At the core of Clark’s work is an ongoing exploration of ruin—both real and imagined. Drawing from abandoned structures and shifting landscapes, his compositions feel at once fractured and resilient, holding a quiet tension between collapse and rebuilding. Layered surfaces build and unravel space simultaneously, revealing traces of history, movement, and time that emerge slowly as the work unfolds.

Rooted in a process of collage, Clark’s practice moves fluidly between drawing, painting, sculpture, and digital media. Fragments are cut, rearranged, and reconstructed, creating images that feel both deliberate and in flux—less like fixed depictions and more like environments shaped by change. His work invites a closer kind of looking, where meaning is not immediately given but gradually discovered.

Clark studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he earned his BFA in Graphic Design and first developed the layered approach that continues to define his work. Now based in Pittsburgh, he has exhibited nationally, including at the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Chautauqua Institution. He was named Pittsburgh’s 2015 Emerging Artist of the Year and is a recipient of the Investing in Professional Artists Grant from The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments.