Girl (Torso)
Photograph, Silver gelatin, selenium toned
Editions of 4 on 20 x 16 " fiber paper
16 x 14.5" image, 26 x 23.5 framed
2011
Window, Post Shadow
Photograph, Silver gelatin, selenium toned
Editions of 4 on 20 x 16" fiber paper
14.5 x 14" image, 24 x 23.5" framed
2013
On 20 x 16" fiber paper
Signed verso
2013
Screen door, Moonlight
Photograph, Silver gelatin, selenium toned
Editions of 4 on 20 x 16" fiber paper
15 x 14" image, 21.5 x 21.5" framed
2013
On 20 x 16" fiber paper
Signed verso
2013
Dinner Party (Door)
Photograph, Silver gelatin, selenium toned
Editions of 4 on 20 x 16" fiber paper
15.5 x 14.75" image, 24 x 23.5" framed
2008
Education
1996-99 – International Center of Photography, New York City
1982 – MFA, Hunter College, CUNY
1973 – BFA, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
1972 – Sir John Cass College of Art, London Polytechnic University
Teaching Positions
2003-07 – Hofstra University, Adjunct Assistant Professor
1990-95 – Hunter College, City University of New York,
Adjunct Assistant Professor
1985-90 – Hunter College, City University of New York,
Adjunct Lecturer
1985-86 – Syracuse University, Visiting Artist
1984 – Illinois State University, Visiting Artist
Interviews – Talks – Discussions
2012 – Bowdoin College, WBOR, The Peter Paluska Show
Interview with Claire Part 1 – Part 2
2010 – Artist Talk with Stephen Rosenberg, Lesley Heller Workspace,
New York City
2007 – Artists Talk, “Altered Nature – Manipulated Photographs”,
Center for Maine Contemporary Art , Rockport, Maine
2004 – Panel Discussion, “Nature Abstracted” with Mario Naves,
Stephen Rosenberg, Joe Walentini, Emily Berger, Claire Seidl,
The Painting Center, New York City
Public Collections
Albright College, Reading, PA
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
The Astrachan Collection, University of New England, Westbrook Campus, Portland, Maine
Chermayeff and Geismar, New York City
Citibank, New York City
Cohen & Lord, Los Angeles, CA
Steven G. Conant Collection, DePauw University, IN
Continental Insurance, New York City
General Instruments Corp., New York City
Heller Ehrman LLP, New York City
Integrated Resources, New York City
Sidney Lewis, Best Products Corp., Richmond, VA
Public Collections, Cont.
Miller, Anderson, Sherrerd, MOMA Tower, New York City (Commission) and Philadelphia, PA
Mobil Oil Corp., New York City
Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, So. Paris, ME (Percent for Art Commission)
Pfizer, Inc, New York City
PMG Associates, The Setai Fifth Ave. Hotel, New York City
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, MEReliance National Insurance, New York City (Commission, Executive Conference Room)
Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN
Sanco General Delaware Corp., New York City
St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort and Spa, Dana Point, CA (Commission)
S. Curtis Smith & Associates, San Francisco, CA
U.S. Department of State, Heritage Assets, Art Bank Program, Washington, D.C.
Voth Barral Design, New York City
White and Case LLP, New York City
Yankee Resources, Inc., Columbus, OH
Solo Exhibitions
2014 – Fox Gallery (w/ Kim Uchiyama), New York City (September)
2014 – Red Filter Gallery, Lambertville, NJ (May)
2014 – The Painting Center (w/ Emily Berger), New York City, (April)
2014 – Aucocisco Gallery (w/Scott Davis) Portland, Maine (February)
2013 – What Was, Is: Recent Work by Claire Seidl and Duncan Hewitt, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine May 25 – July 7 2012 –
2012 – Paintings 1988-2012, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, Maine
2010 – Lesley Heller Workspace, New York City
2009 – “Etched Monotypes,” Van Deb Editions, New York City
2008 – Lesley Heller Gallery, Viewing Room, New York City
2008 – The Painting Center, Project Room, New York City
2007 – Lesley Heller Gallery, New York City
2007 – June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2006 – Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
2004 – Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York City
2003 – Kristen Frederickson Contemporary Art, New York City
2002 – Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
2001 – Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York City
2000 – Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
1999 – Claudia Carr Gallery, New York City
1999 – Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York City
1996 – Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York City
1994 – Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
1990 – Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
1988 – Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
1986 – Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
1985 – John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
1984 – Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
1983 – John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
1982 – Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York City
1981 – 22 Wooster Gallery, New York City
1979 – Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
1975 – NYU Loeb Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York City
Group Exhibitions
2014 – Mark Fields, Forrest Old, Claire Seidl, Red Filter Gallery at Twenty-Two, Philadelphia (January)
2013 – Summer Gathering, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME, curated by Duane Paluska
2013 – I-95 Triennial, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, April–June
2013 – Stone Canoe Number 7, Syracuse University, Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY
2012 – “Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge”, Cheim & Read Gallery,
New York City
2012 – “Around the House, 17 Contemporary Maine Photographers”,
Lewis Gallery Portland Public Library, Maine,curated by
Bruce Brown, Center for Maine Contemporary Art
2012 – Project Room, Lesley Heller Gallery, with Ken Buhler, New York City
2011 – Drawing the Line # 8, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine
2011 – New York: Then and Now, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia,curated by Andrey Martynov
2010 – Photographing Maine: Ten Years Later,
2000-2009
Center for Maine Contemporary Art Biennial – Rockport, Maine
2010 – Women’s History Month Invitational – 6 Van Deb Artists and Their Guest Artists, Van Deb Editions, New York City
2009 – Etching and Monotype Exhibition, The New York Society of Etchers, New York
Pyramida Centre for Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel (Winter 2010)
curated by Samantha Rippner, Assoc. Curator, Dept. of Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art
2009 – NYC/International Perspectives Photography Exhibition, curated by Andrey Martinov
Villa Icon, Bremen, Germany; Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Russia; Russian Museum of Photography,
Nizny Novgorod, Russia; Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia
2009 – 6th International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia
2009 – Streetscapes, Landscapes, Still Lives, Jan Larsen Art, New York City
2009 – “Black & White,” June Fitzpatrick Gallery,
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2009 – American Contemporary Photography, Krasnoyarsk Museum
Centre for Culture & History, Krasnoyarsk, Russia,
February- March, 2009
2008 – “Contemporary Maine Art: Forever Young,”
Farnsworth Museum of Art, 60th Anniversary at Elan Gallery,
Curated by Suzette McAvoy, Rockport, ME
2008 – New Acquisitions 2008, Portland Museum of Art,
Portland, ME
2008 – “Different Dimension” The 2nd Novosibirsk International Festival
of Contemporary Photography
Novosibirsk State Art Museum, RUSSIA
Metenkov Museum of Photography
Ekaterinburg, RUSSIA
2007 – “Altered Nature – Manipulated Photographs,” Center for
Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2007 – “Gallery Artists Group Show,” Icon Contemporary Art,
Brunswick, ME
2007 – “Body Parts”, Center for Maine Contemporary Art at
June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2006 – “Black and White”, Iaslos Fine Art, Stonington, ME
2006 – “New Acquisitions
2005″, Portland Museum of Art,
Portland, ME
2006 – “To Open Our Seventeenth Year,” Gallery Artists, Icon
Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
2006 – “Conversations With Paint”, Traveling exhibition,
(curated by Carrie Patterson) Cantor Fitzgerald
Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
2005 – Andrews Gallery, The College of William and Mary,
Williamsburg, VA, Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State
University, Willimantic, CT
2005 – “Outside In: Eight Maine Photographers”, Center for Maine
Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME (curated by Bruce Brown)
2005 – “Deja Vu”, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA (curated
by Christopher Youngs)
2005 – “Swimmer”, Waldoboro Windows, Photography Installation with
Jessica Watson, Waldoboro, ME (curated by Scott Davis)
