Allyson Clay’s artistic practice contends with questions of language, women’s subjectivity, the pathways and permeabilities of urban spaces, and repositories of knowledge. In acknowledgement of Clay’s persistent interest in the city, Double Self-Portrait was commissioned by Presentation House Gallery (now Polygon Gallery) for the long, overhead advertising panel inside the Vancouver Seabus’ Lonsdale terminal, as part of the exhibition Facing History: Portraits of Vancouver, curated by Karen Love in 2001.
Allyson Clay, Double Self-Portrait, 2001, C-print on di-bond aluminum, edition 2/2. SFU Art Collection. Gift of the artist, 2015.
Title
Double Self-Portrait
Artist
Allyson Clay
Year
2001
Medium
C-print on di-bond aluminum
Edition Info
Edition 2/2
Collection
SFU Art Collection
Donor
Gift of the artist
Year Acquired
2015
Artists
Allyson Clay (b. 1953, Vancouver, BC) is retired visual art faculty in SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts. Over the years, her practice has encompassed painting, installation, photographs, text works, and video. Clay has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally and her work belongs to many Canadian and international public and private collections. These include the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the collection of the City of Perugia, and a permanent installation at the Maison Patrimoniale de Barthète, France. She has been the beneficiary of many awards including two Senior Artist Grants from the Canada Council, the Mexico/Canada/USA artist exchange residency, and the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency Program. Clay studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, as well as Temple University Loyola University in Rome. She holds a BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver.