Colvin interned for Agnes for several summers while attending school. While there Colvin worked with many artists from the gallery including Mitchell Gaudet, Karen Graffeo , William Greiner, Lee Isaacs , Steven Katzman, Spider Martin , Ray Lewis Payne, David Sandlin, Virginia Scruggs , Volker Seding, Jack Spencer , Melissa Springer , as well as Thomas Tulis and Randy West.
- "Art and Place I: Place as Muse" for Center for the Living Arts/Space 301 features the works of Jen DeNike, Joe Heaps Nelson and Jason Varon among others. The Intrepid Art Collector (blog) The exhibition demonstrated the influence of the virtual world and how these artists utilized this media and how it influences their work.
- "Art and Place II: Material at Hand" for Center for the Living Arts/Space 301 features the work of Francis Alys, Blake Boyd, William Christenberry , Jon Coffelt , Greg Hopkins, Chris McNulty, Buffy Rinehart, Buzz Spector, Orion Wertz and Lance Winn. This exhibition deals with the influence a sense of place can have on the artist. The focus here lies in the significance of medium in artists' work "and how their chosen media may also function as the content or the subject.
Colvin founded StealthArts in Birmingham , Alabama .
Colvin also curates work for it as well as curating exhibitions with University Of Alabama At Birmingham Visual Arts Gallery, as well as Center for the Living Arts/Space 301, Mobile, Alabama .
Colvin was chosen to be part of "Wonder Twin Powers, Activate!" curated by Anat Ebgi and Jose Carlos Diaz.
Colvin was recently included in "Politics, Politics: Nice Artists Explore the Political Landscape" curated by Anne Arrasmith and Peter Prinz of Space One Eleven. This exhibition was funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and included Pinky Bass , Peggy Dobbins, Randy Gachet, binx Newton, Arthur Price, John Trobaugh , Paul Ware, and Stan Woodard.
Colvin's work was part of "Contour: The Definitive Line" curated by , Virginia Scruggs and Sean Slemon .
- Clayton Colvin's work is an attempt to come to terms with the multitude of experiences we deal with day to day; a way of gaining insight, a way of understanding the present. His work is an effort to order, (re)present and mark his existence. - Brian Bishop (University of Alabama) Brian Bishop, Foreword for Emerging Artist 2006 (Magic City Art Connection)
- Clayton Colvin's mixed media canvases and sketches are heavily coated with a clear vinyl that has the look of solidified gel. Isolated words are scribbled, sketchy lines and restless black arrows meander across a surface that suggest objects but have no real identity. On occasion Colvin labels his works as "Untitled" and then gives them titles in parentheses, such as "Metamorphosis," "Space Cadet" and "Ambassador," hinting at content but suggesting is content incidental to intent. - James Nelson, critic for The Birmingham News, 2006
- 2006 Emerging Artist for the City of Birmingham, MCAC
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