Born in South Africa, 1964.
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| 01.2007 | TORTURE – Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 02-03.2005 | Uncovered, Upfront Gallery , Ventura, CA |
| 10-11.2004 | Numb & Number - Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 08-10.2004 | WARNING! – Axis Gallery, NY, NY |
| 10-12.2003 | Criminal Vol. 2 – The African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland, CA |
| 01.2002 | Clinton Fein’s Annoy.com – Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 09.2008 | The Other Mainstream II: Selections From the Collection of Mikke and Stanley Weithorn – The Arizona State University Art Museum, Sept. 27, 2008 – January 4, 2009 True to its name, the exhibition reflects the dominance in the contemporary art world of artists from diverse backgrounds working with new issues of identity – a new mainstream. With most of the works in the exhibition created since 9/11, the collection is bold in its commentary on global concerns and in its figurative imagery. The paintings, drawings and sculptures reach beyond simply examining the assigned powers in politics, gender, and race, and move to a broader examination of our humanity through humor or fantasy or blunt honesty. Artists include: Emma Amos, Sanford Biggers, Iona Rozeal Brown, Gordon Cheung, Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Edward del Rosario, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Tom Duncan, Nekisha Durrett, Edouard Duval-Carrie, Marcel Dzama, Clinton Fein, Luiz Flavio, Chitra Ganesh, Amiee Garcia, Deborah Grant, Elizabeth Huey, John Jodzio, Ai Kijima, Min Kim, Machida Kumi, Marcia Kure, Carter Kustera, Maximillian Lawrence, Dinh Qa, Monika JM Lin, Whitfield Lovell, Paul Marcus, Bradley McCallum, Dominic McGill, Vik Muniz, Brett Murray, Chris Ofili, Lamar Peterson, Moritz Schleime, Claudette Schreuders, Rachell Sumpter, Jacqueline Tarry, Masami Teraoka, Mickalene Thomas, Jamie Vasta, Tran Trong Vu, Roy Wasson Valle, Caleb Weintraub, Amy Wilson, Su-en Wong, Zhang Xiaogang, Steve Yazzie. |
| 09.2008 | Banned and Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship – African American Library and Museum at Oakland, Sept. 5 – Dec. 31, 2008 |
| 09.2007 | Art Beijing – National Agricultural Exhibition Center. Beijing, China, With Michael Petronko Gallery, New York, NY |
| 04 – 07.2006 | Visual Politics: The Art of Engagement – American University Museum
, Katzen Arts Center
, Washington, DC
On tour from the San Jose Museum of Art, this Museum exhibition focuses on art from the West Coast to examine the interconnected history of art and politics since the Cold War. Free speech, Vietnam, black power, gay rights, Chicano liberation, the environmental movement, poverty, immigration, and nuclear war are among the issues explored. The exhibition includes a 300-page book by Berkeley art historian Peter Selz, and Gallery Talks by Selz and by exhibition curator Susan Landauer. |
| 02 – 04.2005 | Imprints, Axis Gallery NY, New York. Works on paper by noted South African artists William Kentridge, Kim Berman, Linga Diko, Stephan Erasmus, Clinton Fein, David Goldblatt, Robert Hodgins, David Koloane, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Brett Murray, Sam Nhlengethwa, Diana Page, Tracey Rose, Nyanda Tom, Hentie van der Merwe, and Graeme Williams. |
| 02.2005 | San Francisco International Art Exposition:http://www.sfiae.com/, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, with Toomey Tourell Fine Art |
| 11.2004 | BIG – Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 06.2004 | Fear Will Not Silence Us!!!! Anti-Militarist Art Show! Not in Our Name”:http://www.notinourname.net, French Fry Factory, Oakland, CA |
| 05.2004 | Scope Los Angeles, Standard Hotel, West Hollywood, CA with Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco CA |
| 03.2004 | Scope New York:http://www.scope-art.com/, Hotel Gansevoort NY, NY with Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 02.2004 | Academy of Friends and Visual Aid Art Auction:“http://www.academyoffriends.org/ , Group Exhibition – Clift Hotel. |
| 12.2003 | Scope Miami:http://www.scope-art.com/, The Townhouse Hotel, Miami Beach, FL, with Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 11.2003 | Big Deal X - Visual AID’S 10th Annual ‘Big Deal’ Art Sale and Fundraiser. |
| 01.2002 | Clinton Fein’s Annoy.com: Solo Exhibition – Toomey Tourell Fine Art New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd called it obscene and illegal, corporate trademark attorneys bristle over it, and renowned artist Lynda Benglis has dubbed it “Press Art.” In April 1999, the United States Supreme Court weighed in, issuing an affirmation that upheld the basic premise of annoy.com: indecent communications intended to annoy are protected by the First Amendment of America’s constitution. Clinton Fein insists that the fundamental right to annoy, even if indecently, is one of the most effective tools we have to counter apathy and challenge complacency, and annoy.com proved the ultimate test. The images in this exhibition are the direct manifestation of that challenge, extracted from their interactive context, adjusted and translated into a static medium using a Color Cruse Camera process to create archival quality, state-of-the art color photographic Type C Prints. The images selected for the exhibition represent a snapshot of the events, people and brands that are rooted in Clinton Fein and Annoy.com’s already formidable history. |
| 11.2002 | Visual Aid’s 9th Annual BIG DEAL Art Sale and Benefit – Group Exhibition – SOMARTS |
| 02.2003 | Academy of Friends and Visual Aid Art Auction – Group Exhibition – Clift Hotel |
| 10.2002 | ICON – Group Exhibition – Yerba Buena Center for the Arts |
Rules of Engagement
Marcia E. Vetrocq, Art in America
June/July, 2008
SF billboards display peace messages
ABC News, San Francisco
May 27, 2008
Clinton Fein at Toomey Tourell
Peter Selz, Art in America
December, 2007
Iraq inspires surge of protest art
Peter Beaumont, The Observer
September 9, 2007
The Horror of Torture, Reinterpreted through Art
By Kenneth Baker, The San Francisco Chronicle
January 20, 2007
Precision Strike
By Michael Leaverton, SF Weekly
January 17, 2007