Claire Colette utilizes a refined geometric language that is both ritualistic and reflective of human beings’ innate biological urge to communicate. Colette’s paintings are meditations on the power of symbols and semiotics. Using her own visual iconography, she evokes possibility, safety and mystery.

Claire Colette (b. 1980, Reims, France) received her MFA from Mills College, Oakland, CA (2013) and her BFA from the Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA. Recent solo exhibitions include: Micki Meng, San Francisco, CA (2023); Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan (2022); 12.26 Dallas, TX (2022); Harper’s, Los Angeles and New York (2021 and 2020); Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID (2020); Ochi Projects, Los Angeles (2018), among others. Recent group shows include: Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2023), Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA (2022); Make Room, Los Angeles, CA (2021), La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2021), among others. She was an Artist in Residence at Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA (2011) and did a Printing Residency at School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (2008). Her work resides in the permanent collection of the de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA. Colette currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.