Born in Chicago
Lives and works in Los Angeles


Education

2011
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2003
BA, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH


Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2026
Flowers, apples, eggs, milk, Art in the Park, Los Angeles, CA

2025
Dust in the door, Safemart SF, San Francisco, CA

2015 
Astral camisole, Sixth Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, CA
TELEPHONES (with Anne Guro Larsmon), Sixth Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, CA

2014
Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012
Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011
Thesis, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2010
Rena Small, Claire Nereim, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Julie Cloutier, Claire Nereim, Jancar Jones Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
An Alphabet of Famous Mountains, The LAB, San Francisco, CA


Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
Goddess & Gaze, Flower Head, Los Angeles, CA

2024
One door closing, Neutra VDL House, Los Angeles, CA
De-materializing, Neutra VLD House, Los Angeles, CA

2020
Care Package, Vielmetter, Los Angeles, CA

2017
KNOWLEDGES, Mount Wilson Observatory, Mount Wilson, CA
Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2016
Please have enough acid in the dish!, M+B, Los Angeles, CA
“Things”, Soccer Club Club, Chicago, IL
Sub Rosa, LOUDHAILER, Los Angeles, CA

2015
Reagan Babies, Ms. Barbers, Los Angeles, CA

2014
Pool Heat, Verdens Ende Kunstforeningen, Tjøme, Norway

2013
Table Setting, Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
An exhibition which come and goes as it pleases, Et al., San Francisco, CA
Murmurial, Curtat Tunnel, Lausanne, Switzerland
Set Pieces, Cardi Black Box, Milan, Italy

2012
Ex Libris, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011
Claire Nereim, Kate Owens, Sean Talley, Alice Tippit, Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
All this happpened more or less, The Popular Workshop, San Francisco, CA
That’s How We Know the Tongue is Blind, Curtat Tunnel, Lausanne, Switzerland
Intimacies, Farley Building, Los Angeles, CA

2010
Plastic Theatre, The Barn, Los Angeles, CA
Breaking the Spine, Rare Device, San Francisco, CA
Editions, Jancar Jones Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009
Nothing, Jancar Jones Gallery at No., San Francisco, CA
Retractions, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2008
Collection II, PLAySPACE, San Francisco, CA
Code Switchers, The LAB, San Francisco, CA


Awards and Residencies

2026
at Louis Place Artist Publishing Cohort
MRH Fund for Artists Award (18th Street Arts Center)

2025
Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, Collar Works, Granville, NY

2024
Studio Boîte Artist’s Book Award Finalist
Casa Sunny Luna Residency, Yucca Valley, CA

2015
Center for Cultural Innovation Quick Grant

2011
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Nomination
Dean’s Award, California Institute of the Arts

2010
Ahmanson Grant, California Institute of the Arts


Writing and Published Projects

2024
The Fork in the Salad, MATERIAL 5 edited by Kim Schoen and Ginny Cook
Riddles of the Sphinx, risograph print in collaboration with Patricia Fernández

2020
Care Package, collaborative zine, with Krista Buecking, Akina Cox, Esther Pearl Watson and Ariane Vielmetter

2016
The Arbor, Artist’s project, X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 3
Tic Toc, Artist’s book, published by Golden Spike Press, open edition

2011
Intimacies, exhibition publication with essay by Alexandro Segade

2008
STYMIE, Artist’s book, in collaboration with Julie Cloutier, edition of 50

Press

2025
Art Bae, Editor's Pick: 'Dust in the Door' at Safemart SF, Andrew Berardini, 12/2025

2017
Los Angeles Times, Where the stars and art align, Carolina A. Miranda, 6/3/2017
LA Weekly, 5 Art Shows to See in LA This Week, Catherine Wagley, 5/31/2017

2015
Contemporary Art Review LA, 'Reagan Babies' at Ms. Barbers, Aaron Horst, 8/5/2015

2013
San Francisco Arts Quarterly, Artist Highlight: Claire Nereim, Issue 14
SFAQ Online, An exhibition which comes and goes as it pleases, Kathryn McKinney, 8/2013

2011
Art Practical, All this happened more or less, Glen Helfand, 9/2011
Frankie Magazine, Wild Flowers, Lara Burke, Issue 40, March/April 2011
Journal of Artists' Books, Portrait of the Artists as Young Book Makers, April Sheridan, Issue 25

2010
San Francisco Chronicle, Don't Miss: Julie Cloutier/Claire Nereim,
    Mary Eisenhart, 3/25/2010

2009
PAPER Magazine, Paperlogo, April 2009
Artweek, 'Retractions' at Root Division, David Buuck, 3/2009
Philadelphia Inquirer, Bloom Time, Joy Deangdeelert Cho, 1/2/2009

2008
Artlog.com, 'Code Switchers' at the LAB, James Rohrbach, 9/2008

2007
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Local Artist Pick: Claire Nereim, 12/5-12/11/2007
The Believer, Featured Artist, (The Art Issue), November/December 2007 

2005
Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Unburied Treasures, Barbara Prior, Winter 2005