BIO
Clint Baclawski (b. 1981) is a contemporary artist working with photography, technology, light, and space. He received his BFA in Advertising Photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Post-Baccalaureate from Bucknell University, and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art in Design. He has been an adjunct professor in Graduate Studies at MassArt since 2017.
In 2022, Baclawski had residencies in both Venice, Italy, and Wassaic, NY. He was awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship Grant in Photography in 2019. He was also awarded a St. Botolph Emerging Artists Award, Santo Foundation Solo Exhibition Honorarium.
Clint exhibits his work extensively throughout the United States, and has had an international solo exhibition. His work is included in many private and institutional collections including Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Whitehead Institute, and Fidelity. He has been published in Boston Art Review, FRAME (Amsterdam), Boston Home Magazine, Designboom, The Boston Globe, and The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Volume II (New York, NY). Clint’s studio is located in Boston’s South End.
STATEMENT
I work with methods, formats and materials that push the physical boundaries of photography and I rely on my advertising background to display images in unconventional ways. Light itself is reconfigured. I utilize a single photograph as the source materials for each artwork, influenced by my travels throughout the United States.
Growing up as an identical twin, and viewing my world through the lens of similarity or sameness, thematically, it has been central to my work. Whether the photographic image is flipped vertically, horizontally, or presented on mirrored plexiglas, you can expect a duality to be exposed.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2008 MFA, Photography, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Boston, MA
2006 Post-Baccalaureate Study, Photographic Practices, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
2004 BFA, Advertising Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY
GRANTS/RESIDENCIES/AWARDS
2022 Travel Residency, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Venice, Italy
Exhibition Residency, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2019 Grant Recipient, Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship Photography, Boston, MA
Award, Pioneers of Light, Signify, Burlington, MA
2014 Award, St. Botolph Emerging Artists, Boston, MA
2011 Award, Review Santa Fe 100, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Exhibition Residency, Santo Foundation, St. Louis, MO
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Luray, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY. Presented by Abigail Ogilvy Gallery
Departure, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
2021 Bound/ary, Room 68, Provincetown, MA
2020 Bough, 456 Broadway, Chelsea, MA
2019 Fringe, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Zephyr, HUBweek Boston, City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA
2016 Clint Baclawski: Luminous, Adelson Galleries, Boston, MA
2015 ACTINIC, Alternative Photography Festival of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland (catalogue)
Lush, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
2014 Chromogenic, The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Pink Church, 301 Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Light Bulbs, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 Architectural Digest, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2010 Clint Baclawski/Caleb Taylor: Recent Work, Snowflake, St. Louis, MO (catalogue)
2009 Ephemera, Godine Gallery, Boston, MA. Curated by Sam Toabe and Matthew Serpico
2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Paine Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA (catalogue)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Changing Tides, ArtPort Kingston, Kingston, NY. Curated by Laurie De Chiara
2023 No Misery Can Tell, No Word of Farewell, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY. Curated by Will Hutnick
2022 Chromatic Visions, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Brookline, MA
2021 Back Together, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
32nd Annual Live Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2020 Holiday Pop-Up, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery x Beacon Gallery x Gallery NAGA x LaiSun Keane, Boston, MA
31st Annual Live Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2019 Castles in the Sky: Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
The Salon Show, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
30th Annual Live Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2018 The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2018, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IA (catalogue)
Castles in the Sky: Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art, Lehman College, New York, NY
Godine Family Gallery: A Retrospective, MassArt, Boston, MA
2017 28th Annual Live Auction, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2016 27th Annual Benefit Live Auction, Paine Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA (catalogue)
2015 ARTcetera Auction, The Park Plaza Castle, Boston, MA
Multiple Perspectives, Adelson Galleries Boston, Boston, MA
34, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
Slideluck Boston, Technology & Art, Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge, MA
25th Annual Juried Benefit Auction, Paine Gallery, Live Auction, MassArt, Boston, MA
2014 St. Botolph Club Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA
Landscapes: Between Tradition and Reality, The Beehive, Boston, MA
25th Annual Benefit Auction, Paine Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2013 The Art of Photography, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego CA. Curated by Julia Dolan
Off the Wall, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA. Curated by Dina Deitsch
24th Annual Juried Benefit Auction, Bakalar Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2012 The Annual AIDS Benefit Exhibition, The Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Night In The Box, Social Security Building, Somerville, MA
Fuck Yeah America II with A Vengeance, Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA
23rd Annual Juried Benefit Auction, Bakalar Gallery, MassArt
After Darkness I Hope for Light, Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. II, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY. Curated by Vanessa Kramer (book)
ARTcetera Auction, The Park Plaza Castle, Boston, MA
Water, Grey Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA. Curated by Casey Gleghorn
2nd Annual Juried Benefit Auction, Bakalar Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
SOLO Competition (finalist), Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, Juried by Randy Hopkins
2010 VOX VI, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA. Juried by Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida
16th Annual Juried Show, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Juried by Joerg Colberg
21st Annual Juried Benefit Auction, Bakalar Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2009 Photography Now 2009, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY. Juried by Charlotte Cotton
PRC Juried Publication, The Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA. Juried by Dana Faconti (catalogue)
Print Auction, University College Falmouth, London, England
2008 The Group Show, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY. Juried by Peter van Agtmael, Sean Fader, Alexandra Niki, and Amani Olu
Northeast Exposure Online, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
ArtCetera, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
New Talents, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Annual Members Show, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
19th Annual Juried Benefit Auction, Bakalar Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
From the Electric Studio, Axiom Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
SPE Multicultural Caucus Exhibition, Denver, CO
Exposure: the Annual PRC Juried Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA. Juried by Lesley A. Martin
2007 Hey, Hot Shot! (Spring edition), The Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
COMMISSIONS
2023 Prive Art Commission, Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire (40”x50”)
Public Art Commission, SOMA, Newbury St, Boston, MA (4’x8’)
2022 Corporate Art Commission, Google, Cambridge, MA (4 x 8 ft.)
Corporate Art Commission, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA (4 x 12 ft.)
2021 Private Art Commission, New York, NY (4 x 7 ft.)
Private Art Commission, Chestnut Hill, MA (18 x 30 in., diptych)
Private Art Commission, St Johnsbury, VT (3 x 12 ft)
2020 Public Art Commission, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Newton, MA (4 x 8 ft.)
Public Art Commission, Jewish Arts Collaborative, Boston, MA (12 x 8 ft.)
2019 Private Art Commission, Boston, MA (4 x 8 ft.)
Private Art Commission, Williamsport, PA (18 x 30 in.)
2018 Private Art Commission, Provincetown, MA (40 x 50 in.)
Private Art Commission, Ithaca, NY (3 x 12 ft)
2016 Private Art Commission, Cambridge, MA (18 x 32 in.)
2015 Corporate Art Commission, Kit and Ace, Newbury St, Boston, MA (8 x 16 ft.)
2012 Corporate Art Commission, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Treehouse
Residence Boston, MA (50 x 60 x 6 in.)
2009 Public Art Commission, Akron/Family, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free Album cover, Dead Oceans
Records (12 x 12 in.)
COLLECTIONS
Google, Cambridge, MA
The List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Fidelity Investments, Smithfield, RI
Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Newton, MA
Bower Residence, Boston, MA
Kit and Ace, Boston, MA
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA
indie Photobook Library, Washington, DC
Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY
Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PRINT MEDIA
Cate McQuaid, “Clint Baclawski’s grand illusions”, The Boston Globe, October 4, 2022
Abraham Storer, “Blurring the Line Between Sculpture and Photography: Clint Baclawski combines light
with undulating form”, Provincetown Independent, March 9, 2022
Cate McQuaid, “A festival of art and lights for all who need it”, The Boston Globe, December 9, 2020
Cate McQuaid, “With a new show, Boston artist Clint Baclawski invites viewers closer for the full story”, The Boston Globe, September 11, 2019
Bartholomew F. Bland, “Castles In The Sky, Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art”, Catalogue, Winter 2019
Jane Szita, “One Artist, One Material: Fifty Makers On Their Medium”, Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 18, 2018
Phil Zminda, “Clint Baclawski Imagines An Ad-Less America In Flashing Lights”, Boston Art Review, Issue #02: Field Work, Fall 2018
Lauren Wolfer, “The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2018”, Catalogue, Spring 2018
Jane Szita, "Sign Lighter", FRAME, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Issue #120, Jan/Feb 2018
Cate McQuaid, “Artist Clint Baclawski helps us see photographs in a different way”, The Boston Globe, June 1, 2016
Boston Home Magazine, Summer Edition, 2016
Living & Design, Beijing, China, 2016
Cate McQuaid, “Frozen time, altered perspectives in new photo shows”, The Boston Globe, September 29, 2015
Cate McQuaid, “A landscape in fragments”, The Boston Globe, January 21, 2014
The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Volume II, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY, 2010
Cate McQuaid, “Play of light makes for a standout exhibit”, The Boston Globe, June 18, 2008
PRC Juried Publication, The Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA. Juried by Dana Faconti, 2008
Greg Cook, “Boston exposures”, Boston Phoenix, April 21, 2009
Cate McQuaid, “The Graduates” The Boston Globe, April 18, 2008
Greg Cook, “Fringe festival. Galleries off the beaten path”, Boston Phoenix, June 13, 2008
ONLINE PERIODICALS
Karin Svadlenak-Gomez, “SCROLLS”, Spectaculum Magazine, Vienna, Austria, April 7, 2024
Melissa Dvozenja-Thomas, “Art From Here: Group show at Wassaic Project explores artists' thoughts, lives, experiences”,
Poughkeepsie Journal, January 10, 2023
Elias Sorich “Touring the surreal at the Wassaic Project’s winter show”, Lakeville Journal, December 7, 2022
