Clare Grill is a painter from the west suburbs of Chicago. She grew up in a Catholic family of five kids, all close in age, and has over fifty cousins. There was much play time and not much alone time. She went to college in St. Paul, MN and then moved to New York to get her MFA at Pratt Institute. She lives and works in Queens with her husband Bill who reads all day long for his PhD in English.

She has had a solo exhibition at Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT. Other galleries she’s shown with include: Caren Golden Fine Art and Pierogi Gallery in New York, OH+T Gallery in Boston, and Roots & Culture in Chicago. In 2007, her work was featured on the back cover of New American Paintings Vol. 68. In 2008, her work was reviewed in The New York Times and New Jersey’s Star-Ledger. Clare has participated in the Drawing Center’s Viewing Program, Aljira’s Emerge program, Vermont Studio Center’s residency program and is currently finishing up the Bronx Museum’s Artist in the Marketplace program.