Clay Ketter

Clay Ketter (born May 3, 1961) is an American painter, sculptor and photographer. Ketter lives and works in Sweden. He received a degree in art from the State University of New York, Purchase in 1985.

Work Ketter's work often invokes traditional carpentry and house construction methods, and has been called minimalist in its form. From 1992 to 1999, Ketter produced a series of paintings resembling actual wall sections and made of the traditional components of a wall, including gypsum, plaster and drywall screws. In the 1990s he also began his so-called "kitchen works", creating minimalist sculptures that resemble IKEA kitchen cabinets constructed in unique forms and configurations.

In 1996 he presented the show Clay Ketter: New Work at White Cube in London, England. His work was included in Every Day" 11th Biennale of Sydney, 1998. In 2009 Ketter's work was presented in a solo show at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.