Clara (Syre) Ford was born in Newport News, VA, and raised nomadically around the United States. Ford is a multi-disciplinary artist who creates works that take on multiple mediums. Their artworks and projects are developed from a place of selfhood and honoring the queer black and brown communities that natured them. Ford has exhibited at Studio Montclair, The West Orange Arts Center, Coral Door Gallery, and Art Groove. She has contributed to curatorial projects at the Alfa Art Gallery in New Brunswick, NJ, and The West Orange Arts Council, West Orange, NJ.