Claire Milbrath (born 1989, Victoria, British Columbia) is an artist and editor-in-chief of The Editorial Magazine, a print journal on contemporary art. Milbrath earned her BA in History from Concordia University. Milbrath has had solo exhibitions at Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2017), and Groovy Dog Gallery, Milwaukee (2017). Group exhibitions include Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2019), Marie-Laure Fleisch, Brussels (2019), Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg (2019), Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal (2017), and Project Gallery, Toronto (2016).

Born 1989, Victoria, British Columbia
Lives and works in Montréal

Education

2012
BA Concordia University, Montréal

Solo Exhibitions

2018
Artissima (with Steve Turner), Torino, Italy

2017
Crome Yellow, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Poor Gray: Domestic Scenes, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Still Lives, Groovy Dog Gallery, Milwaukee

2015
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Éphémère, Montréal

Group Exhibitions

2019
Enter Art Fair (with Steve Turner), Copenhagen
Fantasia, curated by Claire Milbrath, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Imagined Realities, Marie-Laure Fleisch, Brussels
Paperview, The Hole, New York
Material Art Fair (with Projet Pangée), Mexico City
Power of Ten, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Zona Maco (with Steve Turner), Mexico City
Hypnagogia, Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg

2018
Code Art Fair (with Steve Turner), Copenhagen
Through-Line: Drawing and Weaving by 19 Artists, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
BioPix, Steve Turner, Los Angeles

2017
Vendu-Solde, Esse, Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal
Untitled, Miami Beach (with Steve Turner)
We Live in a Fantasy, NeverApart, Montreal
Domestic Tranquility, 0-0 LA, Los Angeles
Papier, Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montreal
Material Art Fair (with Project Pangée), Mexico City
This Must Be The Place, Lisa Kehler Art + Projects, Winnipeg

2016
As the Morning Lengthened, Whole Parties Appeared Over The Sandhills,
AC Repair Co., Toronto
The Garden, Project Pangée, Montréal
Velvet Ropes, Charlie Roberts, Chris Rexroad, and Love Watts, New York
Body Talk, Project Gallery, Toronto

2015 
Comforter, curated by Petra Collins, SFAQ, San Francisco

2014
Pussy Pat, curated by Petra Collins, New York
Kind of Wild and Sort of Free, Yves Laroche Galerie d’Art, Montréal
My Female Eye, Galerie MooiMan, Gronigen, Netherlands     

Bibliography

2018
Harrison, Anya. “Artissima 2018: Both Cerebral and Risky,” BLOUIN ARTINFO, November 12
Abrahams, Megan. “Steve Turner Contemporary – Claire Milbrath: Crome Yellow,” FABRIK, April 25
“Between the Sheets | Claire Milbrath” NOX JOURNAL, January 3

2017
“Claire Milbrath’s paintings exude naivety and charm”, Never Apart
“Permanent Collection: Live Televised Painting and Interview”, VICE
“Feminisms,” esse Issue 90.
Abrams, Loney. “10 Best Artworks From Mexico City’s Material Art Fair 2017”,
Artspace, February 10
Loiseau, Benoit. “Borders and identities at Mexico City art week”, i-D, February 17
Collins, Leah. “Fed up with how women are portrayed, this Montreal artist started painting…men?” CBC Arts, March 30
Bourton, Lucy. “The wonky but lovely perspective of Editorial Mag editor Claire Milbrath’s paintings”, i-D, April 5
Larigakis, Sophia. “5 Artists Making Erotic Art in the 21st Century”, slutever, April 10

2016
Illustration, New York Times, accompanying “Savings? Yes. But Narrow Health Networks
Also Show Troubling Signs.” Austin Frakt
Underwood, Katie. “Sixty under 30”, FLARE
Interview, Mincho Issue 10
Weinstock, Tish. “Up the garden path with artists Claire and Darby Milbrath”, i-D, June 21
Gabert-Doyon. “The magazine for outsiders, built from nothing but ideas: The Editorial”,
huck, August 30

2015
Westin, Monica. “Critic’s Picks: ‘Comforter,’ Ever Gold (Projects)”, ARTFORUM, March