Autumn
Elizabeth
Clark
Education
2015 — University of Chicago, MFA
2011 — Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, BFA Photography
Awards
2015 — University of Chicago, Student Fine Art Grant
2015 — University of Chicago, Post-MFA Teaching Fellowship
2014 — University of Chicago, Full Tuition Fellowship
2007 — Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Three Quarter Tuition Scholarship
Public Collections
2023 — Walton Family
2016 — MoMA Library
2016 — New York Public Library
Solo Exhibitions
2023 — ᙙᙖ‧̥°̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥‧̥Flora‧̥°̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥‧̥ᙙᙖ, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Perspective Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2018 — My Stupid Heart, BOY TOY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Los Angeles, CA
2014 — I Haven’t Cum Yet, Winkelman-Milling Projects, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 — Another Day in Paradise, Parlour & Ramp, Chicago, IL
2022 — Passing Through, Logan Center Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2021 — Fluffy Crimes, Chicago, IL
2019 — Never Gonna Give You Up, VAR Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2019 — Without Batten Without Skin, Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 — Cinco Espacios en el Quinto, Baby Blue Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 — Royal Rumble, BOY TOY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Los Angeles, CA
2017 — Business Casual, 65grand, Chicago, IL
2016 — Chicago Expo, Chicago, IL
2016 — The LA Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2015 — Axis & Allies, Midway Studios, Chicago, IL
2015 — GO AWAY, GHOST SHIP!, Logan Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 — 00000 GHOST $HOW V. BORDERLINE & Attic on Walworth, Milwaukee, WI
2014 — If They Mated, The Honey Hole, Chicago, IL
2012 — 00000 Ghost $how III, Feed Shop, Imagination Giants, Nomadic Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI
2012 — SPACE::, The Project Lodge, Madison, WI
2011 — Afterwards, Gallerie M, Milwaukee, WI
2011 — Group Show, Small Space, Milwaukee, WI
Press & Publications
The New York Times — Guest Essay: “The Internet Needs Sex”, Photo Illustration by Autumn Elizabeth Clark, June 27, 2025
Lenscratch — Focus on Collage: Autumn Elizabeth Clark, Erick Guzman, November 21, 2020
FULL BLEDE — Issue Eight: “The Interpenetrate”, 2019
Vice — Fcked-up Faces of Expo Chicago*, Kate Messinger, September 26, 2016
Professional Experience
2015–2020 — Shashi Caudill Photographs + Fine Art, Art Advisor, Chicago, IL
2016–2017 — Romi Crawford & Lauren Berlant’s Art Advisor, Chicago, IL
“Being Radical…”, Center for the Study of Sexuality and Gender, Chicago, IL, 2017
2015–2016 — Laura Letinsky’s Curatorial Assistant & Researcher, Chicago, IL
“Looking Askance”, GALLERYSKE and UChicago Delhi Center, New Delhi, India, 2015
“Unsuspending Disbelief”, Logan Center Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2016
2014–2015 — Coordinator, University of Chicago MFA Visiting Artist Programming
2012–2013 — Intern, 65grand Gallery, Chicago, IL
Teaching Experience
2016 — Lecturer, University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts
“Introduction to Black & White Photography” (Fall Quarter)
2016 — Lecturer, University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts
“Introduction to Black & White Photography” (Winter Quarter)
2015 — Assistant Lecturer, University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts
Theaster Gates, “Visual Language: On Objects” (Spring Quarter)
2015 — Assistant Lecturer, University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts
William Pope.L, “Graduate Seminar” (Winter Quarter)
2014 — Assistant Lecturer, University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts
Catherine Sullivan, “Visual Language: On Time and Space” (Fall Quarter)
2014 — Assistant Lecturer, University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts
Laura Letinsky, “Advanced Photography” (Spring Quarter)
2014 — Assistant Lecturer, University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts
Karthik Pandian, “Visual Language: On Time and Space” (Winter Quarter)
2013 — Assistant Lecturer, University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts
Katherine Desjardins, “Mixed Media Drawing” (Fall Quarter)