2005 – Panel/Paper/Canvas, Rosenberg + Kaufman Gallery, New York City
2004 – “Nature Abstracted”, curated by Emily Berger, The Painting Center,
New York City
2004 – 15th Anniversary Exhibition: Gallery Artists, Icon Contemporary Art,
Brunswick, ME
2003 – Interior / Exterior: Five Perspectives on Landscape Photography,
The Lamont Gallery, Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
(curated by Karen Burgess Smith)
2003 – Celestial, The Work Space, New York City (curated by Lesley Heller)
2003 – Gallery Artists, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
2003 – Capital to the Mountain Counties, Maine Arts Commission,
Blaine House, Augusta, ME
2002 – Toyland, Alsyia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
(curated by Sean Elwood)
2002 – Four Maine Treasure Troves – The Astrachan Collection, University of
New England Gallery, Westbrook Campus, Portland, ME
2002 – Intrepid, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC
2002 – Eye of the Beholder, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, VA
2002 – Fairy Tales – Photographs, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC
2001 – Claire Seidl and Anna Marie Danenburg, a Ramona Studio, NYC
2001 – Land, Photography, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC
2001 – Sun Signs, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC
2000 – Ethan Cohen Fine Arts – Photographs, NYC
1999 – Spatial Relations – Photographs, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC
1997 – Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
1997 – Painting, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC
1996 – Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
1995 – The Language of Art: Res Ipsa Loquitor, Art Initiatives, NYC
1995 – Paint and Paper, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC
1993 – The Tenth Summer, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NYC
1992 – Contemporary Abstraction, O’Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, Maine
1992 – Works on Paper, Frick Gallery, Belfast, Maine
1992 – Apocalypse and Resurrection, The Gallery Three Zero, NYC
1991 – Paper Trail, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NYC
1991 – New Currents in Watercolor, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
1991 – Indiana Collects – Works on Paper by Contemporary Women Artists,
The Steven G. Conant Collection, Emison Art Ctr., DePauw Univ., Indiana
1990 – Arthur Cohen / Sharon Gold / Claire Seidl, Stephen Rosenberg
Gallery, NYC
1990 – The Painted Line, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NYC
1989 – Space, Scale, Structure, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson
College, NJ
1989 – Artists at Hunter College, Voorhees Gallery, NYC
1988 – Contemporary Abstract Painting, Yeshiva University, NYC
1988 – Soho Comes to Bethesda, Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1987 – Waterworks, Lintas: Worldwide, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, NYC
1987 – Chandler / Lieberman / Seidl, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NYC
1986 – One and One: A Study of Scale, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NYC
1986 – Recent Acquisitions, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1986 – Black, White and Gray, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NYC
1986 – Twentieth Anniversary Survey, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
1986 – Holland Cotter, Art Now, New York
1985 – Painting 1985, Pam Adler Gallery, NYC
1985 – The Art of the 1970’s and 1980’s, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1985 – Passionate Abstraction, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NYC
1985 – Four Painters, Wallace Wentworth Gallery, Washington D.C.
1984 – Collectors Gallery, Columbus Museum, Columbus, OH
1984 – Avida Dollars Gallery, Milan, Italy
1984 – John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
1984 – Selections from Alumnae, Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, NYC
1983 – New York – New Work, Newcastle Polytechnic, Newcastle, England
(curated by Ellen Price)
1983 – John Davis Gallery, Akron, Ohio
1983 – The Painting Show, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NYC
1983 – Nature Transformed, Anderson Gallery, VA Commonwealth Univ.,
Richmond
1982 – A Look Back – A Look Forward, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1982 – Four New Painters, Soho Center for Visual Artists, NYC
(curated by Larry Aldrich)
1982 – John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
1982 – Biff Elrod / D. Jack Solomon / Claire Seidl, Root Art Center, Hamilton
College, NY
1981 – Current Memories: Painters Who Use Their Dreams, Small Walls
Gallery, NYC
1981 – Haber Theodore Gallery, NYC
1981 – 22 Wooster Gallery, NYC
1980 – Art in Public Spaces, Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, Brooklyn
1980 – Ten Years of Ten Downtown, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
1978 – Ten Downtown – Artists Open Studios, NYC
C O L L E C T I O N S / C O M M I S S I O N S
Collections
Albright College, Reading, PA
Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Art Solutions for Amherst Capital, New York City
Astrachan Collection, University of New England,
Westbrook Campus, Portland, ME
Bruce Brown, Portland, Maine
Chermayeff and Geismar, New York City
Citibank, New York City
Cohen & Lord, Los Angeles,
CA
Steven G. Conant Collection, DePauw University, IN
Continental Insurance, New York City
Heller Ehrman LLP, New York City
General Instruments Corp., New York City
Integrated Resources, New York City
Sidney Lewis, Best Products Corp., Richmond, VA
Mobil Oil Corp., New York City
Pfizer, Inc, New York City
PMG Associates, The Setai Fifth Avene Hotel, New York City
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN
Sanco General Delaware Corp., New York City
U.S. Department of State – Heritage Assets, Art Bank Program,
Washington D.C.
