elaine clayman
Born in New York City
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
1969 – 1972 City University of New York; Studied with Charles Alston
1972 – 1985 The Elaine Clayman Gallery; Owner/Director, Nyack, New York
1972 – 2012 Self-taught
2012 – Present Gilda and Henry Block School, New York City
Studied with Eric Michelson, Jim Minet & Donelle Estey
2016 Salmagundi Club, New York City; David Grey Workshop
2017 Private Studio of Steven Assael, New York City; Studied with Steven Assael
2018 Art Students League, New York City; Hugo Bastidas Workshop
AWARDS / HONORS
2020 Audubon Artists 78th Annual Exhibit 2020, Honorary David Beynon Pena Memorial Award in Oils & Acrylics - “Dreaming”
2019 Appointed Historian of Allied Artists of America
2019 Elected into Membership of Audubon Artists
2018 Milk Gallery, New York City, Superfine New York Art Fair "Crossing the Line" Honored by Superfine New York Art Fair, Best
in Category
2018 Audubon Artists 75th Anniversary Catalog, Original Oil “The Doormen of New York”
2018 Elected into Membership of Allied Artists of America
2018 Selected as Editor of Newsletter, Allied Artists of America
ONE PERSON EXHIBITION
2020 – 2021 Live 4 Art Gallery in Pawling, NY
2019 Ceres Gallery, New York City, “Gated Community” Ekphrastic Show and book launch, "ARTSPEAKSPOETRY / POETRYSPEAKSART"
1972 – 1985 Elaine Clayman Gallery, Solo Exhibitions
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery, New York City, "Art From The Boros VII"
2020 The Windows at Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2019 Salmagundi Club, New York City Audubon Artists of America Group Show
2019 Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Heller Museum, New York City, "Relative Relations"
2019 Gilda and Henry Block School of the Arts, New York City Annual Exhibition
2019 Ceres Gallery, New York City, “Raising Women's Voices”
2019 Mills Pond Gallery, Saint James, New York, "Assisted Living (Jack and Chloe)"
2019 The Belskie Museum of Art & Science, Closter, New Jersey, "Growth and Change an Artistic Interpretation"
2018 Gilda and Henry Block School of the Arts, New York City Annual Exhibition
2018 The Manny Cantor Center Exhibit, Jewish Salon, New York City
2018 Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery, New York City, "Art in the Boros VI"
2018 Salmagundi Club, New York City Audubon Artists of America Group Show
2018 Salmagundi Club, New York City Allied Artists of America Group Show
2018 Ceres Gallery, New York City, “Raising Women’s Voices”
2018 Salmagundi Club, New York City, “Going Postal”
2017 Gilda and Henry Block School of the Arts, New York City Annual Exhibition
2016 Gilda and Henry Block School of the Arts, New York City Annual Exhibition
2015 Gilda and Henry Block School of the Arts, New York City Annual Exhibition
1972 – 1985 Elaine Clayman Gallery, Nyack, New York, Group Shows
COLLECTION
Amanda Persaud, New York City
Gabriel Rosario, New York City
Mark Nadler, New York City
Sebastien Laboureau, Curator of Art, Sagamore Hotel, Miami, Florida
Justine and Mark Bray, New York City
Joan and Peter Bray, Cambridgeshire, England
Liza Pastore, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Dr. and Mrs. Robert DeVita, New York City
Brey Brownlie, New York City
MacDonald White, Delaware
James Waddell, New York City
Amy Goldberg, Boca Raton, Florida
Robert Renwick, New York City
Mary Pols, Belchertown, MA
Maryalice Scholm, Dover Plains, NY
Debbie Moore, New York City
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Art Speaks Poetry / Poetry Speaks Art" - Co-authored an ekphrastic book 2019
“Conversation with Rhoda Sherbell,” Audubon Artist's 75th Anniversary Catalogue 2018
“The Birth of Audubon Artists – Its Time and Place in the History of the Art Movement” Audubon Artist’s 75th Anniversary Catalogue 2018
“A Conversation with Peter Barnet About His Father Will Barnet – A Self Made Man,” Audubon Artist’s 75th Anniversary Catalogue 2018
“Personal History about Paul Jeynes American Sculptor” Allied Artists of America Newsletter 2018
Contributor of biography of the celebrated water colorist Rhoda Janow, Allied Artists of America Newsletter