Education
MA Écologie des arts et des médias, Université Paris 8. Paris, France.
BA Studio Art, Bard College. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
Museum & Institutional Exhibitions
2025 Group. Beyond the Rainbow. The Bunker Artspace. West Palm Beach, FL.
Group. The Big Neighbourhood. The Naughton Gallery at Queen’s University Belfast. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2024 Group. The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition (200th Anniversary), curated by Jeffrey Gibson. Brooklyn Museum. New York, NY.
2022 Group. Raw Mizer. Bob Mizer Museum. San Francisco, CA.
Solo Exhibitions
2026 (Upcoming) Until Next Time. Vardan Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.
2024 Love Party is Over. East Window (Outdoor Gallery). Boulder, CO.
2023 THIRST TRAP. The Java Project. Brooklyn, NY.
2022 Love Spoiled. Schlomer Haus Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
2021 Tender Texts. Lauren Powell Projects. New York, NY.
2019 Left on Read. Equity Gallery. New York, NY.
2017 Uninvited Guests. Temporary Storage Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
2016 Death is Easy, Dying is Hard. Bard College Exhibition Center. Red Hook, NY.
Art Fairs
2025 Paris Ass Book Fair. Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France.
Solo. Not Yet Here. SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC Artist Spotlight. New York, NY.
2023 Festival de Arte Erótica. São Paulo, Brazil.
2022 Two-Person. Homosocializing and the Eternal Fem. SPRING/BREAK Art Show. New York, NY.
2020 Two-Person. Gimme Gimme, Gimme More. SPRING/BREAK Art Show. New York, NY.
Public Projects and Commissions
2025 Public Project. Grindr. Large-format images of ceramic phone and condom wrapper sculptures featured on the exterior and interior of a touring Pride bus (part of a multi-city European tour highlighting LGBTQ+ artists). The project was on view at Palais de Tokyo on June 28th to celebrate Paris Pride. Paris, France.
2023 Commissioned Series. Commissioned by ODDA Magazine in partnership with the Leslie-Lohman Museum. A trio of ceramic portrait works based on model and actor Zander Hodgson, exploring queer self-acceptance and visibility. Promotional campaign included collaborative posts on social media.
2022 Edition Series. Exhibition A. Commissioned series of six unique ceramic phone sculptures exploring intimacy, queer identity, and mediated connection. Created in collaboration with Exhibition A, a platform for expanding access to accessible, collectible editions by leading contemporary artists.
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2027 (upcoming) The Male Glaze. Jane Hartsook Gallery. New York, NY.
2026 (upcoming) Arts Westchester. White Plains, NY.
2025 Raw Power. Bitter Gallery. New York, NY.
Guest of a Guest. The Hole (Tribeca). New York, NY.
Swingers Club. Lycra Raum. Hamburg, Germany.
Et Gaultier Créa l’Homme, Le Male: Passé, Présent, Futur. Maison Jean Paul Gaultier. Paris, France.
2024 American Honey. McColl Center. Charlotte, NC.
Printemps. Atelier d’Argile. Paris, France.
2023 The I Has to Travel. Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery. New York, NY.
A Place at the Table. Ali Forney Center. New York, NY.
2022 Tom of Finland Art & Culture Fair. Lauren Powell Projects. Los Angeles, CA.
PRESENT. DMAC. New York, NY.
Cute Gloom. Lauren Powell Projects. Los Angeles, CA.
2021 Dog Park. Petty Cash. Brooklyn, NY.
BANANA. Fort Makers. New York, NY.
Two-Person. CANON. Proto-Gomez Gallery. New York, NY.
2020 Seasonal Repression. Field Projects Gallery. New York, NY.
Love My Way 2. Villa Noailles. Hyères, France.
HOT PANT FUN HOUSE. The Royal Society of American Art. Brooklyn, NY.
happy agitation. Able Baker Contemporary. Portland, ME.