Suzanne Révy, “Departure: What Makes it Great?”, What Will You Remember?, September, 22, 2022
Judy Bolton-Fasman, “JArts Hanukkah Celebration Lights Up Boston-Area Neighborhoods”,
JewishBoston, November 30, 2020
Penny Schwartz, “Boston-area artists illuminate Hanukkah in new ways”, December 13, 2020
Greg Cook, “Clint Baclawski’s Immersive Photo Installation Beckons You To The Light”,
Wonderland, October 6, 2019
Sophia Eppolito, “Forging A Brain-Body Wellness”, The Boston Globe, April 18, 2008
Nellie Prior, “Seeing The Light”,Take Magazine, August 30, 2017
Erica Corsano, “Sneak Peak at Culture in 2017", Boston Herald, December 31, 2016
Trever Dias, “Hot Date: Enlightening Experience”, Mustang Daily, November 5, 2015
Chris Bergeron, “Visionary exhibit: Griffin Museum of Photography”, Wicked Local Waltham, July 11, 2010
Jessica Baran, “St. Louis art capsules”, Riverfront Times”, May 18, 2010
BLOGS
“Guide to Armory Week 2023”, the PR Net, August 31, 2023
Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy, “Best Photo Picks September 2022”, What Will You Remember?, September 6, 2022
“Stress and Burnout as an Artist, ArtSake: New work & the creative process”, March 24, 2022
Christine O’Donnell, “Fringe” by Clint Baclawski”, Thoughts on Art, October 21, 2019
Allyson Boli “Artist Spotlight: Clint Baclawski”, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery News, February 6, 2019
Lexie Braza, “Boston Artist Elevates Signature Style With New Dimensional Works Using Dibond Aluminum Composite”, Graphic Display (blog), June 2018
Lexie Braza, “Boston Artist Creates Immersive Experience Using Shipping Container For New Art Piece”, Graphic Display, May 2018
Lisa Su, “HUBweek Artist of the Day: Clint Baclawski”, Medium, August 1, 2017
Lexie Braza, “Boston Artist Creates Incredible Three-Dimensional Works Utilizing Light, Mirrored
Glass and Dibond ACM”, Graphic Display (blog), July 2017
Brandi Diaz, “Non-Starving Artist: Clint Baclawski”, Society of Grownups, May 25, 2016
Eva Recinos, “LEDs and Polycarbonate Tubes Free Photography from the Picture Frame”, The Creator’s Project, March 20, 2016
Nick Brink, “Clint Baclawski Experiments With Composition In Light Emerges Installations”, Designboom, March 2, 2016
“Exhibit Photographs by Clint Baclawski”, Art and Design Department at Cal Poly, November 5, 2015
Andrea Sherrill Evans, “Clint Baclawski at The Hallway Gallery”, Temporary Land Bridge, January 16 2014
“Gallery Update: Clint Baclawski at Frame 301 Gallery”, blog at Montserrat College of Art, January 13, 2014
Roberta Fallon, “Vox VI–objects of desire”, The ArtBlog, July 15, 2010
John Steck Jr., “Clint Baclawski: 4x5 Camera Installation”, Projects, Ideas, and Visual Misc., April 3, 2010
Beierle + Keijser, “Clint Baclawski’s delicious boxes of light”, Mrs. Deane, February 16, 2009
Greg Cook, “The It artist of the moment: Clint Baclawski”, New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, July 12, 2008
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017 - Adjunct Professor, Graduate Studies, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2007 - 2016 Adjunct Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS
2023 Wassaic Project, Wassic, NY
Godine Library, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2022 Art School Confidential, Episode 5, MASARY Studios, Boston, MA
2021 In The Studio with Clint Baclawski, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
2020 Panel Discussion via Zoom, JArts, Boston, MA
2019 Artist Talk, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
Presentation, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
2018 Artist Talk, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IA
2017 Lecture, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
2015 Artist Talk, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2012 Workshop, Boston University, Boston, MA
2007 Lecture, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Lecture, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
AFFILIATIONS
Community Advisory Cohort, Boston Art Review