About
Claire Lieberman is a sculptor and installation artist who combines such materials as marble, Jell-O and video. Her work explores a range of dichotomies, such as "the sublime and the quirky, desire and danger, indulgence and guilt." Known also for her prints and sculptures of toy guns in glass, Lieberman is represented by Massey Klein Gallery in NY. Her most recent solo show with the gallery:
UDBO PLAYGROUND - Unidentified Dangerous Beautiful Objects. Massey Klein is pleased to present a new catalog derived from the show:
CLAIRE LIEBERMAN UDBO.
Solo shows include such galleries as: Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale; Hot Wood Arts, Brooklyn; THE LAB, NYC; Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta; PDX, Portland; Seoul Art Center, Korea; the University of Alaska, Anchorage; Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University; and Southeastern Louisiana University.
Lieberman's recently exhibited in line of sight. lethal vision, mudac museum, Lausanne, Switzerland which traveled as Im Visier to Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, Switzerland. Other group shows include: Daydreaming, Massey Lyuben Gallery, New York, NY; Mein lieber Schwan (My Dearest Swan), ACC Galerie Weimar, Germany; The Food Show: The Hungry Eye, Chelsea Art Museum; Up in Arms, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn; NY; New Prints at the International Print Center, NY; and PULSE New York with Marcia Wood Gallery. Her work has been written about in Sculpture magazine, the New York Times, Art on Paper and ARTnews. A two-page image of her sculpture, Camouflage Jell-O, was included in a book published by the Imperial War Museum of London and Thames and Hudson.
Claire Lieberman has received awards from The Arctic Circle, Territory of Svalbard; The Seaside Institute, FL; National Endowment for the Arts; Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris; Friche La Belle de Mai, Marseilles, France; Künstlerhaus, Salzburg, Austria; Yaddo; and The MacDowell Colony. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (BFA) and Pratt Institute with distinction (MFA).
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS:
2020
Duo show upcoming, June 26 - August 2, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY
2017
UDBO Playground, Massey Lyuben Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Clear and Present Danger, Hot Wood Arts, Brooklyn, NY (2-person)
2010
Crystal Clear, Queens College Art Center, Queens, New York
Warm & Fuzzy, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008
Poppies (large-scale sculpture/video installation), The LAB, New York, NY
MANIF (Manifestation d'art Nouveau International et Forum) Seoul Art Center, Korea, catalog (color illustration)
2006
Hot Pink Desert, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Cool Desert, Hot Water, Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana Stat
University, Hammond, LA
2005
naturally artificial, Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Walking thru Jell-O, PDX Gallery, Portland, OR
2003
The Strangeness of Beauty, Pamela Auchincloss Project Space, New York, NY
Poppies, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Jell-O Dreams, Frances Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2002
Lifesavers, Kimura Gallery, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK,
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Line de Mire: Schusslinie, Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, Switzerland
2018
Rules of the Game, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY (3-person)
Line of Sight. Lethal Vision, mudac museum, Lausanne, Switzerland, catalog (color ill.)
2017
Love Among the Ruins, 56, Bleecker and Late 80’s New York, Howl! Happening, New York, NY catalog (color ill.)
