Description
Art21 proudly presents an artist segment featuring Lenka Clayton from the "Human Nature" episode in the twelfth season of the Art in the Twenty-First Century series.
"Human Nature" premiered in June 2026 on PBS.
Lenka Clayton was born in 1977 in Cornwall, England, and lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Learn more about the artist: https://art21.org/lenkaclayton/
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CREDITS
Director: Ian Forster
Executive Producer: Tina Kukielski
Series Producer: Nick Ravich
Producer: Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung
Editor: Sebastián Díaz
Director of Photography: Sebastián Lasaosa Rogers
Associate Curator: Jurrell Lewis
Design & Animation: Momentist, Inc.
Composer: Andrew Orkin
Artwork Courtesy: Lenka Clayton, Phillip Andrew Lewis, Catharine Clark Gallery
Additional Artworks By: Louise Bourgeois, Martin Creed, Roman Ondak, Roula Partheniou, James Price
Archival Material: Carnegie Museum of Art
Special Thanks: The Art21 Board of Trustees, Early Clayton, Otto Clayton, Jean Koch, Timothy Mohr, Evelyn Montileone, Hannes Ravic, Jon Rubin
Series Created By: Susan Dowling & Susan Sollins
Full credits available at: https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s12/lenka-clayton-in-human-nature/
© 2026 Art21, Inc.
Art in the Twenty-First Century is made possible with original production funding provided by The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Lambent Foundation, Agnes Gund, Melony and Adam Lewis, National Endowment for the Arts, Teiger Foundation, Sarah Arison, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Dealer Tire, Arts, Equity, & Education Fund™, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Elyse and Lawrence B. Benenson, Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia, Tim and Lauren Schrager Family Foundation.
TRANSLATIONS
Translated subtitles are generously contributed by our volunteer translation community.
Visit our translation team at Amara for the full list of contributors: https://amara.org/teams/art21/
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00:00-1:42 Introduction
1:43-2:33 “People in Order” with James Price
2:34-3:32 Moving to Troy Hill in Pennsylvania
3:33-7:17 An Artist Residency in Motherhood
7:18-8:41 Art in and around Pittsburgh
8:42-11:15 “Darkhouse/Lighthouse” with Phillip Andrew Lewis
11:16-13:24 “The Lights Going On and Off” with Martin Creed