clara kuehnel (b. 2003) is a multidisciplinary visual artist and poet from Takoma Park, now living and working in Baltimore, MD. kuehnel is pursuing a BFA in Interdisciplinary Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, with an expected graduation of 2026. her studio practice as a metalworker, quilter, assemblage artist, and fabricator is intertwined with her writing: all process as method to dissect experiences of intimacy, desire, and grief.
exhibitions
2025 Pieced (group exhibition), Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2024 A Patchwork Life (group exhibition), Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD. curated by Monique Crabb.
2024 Talismans (group exhibition), Gallery 410, Baltimore, MD.
2023 Polycrystalline (group exhibition), Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, MD. curated by Rachel Martino and Jacqueline Tull.
2023 MICA First Year Experience Exhibition (group exhibition), Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD.