Dee Clements
Chicago, IL
IG: @studio_herron
Education
2020 MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (3D Design)
2003 BFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
(Fiber + Material Studies + Sculpture)
1997-1998 Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2027 (Forthcoming) Art Museum of West Virginia University
2026 Second Spring, solo presentation at Expo Chicago with Mindy Solomon Gallery
2025 Two-person exhibition presentation, Dee Clements + Paul Verdell, Library Street Collective for Arrival Art Fair, North Adams, MA
2025 Late Bloomer, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
Woven Forms; Past work of Dee Clements, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
2024 Yes is a Pleasant Country, Nina Johnson Gallery, solo presentation, Felix Art Fair
The Future Has an Ancient Heart, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
2023 Chthulucene, 65 Grand, Chicago, IL
2022 Introducing Dee Clements, The Future Perfect, NY, NY
2018 Textile Studies, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
2017 For Beginners, Kea Carpets & Kilims, Hudson, NY
2006 Backstitched, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2026 TBA, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
Reversible Destiny, Dreamsong Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Objects USA, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
Aspen Art Fair, Library Street Collective, Aspen, CO
Labyrinth / Laboratory: Selections from The Cranbrook Collection, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Thresholds, NCECA Detroit, Detroit Artist Market
We May Be Soft, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
2025 A New Dawn, Mindy Solomon Gallery group presentation at Design Miami
2025 The Journey Continues, Anderson Collection at Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
2024 Objects USA, R + CO, New York, NY
Crossings, Kasmin, New York, NY
Star Roving, The Pit, LA, CA
2023 In the Presence Of, September Gallery, Kinderhook, NY
2022 Design Miami, The Future Perfect, Miami, FL
2020 Never Normal, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
2019 Substance, Detroit Center for Design and Technology
Object Society, Montauk Sofa Showroom
Ventura Futures, Form + Seek, Salone Del Mobile, Milan
2018 After Memphis, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
W.I.P, Ann Arbor Art Center
2017 Bound and Boundless, University of Arkansas, Sugar Gallery
Hygge, Group Fibers Exhibition, Petoskey Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
2011 Drawn Together, Alpineum Produzenten Galerie, Luzerne, Switzerland
Ten x Ten, Living Room Gallery
2010 Re:, Post Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Everything is Changing, Simple Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Art Chicago, Aaron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 The Lab, Aaron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Stitched in Time, Mess Hall, Chicago, IL
2004 Digital Origins, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta GA
Art in Display, Curated by Krystina Comer
2003 Uneven Selvedges, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Permanent Collections
2026 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2025 Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024 The Anderson Collection at Stanford University, Stanford, California
Lecture + Symposium
2027 (forthcoming) Deem Distinguished Lecture, West Virginia University, School of Art and Design
2026 University of Iowa, Artist Lecture, Spring
2026 University of Georgia, Athens, Keynote lecture, Spring
2024 University of Texas, San Antonio, Keynote Lecture, Spring; Pacific Northwest College of Art, Artist Lecturer, Spring
2022 Arizona State University, Artist Lecture, Spring
2019 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Second Year Presentation, Fall
2018 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Summer Teaching Artist Talk, Fall
2017 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Summer Teaching Artist Talk, Summer
Co-Curator, A-Z West, Weaving + Textiles Symposium, Co-Curated with Andrea Zittel + Christy Matson, October
2016 Co-Curator, A-Z West, Weaving + Textiles Symposium, Co-Curated with Andrea Zittel, + Christy Matson, October
Visiting Artist Lecturer, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
2015 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Ideo Chicago
2012 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Owens College
Awards
2026 Craft Education Grant, Center for Craft
2025 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
Center For Craft Teaching Artist Cohort Grant
2024 Peter S Reed Award
Residency
2026 Forthcoming: Cloud House, Hosted by Dreamsong Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Oxbow School of Art, Artist-in-residence (Summer)
2016 Icelandic Textile Center, Artist-in-residence (Fall)
Professional Experience
2024 - present
Founder, The Weaving Workshop, an artist-run school for individuals and artists to enhance and deepen their knowledge, critical thinking, and creative practices in basket and off-loom weaving and fiber craft.
2011-23
Studio Herron, Owner/designer/creative director, Furniture + textile studio.
Teaching + Academic Positions
2026 Structure as Language: Basketry Beyond Function, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI (Summer)
University of Iowa, Workshop, 3D Design Dept, Spring
University of Georgia, Workshop, Fiber Dept, Spring
2025 Pottery for Plants, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI (Summer)
2024-Present The Weaving Workshop, founder and teacher of ongoing basket weaving workshops, lecture classes
2023 Sculptural Basketry, Universidad Catolica de Temeco, Temeco Chilé, (Fall)
Sculptural Basketry Natural Color, co-taught w/ Emily Endo, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Graduate Advisor, Maine College of Art, Low Residency Graduate Program, Chicago, IL
Anderson Ranch, Sculptural Basketry, Snowmass, CO
2019 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Off Loom Weaving, Bloomfield Hills, MI,
2018 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Hand Tufting Deer Isle, ME
2017 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Composition + Materiality, Weft-Faced Rug Weaving and Design, Deer Isle, ME
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Textile Design, Dept. of Continuing Education, Chicago, IL
Service
2026 Panelist, Spector Craft Prize, Moderated by Michelle Millar Fisher, Crystal Bridges Museum, Fayetteville, AR
2025 Selection Panelist, Center for Cultural Innovation, Investing in Artists: Tools & Equipment
2025 Selection Panelist, Investing in Artists: Tools and Equipment Grant
2018 Juror Panelist, Haystack Mountain School of Craft Open Studio Residency, Deer Isle, ME
Curatorial
2026-27 (Forthcoming) Interwoven: Basketry as Expanded Practice, Group Exhibition, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2026 Spoke, Oxbow House, Douglas, MI
2003 Uneven Selvedges, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected Reviews + Editorial
Lesser, Casey, The Artsy Edit, Artsy, July 29, 2026
Rabb, Maxwell, The Best 5 Booths at Expo Chicago 2026, Artsy, 2026
Martin, Hannah, Ones to Watch Profile, Architectural Digest, 2023
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.
Bibliography
Eckert, Carol + Koplos, Janet, Contemporary Basketry: New Directions from Innovative Artists Worldwide, Schiffer Craft, 2025.
Treggidon, Katie, Weaving Contemporary Makers on the Loom, Ludion, 2018.