Claire Rau
clairejanerau@gmail.com
www.clairejanerau.com
Education
2004 M.F.A. University of North Carolina
Scholar for Tomorrow Fellow, Chapel Hill, NC
2001 B.A. University of Maine
Studio Art, Art History, Medieval Renaissance Studies Minor, Orono, ME
Professional Experience
2023-present Principle Instructor
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2012-present Senior Instructor
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2008-2012 Instructor
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2008 Visiting Lecturer
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2007 Adjunct Professor
University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC
2006 Hot Iron Press Assistant
New Orleans, LA
2005-2006 Printmaking and Book Arts Fellow
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
2004-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
2004 Welding Instructor
New England Craft Council, Williamsburg, MA
2002-2004 Teaching Fellow
Instructor of Record, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2003 Welding Instructor
New England Craft Council, Williamsburg, MA
2002-2004 Gallery Educator
Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2002-2003 Teaching Assistant
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2002 Welder
Armor Chassis, Ridgeland, SC
Honors and Awards
2022 Teaching Enhancement Grant, UCCS Faculty Assembly Committee on Teaching
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2016 NOCCA Visiting Artist, New Orleans, LA
Student/Faculty Research Grant, Letters, Arts, and Sciences, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2012 Mentor of LAS Independent Scholar Pat Bohnen, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2009 Honorable Mention, Beyond Printmaking, Texas Tech School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2007 Artist-in-Residence, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Self-Directed Creative Residency, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, CA
Women Studio Workshop Book Production Residency, Rosendale, NY
2005 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Printmaking and Book Arts Fellowship, Venice, Italy
2004 Vermont Studio Center Partial Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2002 Scholar for Tomorrow Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Penland School of Crafts Studio Assistantship, Penland, NC
2001 Haystack School of Crafts Studio Assistantship, Deer Isle, ME
Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2020 Articulation
Solo Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2018 Havoc
Solo Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2017 Heirloom
Solo exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
Heirloom
Solo exhibition, Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
2016 Buffet
Solo exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2014 Heirloom
Solo exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2013 Bonfire
Solo exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2012 Permission
Solo exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2011 Man up
Solo exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2009 Booby Traps
Solo exhibition, Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
No-Man’s-Land
Solo exhibition, Project Space, Loudoun House, Lexington, KY
The Safest Place on Earth
Solo exhibition, Charles Harris Library Gallery, Wise, VA
Slowly, with a worshipful heart
Solo exhibition, Room 4, The Front, New Orleans (Another Prospect), LA
2008 Booby traps
Solo exhibition, Charno Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
(un)civil defense
Two-person exhibition, Ford Gallery, University of Eastern Michigan, Ypsilanti, MI
Booby Trap
Solo exhibition, Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
2007 Home (in)security
Two-person exhibit, Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Book:Book
Solo exhibition, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Hand-to-Hand
Solo exhibition, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
2004 Trappings of Conquest
Solo exhibition, Alcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Selected Exhibition Record
2023
Uccs Visual Art Faculty Triennial, Group exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
2022
Uccs Art Faculty Exhibition, Group exhibition, Studio West, Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado Springs, CO
2020
Dolly, Group exhibition, Juried by Logan Lockner, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2019
The Wizard, Group exhibition, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Collective Voices, Hazel Modella Gallery, Stillwater, OK
Time, Group exhibition, GOCA Ent Center, Colorado Springs, CO
2018
Tango, Group exhibition, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
You Want a Piece of Me, Group exhibition, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Honey Trap, Group exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2017
Full House, Group exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Mini-mart, Group exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2016
New Horizon, Group exhibition, GOCA 121, Colorado Springs, CO
NOCCA Visiting Artists, Group exhibition, Kirschmann Art Space, New Orleans, LA
Carry On, Group exhibition, Breve Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Shiftchange, Group exhibition (Photonola), The Front, New Orleans, LA
2015
Means, Motive, Opportunity, Group exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Straight Shot, Group exhibition, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX
2014
Back to The Front, Group exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
The Front @ Tokyo Art Lab, Group exhibition, Tokyo Art Lab, Tokyo, Japan
