Laura Clay Hernandez

Laura Clay is a Mexican-American abstract artist, having lived both in the United States and Mexico throughout her life. With this constant travel, she has had the opportunity to encounter and embrace many different lifestyles, contradictory beliefs, and artistic influences. The artist states that Mexico has given her tradition, history, and passion. The United States has provided structure, technique, and personal ambition. From Mexico, she has come to value community and family, and from the United States; self-reliance. She has never felt the need to make a choice between cultures, she has learned to embrace the plurality of perspectives and this plurality colors all her aspirations and goals, especially those that relate to her art. This is especially apparent when looking at the artist’s current body of work; Laura continues to be known for her bold, colorful, large scale paintings, but also, her newer, black and white ink drawings and illustrations depicting her hispanic heritage and female identity. Laura Clay studied her BFA at TCU and attained her MFA from the National Art School of Sydney, Australia.