Clayton Salley is a contemporary art jeweler and metalsmith, and a current Fulbright Fellow in Tainan, Taiwan (2024-2025) where he is developing wearable artworks investigating dance and performance aspects of jewelry.
Salley received his MA in 2024, and is a current MFA candidate, at the University of Iowa. Salley previously earned his BFA in Studio Art: Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing at Texas Tech University in 2022.
Salley’s artwork was recently featured at the Dubuque Museum of Art, and in major international and national juried exhibitions included CraftForms 2024, METALmorphosis: The Art of Transformation, Refined 2023, and at the Society of North American Goldsmith’s 51st conference: SNAG x San Diego. Salley recently delivered lectures at the Taiwan National University of Arts, Texas Tech University, and virtually at the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Hubei, China.