2019 Three-Person. Dreamboat, curated by YNGSPC. Real Tinsel. Milwaukee, WI.
Pool Party. C24 Gallery. New York, NY.
Making Elbow Room. Yours Truly. Milwaukee, WI.
Lobster Dinner. Trestle Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
IRL: Investigating Reality. Untitled Space. New York, NY.
2018 Issue Two: Devotional, curated by FOUR-D Projects. The Church Troy. Troy, NY.
Encounters. Good Children Gallery. New Orleans, LA.
Dimensions of Alterity. Paradice Palase. Brooklyn, NY.
2017 3-Person. ley lines. The Wassaic Project. Wassaic, NY.
Queer Eye Rococo. The Naming Gallery. Oakland, CA.
The Endless and Mobile Collapsible Labyrinth. Flux Factory. Queens, NY.
2016 Haunted Mill. The Wassaic Project. Wassaic, NY.
Books & Catalogues
2024 Bianca Bosker. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Through the World of Contemporary Art. Mentioned on page 340. Print. February 2024.
2023 To Feel These Things. Artist monograph by Colin J. Radcliffe. Published in New York, NY. Edition of 150 signed copies. Contributions from Justin Liam O’Brien and Justin Moran (Paper Magazine). Funded in part by the Queens Arts Council New Work Grant. Print. August 2023.
2020 Love My Way 2. Exhibition Catalog for the 35th International Festival of Fashion, Photography, and Fashion Accessories. Published by Villa Noailles in Hyéres, France. Includes a 2-page spread featuring works by Colin J. Radcliffe and Louis Fratino. Hardcover. October 2020.
Press
2025 Cur8. Interview Reel on *Et Gaultier Créa l’Homme, Le Male: Passé, Présent, Futur. (Maison Jean Paul Gaultier; Paris, France). Social media. June 2025.
Out Magazine. Colin J. Radcliffe's adorable nude ceramic works celebrate queer love. Online. May 2025.
Artnet. From Stone Bagels to a Life-Size Coloring Book—Surprises Abound at Spring Break Art Show. Online. May 2025.
Arts Help. Colin J. Radcliffe’s Queer Ceramic Sculptures Challenge Heteronormative Narratives with Raw, Intimate Storytelling. Online. February 2025.
2024 ODDA Magazine. Issue 26, The Growth Journey; “Colin J. Radcliffe in conversation with Benji Johnson”. Print. March 2024.
Visual Flood. Vibrant and emotive queer ceramic sculptures by Colin J. Radcliffe. Online, March 2024.
Out Magazine. This Paris-based queer artist uses colorful self portraits to explore honesty & vulnerability. Online, March 2024.
2023 Collectible Dry Magazine. Issue 24, Love Game. Online & Print. October 2023.
Becca Barglowski's Endless PDF. ”Colin Radcliffe’s Thirst Trap: A Menagerie of Men, Memories, and Ménage à Trois”. Online. August 2023.
FALO Magazine. Issue 28, Colin J Radcliffe por Filipe Chagas. Online. June 2023.
Sensitive Content Magazine. Issue 3. Print. June 2023.
Whitehot Magazine. Colin J. Radcliffe comes clean with Dr. Lisa about the intimate relationships depicted in his sculptures. Online. April, 2023.
It's Nice That. Colin J. Radcliffe’s ceramic renditions of queer relationships are full of playful tenderness. Online. March, 2023.
Queerty. Artist Colin Radcliffe is sculpting the most intimate – and thirstiest – glimpses of queer culture. Online. March, 2023.
Radio Free Brooklyn. Dr Lisa Gives a Sh*t!; “Artist Colin Radcliffe generously shares some intimate details behind his highly personal, complex yet entertaining work”. Radio broadcast. March, 2023.
Greenpointers. Thirst Trap Art Show Offers “A Lens into Contemporary Queer Dating”. Online. March, 2023.
