Bill Claps b. 1963

Bill Claps is a visual artist, photographer and filmmaker based in New York City. He is known for work that illustrates the universal roots and common elements that are shared by all cultures, often referencing art history and language. His inspiration comes from sources as varied as digital code, Asian landscape painting, expressionism, and appropriated images from contemporary art.

Bill studied painting and art history at Harvard University, the Art Students League in New York and in Florence, Italy, and studied filmmaking at New York University. His works are held in private and public collections internationally and regularly exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including Today Art Museum, Beijing, MOMA Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia, Frisk Art Museum, Nashville, TN, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, American University Museum, Washington, DC, Museo Camuno di Breno, Breno, Italy, la Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica di Palazzo Corsini in Rome, Palazzo Simone Fe, Bienno, Italy, and LAHAF Art Foundation, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.