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.

Biography

Born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Baclawski attended Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for his BFA and

Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineering. ...

for post-baccalaureate study. He then attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design for his MFA. Baclawski Greener-Pastures

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." This style of art "feels both intimate and epic; he wraps you up in a world by breaking it down into slices." 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. Baclawski " works with light, imagery, and installation, pushing the boundaries of the traditional photographic frame" ( Frame Magazine, 2018). Cate McQuaid of the

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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. Baclawski Zephyr-01

Solo exhibitions

2014 ''Chromogenic'', The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA 2014 Pink Church, 301 Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA 2015 Lush,

California Polytechnic State University California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Univ ...

, San Luis Obispo, CA 2015 ''ACTINIC'', Alternative Photography Festival of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland 2016 ''Clint Baclawski: Luminous'', Adelson Galleries, Boston, MA 2017 ''Zephyr'', HUBweek Boston, City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA 2019 Fringe, Abigail Ogilvy, Boston, MA

Publications

2010 Clint Baclawski : recent work 2018 One artist, one material : fifty-five makers on their medium

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baclawski, Clint American photographers American installation artists Living people 1981 births