CHIVAS CLEM, Desperate to Appear Sophisticated and Other Titles, Installation view April 2015.
LIVES AND WORKS IN PARIS, TX.
A native of Paris Texas, Clem is a graduate from the prestigious Whitney Independent Study Program. During more than a decade in New York, Clem is known for launching the influential artists space The Fifth International, which championed the work of AaronCurry, Alex Bag, Jonathan Horowitz and others.
Clem’s work has been exhibited widely in the United States and Europe including Deitch Projects in New York, Dallas Contemporary, and Galerie Almine Rech in Paris. His work is in the collection of the Museumof Modern Art, The Centre George Pompidou in Paris, and private collections in the United States and Europe. Clem is currently represented by the Maccarone gallery in New York and Los Angeles.