18 and Life, Group exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2013
Are We One?, Group exhibition, Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Gods & Monsters, Group exhibition, GOCA 121, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Union, Justice, Confidence, Group exhibition, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2012
New Lease, Group exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
The Front, Group exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
2011
Love, The Front, Group show, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Drop City, Collaborative installation, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Rupture, Installation with Jenny Leblanc and Kyle Bravo, GOCA 1420, Colorado Springs, CO
2010
Black Gold, Group show, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Hand, Voice and Vision: Artists' Books from Women's Studio Workshop, Group exhibition, Grolier Club, New York City. Traveling to University of Southern Maine, Smith College, Vassar College, and Scripps College over next three years
Editions at Dawn: Prospect 1.5 Print Exhibit, Group show, Louisiana Art Works, New Orleans, LA
Moan: pleasure and pain, Faculty and student exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
Sedition, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2009
Snowball, Installation with Jenny LeBlanc and Kyle Bravo, Open Studio, Toronto, Canada
Teach Me. Show Me., Faculty exhibition, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
Beyond Printmaking, Juror: Holly Morrison, Group exhibition, Texas Tech School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Things Fall Apart, Curator: Joy Garnett, Group exhibition, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Annual Member Exhibition of the Southeast College Art Association, Jurors: Richard Gruber and David Houston, Group exhibition, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Veronika Decides to Die, Group exhibition, Darkroom Theatre Projects, Walmer Centre Theatre, Toronto, CA
Culture of Conflict, Three-person show, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2007
Babylon Lexicon, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA Riverfront), New Orleans, LA
Paths to the Press, Sculpture installation at Dicere Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Artists’ Books from the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Group exhibition, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston University, MA
2006
Babylon Lexicon, Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Virus, The Green Room Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Clones, Southern Graphics Council Portfolio, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Bunker than Thou, Curator: Justin Crosby, Bemis Underground, Omaha, NE
Fuori Luogo, 7th International Artist Book Exhibition, Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome, Italy. Traveling to Center for Contemporary Art of Prato, Morandi Museum of Bologna, Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana of Vicenza, and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rovereto (MART), Italy
2005
Projet Mobilivre, Annual touring exhibition of books, Philadelphia, PA
Busted!, Chapel Hill, NC, New Orleans, LA, Omaha, NE
Kentucky National, Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, KY
Fast, Faculty Exhibition, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Gallery, Newfoundland
2004
Babylon Lexicon, Contemporary Art Center Warehouse, New Orleans, LA
What the Book?, Flux Factory Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Projet Mobilivre, Annual touring exhibition of books, Philadelphia, PA
New Currents in Contemporary Art: Master of Fine Arts, Thesis Exhibition, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
17th Annual Works on Paper, McNeese University National Exhibition, Lake Charles, LA
Art on Paper: 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
Busted!, Hanes Art Center, Chapel Hill, NC
The 31st Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2003
Deux, International Portfolio, E’stampe de Trois Rivierés, Canada
La Petite IX, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR
Babylon Lexicon, Contemporary Art Center Warehouse, New Orleans, LA
Juried UNC Sculpture Exhibition, Hendersonville, NC
Engaged, MFA Candidate Show, Alcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Collections
2008 Women’s Studio Workshop Repositories: Indiana University at Bloomington, Rochester Institute of
Technology, University of Delaware, Vassar College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Yale
University, Brown University
2007 Women’s Studio Workshop Archive, Rosendale, NY
2006 Rare Book Collection, Willis Library, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Artist Book Collection, Venice, Italy
2005 Sea Rose Collection, Husky Oil Corporation, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Louisiana State University Teaching Collection, Baton Rouge, LA
2004 Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Teaching Collection, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Newfoundland
Printshop Archive, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2001 Graphic Chemical and Ink Purchase Prize
Printshop Archive, University of Maine, Orono, ME
Private Collections: North Carolina, Maine, and New York
Portfolios
2006 Clones, organized by Rebekah Tolley for the 2006 Southern Graphics Print Conference
2005 Fortuitous, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
2003 Deux, organized by Atelier Presse Paper, Quebec
10 Cubed, University of North Carolina Print Exchange
Bibliography
“Exhibit speaks to the ‘burden of stuff.’” The Times-Standard. 25 May 2017. Web. 27 May 2017.