Winter Group Show, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Daydreaming, Massey Lyuben Gallery, New York, NY
Winter Collective, Massey Lyuben Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Fall Collective, Massey Lyuben Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Mein lieber Schwan, (My Dear Swan), ACC Galerie Weimar, Weimar, Germany
2012
Hot Wood Volume, Hot Wood Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
25/75 / The Silver + Diamond Jubilees / Then & Now, Queens College Art Center, Queens, NY
Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair, with Manneken Press, Baltimore, MD
2011
Food Lust: Shock Candy, Where Am I Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Art Now Miami with Oehme Graphics, Miami, FL
EAB, Editions and Artists Books with Oehme Graphics, New York, NY
2010
Summer Selections, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY
Ten Years Hunting (The Trophy Room), Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY
+50 Works on Paper by Gallery Artists, Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
2009
New York, Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
2008
IFPDA (International Fine Print Dealers Association) New York Fine Print Fair, with Riverhouse Editions, New York, NY
This Just In, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Surfactant, Rupert Ravens Gallery, Newark, NJ
IFPDA (International Fine Print Dealers Association) LA Fine Print Fair, with Riverhouse Editions, Los Angeles, CA
Art Chicago, with Riverhouse Editions, Chicago, IL
2007
The Food Show: The Hungry Eye, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
Flow, with Marcia Wood Gallery, Miami, FL
PULSE, with Marcia Wood Gallery, New York, NY
Manneken Press: Full Circle, traveled to Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX; Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA, publication (illustration)
The Gun Show, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
2006
New Prints 2006/Summer, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
New Prints 2006, International Print Center/Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA
Toy Box, Benefit for White Box, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Aqua Art Miami, with Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami, FL
VIDEO 8, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Over the Top, Under the Rug, Shore Institute of ContemporaryArt, Long Branch, NJ
2004
Eats, Shoots and Leaves, York Arts, York, NY
Drawing Conclusions II, New York Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Sweet Tooth, COPIA (The American Center for Food, Wine and the Arts), Napa, CA, catalog (color illustration)
Up in Arms, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY
White Box Benefit, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY(SELECTED)
Antifinger, Carrie Chicago Tribune, Sec. 5 May 6, 2008, article (illustrated)
Becker, Noah Whitehot magazine, Chaos and Stillness: A Conversation with Artist Claire Lieberman, December 2017
Bookhardt, D. Eric Gambit Weekly, Altered Shapes, review (color illustration), October 2, 2007
Carey, Brainard Yale University Radio, WYBCX, July 30, 2016
Chapin, Josh New 12 Brooklyn News, television interview, December 14, 2011, 8pm
Chong, Heejin Artprice magazine, Claire Lieberman – A Woman Dreaming of Jell-O, April, 2008, vol. 54,
sec. World Artist, article (color illustration) pp. 126 - 129
Clark, Amy Sara Prospect Heights Patch, Pop-up Show Brings Art to Vacant Storefronts, article (color illustration), December 5, 2011
Cotter, Holland New York Times, Up in Arms, E38, Weekend, Fine Arts/Leisure, review, Friday, March 21, 2003, p. 40
Duggan, Grace Glass Quarterly, Frozen Moment, article (color illustration), summer, 2013, 131, pp. 41-48
Eberhardt, Jennifer NY Art Examiner, online magazine, NY Art Examiner, Food Lust Shock Candy, article, December 16, 2011
Edelman, Rob; Fiore, Gina The Food Show: The Hungry Eye, publication (color illustration), 2006
Fraser, Lisa A. A Showcase too Sexy for You to Taste, Brooklyn Downtown Star, article, December 7, 2011
Heurer, Megan ARTnews, The Food Show: The Hungry Eye, review, February 2007, vol. 106, no. 2, p. 129
Kalm, James NY Arts magazine, Woke up this Morning and Got Myself a Gun, review, May, 2003, vol. 8 no. 5 p. 59
Jovanovic, Rozalia Flavorpill, Editor Pick, online magazine, December, 2011
La Rocco, Ben Brooklyn Rail, Up in Arms, review, April 2003
Lombardi, D. Dominick Culture Catch, Birds of a Feather, online magazine, review, April 8, 2008
Linderman, Juliet The Brooklyn Paper, article (color illustration), December 6, 2011
Nadelman, Cynthia Sculpture magazine, Interrelated Parts: Claire Lieberman, December, 2003, article (color illustration), vol. 22 no. 10,
Focus, pp. 22 - 24
Newark, Tim Camouflage, Thames andHudson/The Imperial War Museum, London, book (color illustration), 2007, pp. 146-147, 178, 180
Page, Judith Sculpture magazine, Up in Arms, review, January/ February 2004, vol. 23 no. 1
Palmer, Lisa & Rizzo, Bob Convergence XV International Arts Festival: 15 Years of Public Art Innovation and Opportunity, Capitol Arts, Providence, catalog (color illustration) 2002, pp. 12-13, 32
Savannah, Gae NY Arts magazine, TOP TEN NEW YORK 2007, blog (color illustration), March 1, 2007
Tanguy, Sarah Sweet Tooth, COPIA/Marquard Books, catalog (color illustration), 2003, pp. 89, 104-105
AWARDS/GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS (selected)
2013 The Arctic Circle, Territory of Svalbard
2012 Cité Internationale des Arts, residency, Paris
2007 Seaside Institute, Escape to Create, Seaside, FL
2010, 2009, 2006 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar,
2003 Friche La Belle de Mai, residency, Marseilles, France
2002 Künstlerhaus, residency, Salzburg, Austria
1999 National Endowment for the Arts ($15,000 project grant)
EDUCATION
MFA, Pratt Institute, with distinction, Pratt Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement
Fifth Year Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts
BFA, Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts