Claire Zarouhee Nereim
CV
Born in Chicago
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2011, MFA, California Institute of the Arts
2003, BA, Oberlin College
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2015, TELEPHONES, Anne Guro Larsmon and Claire Nereim, Sixth Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, CA
2014, Claire Nereim, Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012, Claire Nereim, 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
Claire Nereim, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2007, An Alphabet of Famous Mountains, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025, Goddess & Gaze, Flower Head, Los Angeles, CA
One door closes, Neutra VDL House, Los Angeles, CA
De-materializing, Neutra VDL House, Los Angeles, CA
2020, Care Package, Vielmetter, Los Angeles, CA
2017, KNOWLEDGES, Mount Wilson Observatory, Los Angeles, 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 comes 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 happened 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
2007, New Forms, Admin/CCA, San Francisco, CA
2006, Book Art, Oberlin Public Library, Oberlin, OH
2003, Convergence, Here Here Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Text and Image, Clarence Ward Art Library, Oberlin, OH
Writing and Published Projects
2024, The Fork in the Salad, excerpted essay, MATERIAL 5, edited by Kim Schoen and Ginny Cook
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, Volume 18, Number 3
Tic Toc, artists book, published by Golden Spike Press, open edition
2011, What it feels like for a girl, contribution to publication by Amy Howden-Chapman
Intimacies, exhibition publication, essay by Alejandro Segade
2008, STYMIE, artists' book, collaboration with Julie Cloutier, edition of 50
Bibliography
2015, Contemporary Art Review LA, 'Reagan Babies' at Ms. Barbers, Aaron Horst, August 5 Awards and Residencies
2025, Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, Collar Works, Granville, NY
2013, SFAQ, Interview: Claire Nereim, Ava Jancar and Eric Jones, Issue 14
SFAQ Online, An exhibition which comes and goes as it pleases, Kathryn McKinney, August
2011, Art Practical, Shotgun Review: All this happened more or less, Glen Helfand, September
Frankie Magazine, Wild Flowers, Lara Burke, Issue 40, March/April
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, March 25
Lines & Shapes Volume 10: Color, Lena Corwin and Maria Vettese, Lines and Shapes Publications, New York, NY
2009, Print Magazine, Regional Design Annual, December
PAPER Magazine, Paperlogo, Featured Artist, April
Artweek, 'Retractions' at Root Division, David Buuck, March
Philadelphia Inquirer, Bloom Time, Joy Deangdeelert Cho, January 2
2008, Print Magazine, Regional Design Annual, December
Artlog.com, 'Code Switchers' at the LAB, James Rohrbach, September
2007, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Local Artist Pick: Claire Nereim, December 5-11
The Believer, Featured Artist, November/December (The Art Issue)
2005, Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Unburied Treasures, Barbara Prior, Winter
2024, Studio Boîte Artist’s Book Award Finalist
Casa Sunny Luna Residency, Yucca Valley, CA
2015, Center for Cultural Innovation Quick Grant
2011, Dean's Award, California Institute of the Arts
2010, Ahmanson Grant, California Institute of the Arts