Bookhardt, Eric. “Review: KOKO’s Love: A Soap Opera Tale of One Family and Summer Crush.” Blog of New Orleans. Gambit, 25 July 2016. Web. 26 Sept. 2017.
Bookhardt, Eric. “Review: New work on St. Claude Avenue.” Blog of New Orleans. Gambit, 24 June 2013. Web. 8 Oct. 2013.
Newhall, Edith. “Galleries: Sculptures, paintings, and installation.” Philadelphia Inquirer [Philadelphia, PA] Print. 16 June 2013.
Mackie, Amy. “Future Perfect: Artist-Run Spaces in New Orleans.” Art Papers. January/February 2013: 52-54. Web. 1 February 2013.
Bookhardt, Eric. “Review: group show of women artists at The Front.” Blog of New Orleans. Gambit, 13 June 2012. Web. 15 June 2012.
Bookhardt, Eric. “Spaces: Antenna, The Front and Good Children Gallery.” Art Papers. May 2012: 28-29. Web. 1 February 2013.
Stokes, Wesley. “Last Call: Headphones at The Front.” pelicanbomb.com. Pelican Bomb, 2 Mar. 2012. Web. 15 June 2012.
White, Amy. “Raleigh’s Team Lump and New Orleans: The Front creates an homage to Drop City.” Independent Weekly [Raleigh, NC] Web. 22 June 2011.
Bookhardt, Eric. “Birds of a Feather.” The Gambit [New Orleans, LA] 31 Oct. 2010: 48. Print.
Adelstein, Edie. “Review: Moan: Pleasure and Pain.” scindy.com. Colorado Springs Independent, n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2010.
Bookhardt, Eric. “Simon Says.” The Gambit [New Orleans, LA] 26 Sept. 2009: 46. Print.
Dault, Gar Michaels. “Memorials to a Landscape Under Assault.” theglobeandmail.com. The Globe and Mail, n.d. Web. Mar. 2009.
Eppley, Emily. “Ford Gallery showcases dual war-torn exhibits.” The Echo [Ypsilanti, Michigan] 10 Sept. 2008: 6. Print.
Dolcetti, Matilde. “Artists’ Book at the Scuola Internationale di Grafica, Venice, Italy.” bookarts.uwe.ac.uk. The University of the West of England School of Creative Arts. Web. July 2007.
Crosby, Jerstin. “Bunker Than Thou.” nyartsmagazine.com. NY Arts Magazine, n.d. Web. May 2006.
Constantino, Nicola. “Claire Rau, La Guerra Secondo L’altra America.” artfaq.it, Art FAQ. Web. 20 April 2006.
“Gimme Shelter: Bunker Than Thou Opens Bemis Underground’s 2006 Season.” omahacityweekly.com. Omaha City Weekly. n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2006.
Alder, Monica and Claire Rau. CBC Morning Show. By Dorothy King. Corner Brook, Newfoundland, 9 Mar. 2005. Broadcast.
Boland, Connie. “FAST exhibition more than a show of work.” Humber Log [Corner Brook, Newfoundland] 9 Jan. 2005.
Shrier, Sonya. “What the Book?” brooklynrail.org. Brooklyn Rail. n.d. Web. November 2004.
Farrington, Susan. “Cutting –edge artworks on view at Ackland.” The Sanford Herald, Mar. 2003. Print.
“Center for Craft, Creativity and Design Select Works for Sculpture Exhibit.” Carolina Arts, [Bonneau, South Carolina] March 2003. Print.
Hart, David. “A Mix of Fine Arts.” Chapel Hill News [North Carolina] 8 Jan. 2003. Print.