Voth Barral Design, New York City
White and Case, New York City
Yankee Resources, Inc., Columbus, OH
Commissions
Miller, Anderson, Sherrard, Philadelphia, PA
Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, South Paris, ME
Saul Steinberg, Reliance National Insurance,
Commission Executive Conference Room, New York City
St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort and Spa, Dana Point, CA
2013 Philip Isaacson, “What Was, Is”, Portland Press Herald/Arts and Entertainment, June 10
2013 Britta Konau, “What Was, Is”, Art Current, The Free Press, Portland, ME, June 5
2013 Britta Konau, “Double Feature”, Art Issue, Maine Home and Design Magazine, April
2013 Edgar Allen Beem, “Univ. of Maine Museum of Art’s I-95 Triennial”, Yankee Magazine. April
2013 Amy Cheng, Art Editor, The Stone Canoe Journal, Number 7, Syracuse University
2012 Britta Konau, “Collecting Time”, The Canvas, Maine Home and Design Magazine, August
2013 Britta Konau, Four Shows at CMCA(The Center for Maine Contemporary Art) Free Press
Phil Isaascson, “Four Shows” four times the quality in Rockport, Portland Press Herald
2012
Philip Isaacson
No ordinary January, thanks to a cool couple of shows, Lewis Gallery
2012
Nicholas Schroeder
Domestic life viewed by 17 Maine photogs, Still tales, Lewis Gallery
2011
Daniel Kany, Drawing the Line #8, June Fitzpatrick Gallery
2010
John Haber, Something To Add, NEW.YORK ART.CRIT
Carl Little
Field of Vision, Photographing Maine: Ten Years Later
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
Art New England
Philip Isaacson
”CMCA 2010 Biennial”, Portland Herald Press/Maine Sunday Telegram
2009
Joe Walentini, Claire Seidl, Etched Monotypes,VanDeb Editions, 313 West 37th Street, New York, NY
Philip Isaacson
”Black & White”, Portland Herald Press/Maine Sunday Telegram
2008
”Different Dimension – International Photography Biennial”, Zoom Photo Magazine
2007
John Haber, “Up From Abstraction”, Artillery Magazine
Stephanie Buhmann, The Brooklyn Rail
Philip Isaacson, “Photography in ‘Altered’ State”, Portland Herald Press/Maine Sunday Telegram
Philip Isaacson
”Impressive ‘Body’ of Work”, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
2005
Philip Isaacson,”Outside In: Eight Maine Photographers”, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
2004
Stephen Maine, “Claire Seidl at Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art”, Art in America
Mario Naves
”Versed in Two Mediums, Seidl Imparts Beauty, Fortitude”, The New York Observer
Joseph Walentini
”Claire Seidl at Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art”, Abstract Art Online
2003
Karen Marzlof, “Interior/Exterior: Five Perspectives on Landscape Photography”
The Portsmouth New Hampshire Wire
Joseph Walentini, “Claire Seidl at Kristin Frederickson Contemporary Art”
Abstract Art Online
2002
Phil Isaacson, “Paintings and Photos: The Twain Do Meet”
Maine Sunday Telegram
2001
Mario Naves, “Claire Seidl at Rosenberg + Kaufman”
The New York Observer
Joseph Walentini, “Claire Seidl at Rosenberg + Kaufman,”
Abstract Art Online.
1999
Grace Glueck, “Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art”
The New York Times
Dominique Nahas, REVIEW: January.
1997
Lilly Wei, Art in America: January
1996
Sue Scott, ART News: September
Mario Naves, New Art Examiner: September
Karen Wilkin , Partisan Review 3
1992
Ken Greenleaf, Maine Sunday Telegram
Edgar Allen Beem, Maine Times
1991
Vivien Raynor, “Review: New Currents in Watercolor”, The New York Times
1989
Robert Morgan, ARTS Magazine: February
1987
Vered Lieb, ARTS Magazine: February
Stephen Westfall, Art in America: January
1985
Benjamin Forgey, The Washington Post
Dorothy Shinn, The Akron Beacon Journal
Stephen Westfall, ARTS Magazine: February.
1983
Marina Vaizey, The London Sunday Times
1982
Jacqueline Moss, The New York Times
Glenn C. Tomlinson, The Spectator: Hamilton College
1980
Joseph P. Fries, The New York Times