Clint Baclawski

Clint Baclawski (born 1981) is a Boston-based artist who works with photography and light, shooting on an analog camera and transforms the prints into light-filled installation pieces.[1][2][3]

Clint Baclawski
Born1981
NationalityAmerican
EducationMassachusetts College of Art and Design
AgentAbigail Ogilvy
Known forPhotography and installation art
Websitehttps://www.clintbaclawski.com/

Biography

Born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Baclawski attended Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for his BFA and Bucknell University for post-baccalaureate study. He then attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design for his MFA.[4][1][5]

"Greener Pastures," by Clint Baclawski was included in the Castles in the Sky: Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art show at Lehman College, New York, NY (2018-2019).

Style of work

Baclawski's work are installations "composed of film image fragments stuffed inside polycarbonate tubes, propped onto mirrored Plexiglas and back-lit by LED lights."[6] This style of art "feels both intimate and epic; he wraps you up in a world by breaking it down into slices."[7] The Boston Art Review noted how Baclawski's work connects to his undergraduate degree in advertising photography especially the use of "back-lit imagery" to convey glamour to rural photographs.[6] Baclawski " works with light, imagery, and installation, pushing the boundaries of the traditional photographic frame" (Frame Magazine, 2018).[1] Cate McQuaid of the Boston Globe Said of his solo show “Fringe” that "Baclawski models the enchantments and perils of desire. From afar, an object of yearning — a lover, salvation, relief from pain — floods the imagination with its perfections.[8]

"Zephyr," was included in the 2017 HUBweek Boston.

Solo exhibitions

2014 Chromogenic, The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA [9]

2014 Pink Church, 301 Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA [10]

2015 Lush, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA [11]

2015 ACTINIC, Alternative Photography Festival of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland [12]

2016 Clint Baclawski: Luminous, Adelson Galleries, Boston, MA[13]

2017 Zephyr, HUBweek Boston, City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA [5][3]

2019 Fringe, Abigail Ogilvy, Boston, MA [8]

References
  1. Elena Castle, Kanae Hasegawa, Amara Holstein, Tracey Ingram, Sophie Lovell, Billy Nolan, Jonathan Openshaw, Inês Revés, Anna Sansom, Louise Schouwenberg, Jane Szita, Femke de Wild (25 September 2018). One Artist, One Material: Fifty-five makers on their medium. Frame Publishers. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-94-92311-27-6.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Clint Baclawski creates seemingly endless environments with ethereal light installations". Frame Publishers. 2018-02-26. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  3. "A former ad man becomes a full-time artist, by way of film and light". Frame Publishers. 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  4. "Clint Baclawski". MassArt. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  5. HUBweek (2017-08-01). "HUBweek Artist of the Day: Clint Baclawski". HUBweek. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  6. Zminda, Phil (2018-08-02). "Clint Baclawski Images an Ad-Less America in Flashing Lights". Boston Art Review. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  7. McQuaid, Cate (2014-01-22). "The myth of the west, and its murky construction". Boston Globe.
  8. "With a new show, Boston artist Clint Baclawski invites viewers closer for the full story - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  9. "The Hallway Gallery Opening Reception for Chromogenic [01/11/14]". www.thebostoncalendar.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  10. "Gallery Update: Clint Baclawski at Frame 301 Gallery". Montserrat College of Art. 2014-01-29. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  11. "Exhibit Photographs by Clint Baclawski Oct. 29-Dec. 4". Art and Design Department. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  12. "apsnew | Features". Alternative Photography Scotland. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  13. McQuaid, By Cate. "Artist Clint Baclawski helps us see photographs in a different way - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
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