Chivas Clem (b. 1971, Paris, TX; lives and works in Paris, TX) is a multimedia artist, working across film, photo, sculpture, and painting. A graduate from the prestigious Whitney Independent Study Program, Clem is known for launching the influential artists space The Fifth International in New York, which championed the work of Wade Guyton, Rob Pruitt, Kaith Mayerson, Alex Bag, Jonathan Horowitz, and others.
Select solo exhibitions include Chivas Clem: Selections from Shirttail Kin, Bill Arning Exhibitions, Houston, TX (2022); Chivas Clem: The Tenderness of the Wolves, Basketshop, Cincinnati, OH (2018); Chivas Clem: Desperate to Appear Sophisticated and Other Titles, Erin Cluley Gallery, Dallas, TX (2015); Library/Night, Maccarone, New York, NY (2011); Leap into the Void, Maccarone New York, NY (2004); and Chivas Clem, PLAY Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2004). Select group exhibitions include American Rituals, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France (2024); Lucky For Men, Bortolami, New York, NY (2021); Open Archive, FotoFocus Biennial, Cincinnati, OH (2018); Une Histoire,Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (2014); Los Americanos, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX (2013); Down by Law, The Wrong Gallery in collaboration with the Whitney Biennial, New York, NY (2006); Sentimental Education, Deitch Projects, New York, NY (2001); and Chivas Clem, Anders Edström, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France (2000). His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The Centre George Pompidou in Paris, and private collections in the United States and Europe.