Lauren Clay
Threshold, 2025
colored pencil on paper
21h x 15w in
LC056
Lauren Clay
Kingdom Economy, 2025
colored pencil on paper
21h x 15w in
LC055
Lauren Clay
Tree of Life, 2025
colored pencil on paper
21h x 15w in
LC054
Lauren Clay
The Traveler, 2024
colored pencil on paper
21h x 25w in
LC053
Lauren Clay
Stepped Passage, 1/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
22h x 14w in
LC045
Lauren Clay
Stepped Passage, 2/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
22h x 14w in
LC046
Lauren Clay
Stepped Passage, 3/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
22h x 14w in
LC047
Lauren Clay
Rippled Stair, 1/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
23h x 17.25w in
LC044
Lauren Clay
Twin Arches, 3/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
22h x 16.50w in
LC043
Lauren Clay
Twin Arches, 1/4, 2023
marbled acrylic on cast hydrocal
23h x 17.25w in
LC041
Lauren Clay
Elixer, 2022
oil, acrylic, paper pulp, polystyrene, on panel
35h x 22w x 2.50d in
LC027
Lauren Clay
Axis Mundi, 2022
oil paint, paper pulp, mixed media on panel
46h x 35w x 3d in
LC037
Lauren Clay
The Helper, 2022
oil paint, paper pulp, mixed media on panel
51h x 44w x 3d in
LC036
Lauren Clay
Mutable Arch, 2022
oil paint, paper pulp, mixed media on panel
22h x 14w x 3d in
LC038
Lauren Clay
Demi Telesterion, 2022
oil, acrylic, paper pulp, polystyrene, on panel
33h x 21w x 3d in
LC028
Lauren Clay
Study for Knotted Wall with Steps and Arrowslit View, 2021
colored pencil on paper
15h x 11.50w in
LC031
Lauren Clay
Stacked Window with Knot, 2021
colored pencil on paper
18.50h x 15w in
LC024
Lauren Clay
Study for Blue Keyhole Gateway, 2021
colored pencil on paper
15h x 11.50w in
LC032
Lauren Clay
Study for Saint Barbara, 2021
colored pencil on paper
15h x 11.25w in
LC033
Lauren Clay
Magonia and the Knotted Threshold, 2022
colored pencil on paper
21h x 15w in.
LC029
Lauren Clay
Knotted wall with steps, 2021
colored pencil on paper
15h x 11w in.
LC025
Lauren Clay
Sentry, 2022
colored pencil on paper
21h x 15w in.
LC030
Lauren Clay
Double Window Study, 2021
colored pencil on paper
15h x 11w in
LC009
Lauren Clay
Veiled Window Study, 2020
colored pencil on paper
15h x 11w in
LC010
Lauren Clay’s installations and sculptures allude to the ethereal architecture of dreams, visionary experiences, and astral travel. Influenced by both personal and collective dream imagery, Clay transforms this amorphous subject matter into a physical reality that is ornate and visceral. Her wall-based sculptures compress and distort space with low-relief architectural carvings, and hand-painted marble. Stairs, doorways, windows, and energetic pathways intertwine, alluding to passageways that are never quite attainable. Clay’s sculptural works are often exhibited within immersive mural-sized wallpaper installations which manipulate and play with the existing gallery architecture, creating additional layers of illusion. At this hypnagogic gateway, the viewer slips into the indeterminate theater of the dream world. These works are an invitation for the viewer to enter, and complete the scene by turning the gaze inward with their own mind’s eye.
Lauren Clay grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Clay’s work is influenced by her interests in dream analysis, Jungian psychology, esoteric texts, mythology, yoga, and architecture.
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Threshold Drawings
May 20 - June 17, 2023
Lauren Clay
Tales from the Viewing Room | While Sleeping, Watch
February 15 - May 02, 2022
Lauren Clay
Tales from the Viewing Room | While Sleeping, Watch
February 15 - May 02, 2022
Lauren Clay
Tales from the Viewing Room | While Sleeping, Watch
February 15 - May 02, 2022
Lauren Clay
Tales from the Viewing Room | While Sleeping, Watch
February 15 - May 02, 2022
Lauren Clay
In the Viewing Room | Group exhibition
April 15 - May 30, 2026
Lauren Clay
In the Viewing Room | Group exhibition
April 15 - May 30, 2026
Lauren Clay
In the Viewing Room | Group exhibition
April 15 - May 30, 2026
Lauren Clay & Cris Worley discuss the artist's solo exhibition, While Sleeping, Watch, on view at CWFA February 15 - April 4, 2020.