Publications
The Front: round 5, New Orleans, Louisiana: Press Street, 2017 (catalog)
The Front: round 4, New Orleans, Louisiana: Blurb, 2013 (catalog)
The Front: round 3, New Orleans, Louisiana: Blurb, 2013 (catalog)
The Front: round 2, New Orleans, Louisiana: Blurb, 2011 (catalog)
The Front: our first fifteen months, New Orleans, Louisiana: Blurb, 2010 (catalog)
Press Enterprise, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 9/24/09 (Region front page, photographs)
Limelight, Tallahassee Democrat, Florida, 1/4/08(photograph)
Hot Iron Press, Summer Catalog, New Orleans, Louisiana: Hot Iron Press, Summer 2005(cover)
Annie Stromquist, Simple Screenprinting, Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2004 (photograph)
Artist Lectures
2023 Gallery of Contemporary Art, ENT Center, Colorado Springs, CO
2021 Zoom with MFA students and Professor Paul Valdez, University of Texas, Rio Grande, TX
2019 Gallery of Contemporary Art, ENT Center, Colorado Springs, CO
2018 The Front, New Orleans, LA
2017 Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
2016 Gallery of Contemporary Art 121, Colorado Springs, CO
2013 Gallery of Contemporary Art 121, Colorado Springs, CO
2009 Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
2008 Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2007 Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Women Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Brooklyn Public Library, NY
2006 Galleria Sotoportego, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Bemis Underground Exhibition, Omaha, NE
2005 Sir Wilfred Grenfell Gallery, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
2004 Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
2003 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Service
2022 Faculty Assembly Representative, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Visiting Lecturer with Professor Corey Drieth, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Visiting Lecturer with Professor Ben Kinsley, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2021 Faculty Assembly Representative, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Tenure-Track Art History Chair Search, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Curator, Apparition, Delayed 2020 group exhibition for Senior VA students, GOCA Downtown,
Colorado Springs, CO
2020 Faculty Assembly Representative, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Instructor Position, Search Committee Member, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2019 Curator/Facilitator, Matter, Group Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Faculty Assembly Representative, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Curator/Facilitator, Echoes, Group Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2018 Faculty Representative, Undergraduate Research Forum, Colorado Springs, CO
2017 Shop Technician Position, Search Committee Member, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Faculty Representative, Undergraduate Research Forum, Colorado Springs, CO
2015 Half Instructor Position, Search Committee Member, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2014 Faculty Representative, Undergraduate Research Forum, Colorado Springs, CO
2013 Faculty Representative, Undergraduate Research Forum, Colorado Springs, CO
2012 Faculty Representative, Undergraduate Research Forum, Colorado Springs, CO
2010 Faculty Representative, Undergraduate Research Forum, Colorado Springs, CO
2008 Volunteer (fabrication), Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
Faculty Representative, Undergraduate Research Forum, Colorado Springs, CO
2007 New Orleans Book Fair Volunteer, New Orleans, LA
2006 New Orleans Book Fair Volunteer, New Orleans, LA
2005 Juror of Student Art Exhibition, Mostra Finale, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Juror of Student Art Exhibition, Intersection, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
Art Donation, Western Newfoundland Animal Shelter Auction, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
2002 Art Donation, Women’s Crisis Center Art Auction, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Exhibitions Curated/Facilitated
2019 Curator, Matter, Group Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Curator, Echoes, Group Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2018 Curator, Trace: Ann Schwab, Solo Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2017 Curator, Coordination, Group Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Curator, Juicy, Group Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2016 Curator, Compulsion, Group Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2015 Curator, My Secret Love: Corey Drieth, Solo Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2013 Curator, wild | life: John Hathaway; Beauty: Carol Dass, both Solo Exhibitions, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2012 Facilitator, Artifacts & Incidents, Nicole Jean Hill, Solo Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
Curator, All That Glitters: Yumi Janairo Roth, Solo Exhibition; Facilitator, Headphones: Listen Up!: Curated by Valerie Brodar, Group Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2011 Curator, Fire: Leah Bailis & Andres Suggs, Solo Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans,
Curator, Rain: Barb Hunt, Solo Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2010 Curator, Book of Rocks, Flowers, and Birds: Yoonmi Nam; Counter Cartographies: Jeremy Drummond & Hoang Pham, both Solo Exhibitions, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2009 Curator, Americana, Group Exhibition, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2007 Co-curator with Jenny LeBlanc, Babylon Lexicon, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans, LA
2006 Co-curator with Jenny LeBlanc, Babylon Lexicon, Barrister’s, New Orleans, LA
Gallery Affiliation
The Front, New Orleans, LA, Founding Member (2008-2020)