2022 Only Child Magazine. Issue 13, Colin J. Radcliffe : Love Spoiled (interview). Online & Print. Winter 2022.
Foudre Magazine. IS THERE A MASCULINITY THAT IS NOT TOXIC?; N.4. Print. Fall/Winter 2022.
Mint Tea. Interview. Online. April, 2022.
Physique Pictorial. Volume 60. Print. Spring, 2022.
2021 PNPPL Zine. Issue 6, interview. Print. August, 2021.
Friend of the Artist. Issue 13. Print. July, 2021.
Whitehot Magazine. Whitehot Recommends: Moved Still Lives Group Show in Chinatown, Los Angeles. Online. June, 2021.
The Art Gorgeous. The Ceramic Phones by Colin Radcliffe Deal with Dating in a Digital Age. Online. February, 2021.
PAPER Magazine. The Artist Turning His Grindr Messages Into Sculpture. Online. January, 2021.
2020 Gum Gazette. An Interview with Colin J. Radcliffe. Online. 2020.
Math Magazine. Issue 9. Print. 2020
Paradice Palase. Practical Magic. Online. 2020.
Equity Gallery. Studio Breaks. Online. 2020.
Artsy. 5 Works You Can Buy at Spring/Break for under $10,000. Online. March, 2020.
ARTnews. Take a Tour of the 2020 Spring/Break Art Show in New York. Online. March, 2020.
2019 Pineapple. Cutie or scary? Maybe a little bit both – introducing American artist, Colin J. Radcliffe. Online. December, 2019.
Canvas & Crumpets. Left on Read (Colin J. Radcliffe at Equity Gallery– NYC). Online. April, 2019.
Arcade Project. Spring Into Queer Love Games; Christopher Stout in Conversation with Colin Radcliffe. Online. April, 2019.
Radio Free Brooklyn. Dr. Lisa Gives a Sh*t; A fav young artist Colin Radcliffe is having a solo show. Online. April, 2019.
Academic & Professional Mentorship
2026 Primary Supervisor, Master 1 Internship (200+ hours)
Nadia-Jade Hua, M1 Global History of Contemporary Art (GHCA)
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Grants and Fellowships (selected)
2025 Semi-finalist. Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship. Queens, NY.
2023 Best Artist, Creativity Category. Festival Vórtice de Arte Erótica. São Paulo, Brazil.
Queens Art Fund (QAF) New Work Grant, Interdisciplinary Work. Queens, NY.
2016 Fund for Visual Learning Grant. Bard College, NY.
2015 Jane Fromm Yacenda Scholarship in the Arts. Bard College, NY.
Anna Jones Fellowship in the Arts. Bard College, NY.
Fund for Visual Learning Grant. Bard College, NY.
Residencies
2026 The Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, VT. (selected for November 2026, declined)
2017 The Wassaic Project. Wassaic, NY.
2016 The Wassaic Project. Wassaic, NY.
Artist Talks & Panels
2026 Panelist, Visual Arts. NYFA/Queens Arts Fund, New Work Grant (QAF). January.
2024 Artist Talk & Exhibition Tour. Brooklyn Museum, NY. For NYFA Staff and Board. Brooklyn Artists Exhibition. January, 2024.
2023 Moderated Talk & Artist Book Signing. Brickhouse Ceramic Arts Center. August, 2023.
2020 Artist Talk. Bard College. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. March, 2020.
2019 Artist Talk. Artist Curated Cinema x Paradice Palase. Brooklyn, NY. March, 2019.
2017 Artist Talk. Trans-cen-der Art Crit Group. Brooklyn, NY. November, 2017.
Curatorial Projects
2024 Solo. THIS IS NOT A BOY MACHINE. Galerie Université Paris 8. Paris, France.
2018 Group. The Witching-Other. Temporary Storage Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
Group. Passion Fruit. Temporary Storage Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
Collections (selected)
Achilles Ion Gabriel
Anne Pasternak
Beth Rudin DeWoody
Bill Arning
Center for Spiritual Life, Bard College
Craven Contemporary
Jeffrey Gibson
Jeremy Kost