SAI CLAYTON
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  • Work
    • neutral zone
    • Game of Two Halves
    • HAFU
    • Thesaurus of Self
    • COVID Sketchbook
  • About
  • cv
SAI CLAYTON
SAI CLAYTON
Lives & works in Nashville, TN
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024             The Forge, Nashville, TN
                       Game of Two Halves, Electric Shed, Nashville, TN
2023             HĀFU, Random Sample, Nashville, TN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024              Rise Above, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
                       Switchyard 1, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
                       Art Between the Avenues, The Forge, Arcade Arts, Nashville, TN
                       Between Heaven and Earth, We Build Our Home​, Memphis Urban Art Commission Gallery, Memphis, TN

                       Clear Mirror, Bobby/Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN 
                       Cosa Nostra, Red 225, Nashville, TN
2023             Block Party, Random Sample, Nashville, TN 
                       Artville, The Forge, Nashville, TN
                       Tribe, Electric Shed, Nashville, TN 
                       Distinct Impressions, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
2022             Graphic, Random Sample, Nashville, TN
                       Poetics of Materiality, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN
                       Art of the South Presented by Number: INC, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
                       Drawers, Adult Contemporary, Nashville, TN
2021             On the Periphery, Todd Hall Glass Gallery, Nashville, TN
2019             Nature-Ish, Todd Hall Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
                       Stones River Battlefield National Park Museum, Murfreesboro, TN
                       GIFC, Elephant Gallery, Nashville, TN

CURATORIAL
2025              Where Are We?, Begonia Labs x EADJ, Nashville, TN
2023–P         COOP Gallery, Curatorial Director, Nashville, TN
2023
             The Mall, Mikki Yamashiro, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN

2022–23       COOP Gallery, Curatorial Lead, Nashville, TN
2022             Art of the South, Number: INC, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
                       Further Hues, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
2017             Summer Arts Festival, MOMO Art Collective, Nashville, TN
                       Pop-Up Art Show, MOMO Art Collective, Nashville, TN

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024             Acree, Cat, Writer's Choice: Best Artist to Watch, Nashville Scene
2023
             Hunter, Laura, Critic’s Pick: Best Solo Debut, Nashville Scene

                       Nolan, Joe, Sai Clayton: HĀFU, Number: INC Magazine
                       Hunter, Laura, A Solo Exhibit from Sai Clayton Explores the Dual Nature of Biracialism, Nashville Scene    
                       Hunter, Laura, Critic’s Pick, Nashville Scene
2022             Edition 104, Number: INC Magazine
                       Spring Issue, Collage Magazine
2021             Spring Issue, Collage Magazine
2019             Fall Issue, Collage Magazine
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RESIDENCIES
2024             Hamblet Artist-in-Residence, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2023             Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
2023–24      STATE Gallery, Nashville, TN

EDUCATION
2022             BA, Visual Arts, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
2018             AS, Nashville State Community College, Nashville, TN

SELECTED EXPERIENCES
2024–P        Artist in Residence Programming Director, Arcade Arts, Nashville, TN
2023–P        Executive Director, Number: INC Magazine, Nashville, TN
2022–23      Art Consultant, DZL Management, Nashville, TN
2022–23      Studio Assistant, Elizabeth Stern, Nashville, TN
2022             American for the Arts: Diversity in Arts Leadership, OZ Arts, Nashville, TN
2021–22     Curatorial Fellowship, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
2017–21     After-School Art Teacher, University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN
2015            Summer Academy, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN