Clara (Syre) Ford was born in Newport News, VA, and raised nomadically around the United States. Ford is a multi-disciplinary artist whose artworks and projects are developed from a place of selfhood and honoring the black and brown communities that nurtured them. Ford has exhibited within the metropolitan area of NJ/NYC. Ford has also contributed to curatorial projects at the Alfa Art Gallery in New Brunswick, NJ, and The West Orange Arts Council, West Orange, NJ.