momentum Gallery, Asheville NC
2019 The Modernist Landscape Chicago IL, Gallery 19
2019 Art on Paper Paradigm Gallery Pier 36, New York City NY
2019 Shelter Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield OH
2019 Enormous Tiny Art Show Nahcotta, Portsmouth NH
2018 Shelter Chazen Museum of Art, Madison WI
2018 Street Space New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte NC
2018 Shelter Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus OH
2018 Art on Paper Paradigm Gallery Pier 36, New York City NY
2017 LA Art Show Los Angeles CA, w/ Boxheart Gallery
2017 Aqua Art Miami Miami FL , w/ Boxheart Gallery
2017 Dissolution Pittsburgh Glass Center SOFA Chicago, Chicago IL,
2017 Shelter Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh PA
2017 Superfine New York City, NY Boxheart Gallery
2017 Art on Paper Pier 36, New York City, NY Paradigm Gallery
2016 Aqua Art Miami Miami FL , w/ Boxheart Gallery
2016 Dissolution Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh PA
2016 Art on Paper Pier 36, New York City, NY Paradigm Gallery
2016 Waning Worlds Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2015 AAP 104th Annual Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2014 Pittsburgh Biennial Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
2014 AAP 103rd Annual Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
2014 Homeward Bound Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua NY
2013 AAP 102nd Annual Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA
2013 Disambiguate Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kipp Gallery, Indiana PA
2013 New Juried Visual Art Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
2013 Healthy Artists Modern Formations Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2012 Book 709 Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2012 New Juried Visual Art Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
2012 Dive! The Inn, Pittsburgh PA
2011 RE-Construction Walnut Ink Gallery, Michigan City IN
2011 Restrospective Modern Formations Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2011 Homebound Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2011 New Juried Visual Art Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
2011 Urbanic III Future Tenant, Pittsburgh PA
2010 Inside-Out ModernFormations, Pittsburgh PA
2010 Leaving My Mark Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2010 New Juried Visual Art Three Rivers Arts Festival Pittsburgh, PA
2010 H2O Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2010 Spring Salon Modern Formations Gallery Pittsburgh, PA
2010 (pa’per) Gallery on Baum, Pittsburgh PA
2009 Home Cairo Gallery, Seattle WA
2009 RE: Premier McJunkin Gallery, Charleston WV
PULICATIONS
2019 ISSUES in Science and Technology Volume XXXVI 1
2019 Ruminate Winter Issue 53
2019 Creative Nonfiction Issue #70
2018 Point Line Projects En Point
2016 New American Paintings: Issue #122 Northeast
2016 RISD XYZ Fall/Winter Issue
2016 Verse Envisioned: Two Decades of Post-Gazette Poems and Works of Art they have Inspired
2015 The Fourth River Issue 12, Chatham University
2013 New American Paintings: Issue #102 Northeast
2012 DASH London-based Fashion Magazine
2012 New American Paintings: Issue #98 Northeast
2012 Outpost Journal: Pittsburgh
2011 Creative Nonfiction: Issue #42
2011 Illustrisima, Brazilian Illustration Newspaper
2010 [OPEN THREAD] Regional Review Volume II
Featured Blogs: the jealous curator / new american paintings / booooooom / juxtapoz / beautiful decay / thecreatorsproject / ffffound
SELECTED PRESS
2016 Mary Thomas, “Architectural "Dissolution" explored at Glass Center” Pittsburgh Post Gazette
2015 Lissa Brennan, “...Clark nails it at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts” Pittsburgh City Paper
2014 Alexandra Oliver, “Studio Direct at The Union Hall, Bar Marco” Pittsburgh Articulate
2014 Frank Scheck, "'Homemakers': Film Review" The Hollywood Reporter
2013 Alexandra Oliver, “Fragmentation: New Works by Seth Clark at Boxheart Gallery” Words &tc.
2013 Mike May, “Best of Culture: Septemeber” Pittsburgh Magazine
2013 Mary Thomas, “Associated Artists of Pittsburgh annual show leaner and edgier” Post-Gazette
2012 Kurt Shaw, “709 Penn Gallery into the spirit of the book,” Pittsburgh Tribune
2011 Christopher McGinnis, “Seth Clark’s Ruination Finds Compelling Art in Post Industrial Fragments.,” Pittsburgh City Paper
2011 Kurt Shaw, “‘Homebound’ Explores Twofold Meaning of the Word and its
Implications,” Pittsburgh Tribune
2011 Nadine Wasserman, “A Show at Fe Gallery is an Up-to-the-Minute Take on the Concept of Home,” Pittsburgh City Paper
DISTINCTIONS
2015 Emerging Artist of the Year Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
2014 Irving B. Gruber Award Westmoreland Museum of American Art, AAP 103rd Annual
2014 First Place Persad Celebrate Art, Celebrate Life
2013 Irene Pasinski Sailer Award Carnegie Museum of Art AAP 102nd Annual
2013 Festival Award Three Rivers Arts Festival
2013 Jurors Choice Three Rivers Arts Festival New Juried Visual Art
2013 Design Excellence Award AIGA Pittsburgh PGH365
2012 Flight School Fellow Creative Captial, Pittsburgh Filmmakers/ Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2012 Best in Show Three Rivers Arts Festival
2012 Best in Show Persad Celebrate Art, Celebrate Life
2011 Design Excellence Award AIGA Pittsburgh Context
2009 Design Excellence Award AIGA Pittsburgh Context
RESIDENT ARTIST
2019 Museum Lab Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA
2017 United World College of South East Asia Singapore
2016 Pittsburgh Glass Center Pittsburgh PA
2016 Sedona Summer Artist Colony Sedona, AZ
VISITING ARTIST
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Pittsburgh
Point Park University
Rhode Island School of Design
Clarion University
Community College of Allegheny County
Winchester Thurston