Dee Clements
B. 1980, Rochester, NY / Lives in Chicago, IL
Represented by Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
Education
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, MFA, 3D Design, 2020
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, BFA, Fiber + Material Studies + Sculpture, 2003
Professional
Studio Herron, Owner/designer/creative director, Furniture + textile studio, 2011-2023
Solo Exhibitions
(Title TBD) Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami FL (Forthcoming 2025)
Woven Forms; Past work of Dee Clements, University of Texas, San Antonio, June 2024
Yes is a Pleasant Country, Nina Johnson Gallery, solo presentation Felix Art Fair, 2024
The Future Has an Ancient Heart, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL 2023
Chthulucene, 65 Grand, Chicago, IL 2023
Dee Clements, The Future Perfect, NY, NY 2022
Textile Studies, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL 2018
For Beginners, Kea Carpets & Kilims, Hudson, NY 2017
Backstitched, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006
Group Exhibitions
Objects USA, R + Company, New York, NY, August 2024, (Forthcoming)
Crossings, Kasmin, NYC, July/Aug 2024
Star Roving, The Pit, LA, June 2024,
In the Presence Of, September Gallery, Kinderhook, NY 2023
Design Miami, The Future Perfect, Miami, FL 2022
Never Normal, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI 2020
Substance, Detroit Center for Design and Technology, Sept 2019
Object Society, Montauk Sofa Showroom, June-August 2019
Ventura Futures, Salone Del Mobile, Design Week, Milan 2019
After Memphis, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Nov 2018-Jan 2019
W.I.P, Ann Arbor Art Center, Fall 2018
Bound and Boundless, University of Arkansas, Sugar Gallery, August-Sept 2017.
Hygge, Group Fibers Exhibition, Petoskey Arts Center, Petoskey, MI 2017
Drawn Together, Alpineum Produzenten Galerie, Luzerne Switzerland, 2011
Ten x Ten, Living Room Gallery, Chicago IL 2011
Re:, Post Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010
Everything is Changing, Simple Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008
Art Chicago, Aaron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007
The Lab, Aaron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006
Stitched in Time, Mess Hall, Chicago, IL 2005
Digital Origins, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta GA, 2004
Art in Display, Curated by Krystina Comer 2004
Uneven Selvedges, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003
Lecture + Symposium
University of Texas, San Antonio, Keynote Lecture, Spring 2024
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Lecture, Spring 2024
Arizona State University, Lecture, Spring 2022
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Second Year Presentation, Fall 2019
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Summer Teaching Artist Lecture, Fall, 2018
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Summer Teaching Artist Lecture, Summer 2017
Co-Curator, A-Z West, Weaving + Textiles Symposium, Co-Curated with Andrea Zittel + Christy Matson, October 2017
Co-Curator, A-Z West, Weaving + Textiles Symposium, Co-Curated with Andrea Zittel and Christy Matson, October 2016
Visiting Artist Lecturer, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, 2016
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Ideo Chicago, 2015
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Owens College, 2012
Residency + Awards
Oxbow School of Art, Artist-in-Residence, July 2024
Peter S Reed Award, Unrestricted cash award, 2024
Icelandic Textile Center, Artist-in-Residence, November 2016
Visiting Artist Teaching
Universidad Catolica de Temeco, Temeco Chilé, Sculptural Basketry, Fall 2023
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Sculptural Basketry Natural Color, co-taught w/ Emily Endo, Deer Isle, ME 2023
Maine College of Art, Low Residency Graduate Program, Graduate Advisor, Chicago, IL 2023
Anderson Ranch, Sculptural Basketry, Snowmass, CO 2023
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Off Loom Weaving, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2019
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Hand Tufting Deer Isle, ME, 2018
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Composition + Materiality, Weft-Faced Rug Weaving and Design Deer Isle, ME, 2017
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Textile Design, Dept. of Continuing Education, Chicago, IL, 2017
Juror Panelist
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Juror for the Open Studio Residency, Spring, 2018
Selected Reviews + Articles
Martin, Hannah, Ones to Watch Profile, Architectural Digest, 2023 (forthcoming)
Carpenter, Wava, This Woman’s Work, Design Miami, 2023
Singer, Jill, Khemserov, Monica, American Design Hotlist, Sight Unseen, 2023
Valicenti, Rick, Design Objects issue, New City Magazine, November 2019 p.28-29
Leavitt, Elly Domino Magazine (online) March 2019.
Wasserman, Sydney, 13 Abstract Throws That Will Instantly Make Over a Blah Home,
Architectural Digest. (online) October 26,2017.
Won, Ji Ji, Ready for Autumn, Marie Claire Korea, October 2019
Rao, Priya, In 2018, More College Towns Will Get Bespoke Hotels, Vogue (Online), December, 2017.
Pfaff, Jennifer. Radar Datebook: Dee Clements, Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine Nov/Dec 2016: p.126 Vanette, Dora. Talent Pool, Metropolis Magazine, Oct. 2016: p.82-85.
Sheffield, Lauren, The List, Harpers Bazaar, (Online) May 2016
Shapiro, Deborah. Dee Clements of Chicago’s Herron Studio, Site Unseen, Aug. 2015 Smelko, Sabrina. Life + Business: Dee Clements of Herron, Design Sponge, Aug 2015.
Shin, Nara. , A New Kind of Hybrid, Cool Hunting, May 2015.
Born, Kathryn. Made in Chicago: How Dee Clements Weaves One-of-a-Kind Textiles, Marriot Traveler, April 2015.
Book Bibliography
Treggidon, Katie, Weaving Contemporary Makers on the Loom, Ludion, 2018.