SAI CLAYTON
Lives & works in Nashville, TN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Blood On My Hands, Fish In My Veins, Radar615, Nashville, TN
2025 [Freeze Frame], OZ Arts, Nashville, TN
2024 neutral zone, The Forge, Nashville, TN
Game of Two Halves, Electric Shed, Nashville, TN
2023 HĀFU, Random Sample, Nashville, TN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Good Spirits, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
Flux, Haley Gallery x The Forge, Nashville, TN
State of Mind, MADE Foundation, Nashville, TN
Summer Break, Sheet Cake Gallery, Memphis, TN
Pacific Family, Fido Cafe, Nashville, TN
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
2026 In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century, Frist Art Museum, Co-Curator, Nashville, TN
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
RESIDENCIES
2025 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, Nebraska City, NE
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
2025 Artist Thrive Summit: Host Committee Member, Nashville, TN
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
Lives & works in Nashville, TN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Blood On My Hands, Fish In My Veins, Radar615, Nashville, TN
2025 [Freeze Frame], OZ Arts, Nashville, TN
2024 neutral zone, The Forge, Nashville, TN
Game of Two Halves, Electric Shed, Nashville, TN
2023 HĀFU, Random Sample, Nashville, TN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Good Spirits, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
Flux, Haley Gallery x The Forge, Nashville, TN
State of Mind, MADE Foundation, Nashville, TN
Summer Break, Sheet Cake Gallery, Memphis, TN
Pacific Family, Fido Cafe, Nashville, TN
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
2026 In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century, Frist Art Museum, Co-Curator, Nashville, TN
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
RESIDENCIES
2025 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, Nebraska City, NE
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
2025 Artist Thrive Summit: Host Committee Member, Nashville, TN
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