Claude Lawrence (b. 1944, Chicago, IL) lives and works in Sag Harbor, NY. Lawrence’s work has been the subject of numerous solo presentations, including recent exhibitions at Anthony Meier, San Francisco; David Lewis Gallery, East Hampton; and The LAB, Seattle. His work features frequently in major group exhibitions both stateside and abroad, including recent presentations at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville; the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill; the Long Island Museum, Stony Brook; the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France; Guild Hall, East Hampton; the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; and the Newark Art Museum, Newark. Lawrence’s work is held in the permanent collections of more than thirty public institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville; Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit; the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; the Nasher Museum of Art, Durham; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton; and the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, among many others.