Claire is an Australian Sculptor based in Sydney.
From an early age Claire had an interest in art and the handmade, a passion which was nurtured throughout her schooling. After graduating from high school in 2012, Claire studied sculpture at the National Art School (NAS) where her aesthetic and practical skills developed.
Working within the field of abstraction Claire explores references to the figure and landscape within the forms of her pieces. Working with two seemingly opposing materials; stone and felt, she explores the ways in which both mediums can produce associations.
In 2019 she enjoyed an internship at Tapatjatjaka Art and Craft, Titjikala, where she had the opportunity to work with Indigenous artists, live on community and learn new skills. While in Central Australia Claire attended Desert Mob with Tapatjatjaka Art and Craft, where she met The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir whose costumes were designed by the artists at Titjikala. Due to Covid-19 travel restrictions in 2020, Claire has been unable to revisit Titjikala or other remote communities.
CURRICULUM VITAE
b. 1994, Sydney
EDUCATION
2018 Master of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
2016 Bachelor of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 “peek a view”, Goodspace, Sydney
2022 “le petit salon de sculpture”, Q Station, Manly
Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi, NSW
"Sticks and Stones”, Eramboo Artist Environment, Sydney
2018 Postgraduate Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
2017 "Graduations", ARO Galley, Sydney
"At the end of the World", M. Contemporary, Sydney
2016 Graduation Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney
"Liminal", Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
"A New Wave", Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
Tom Bass prize for figurative sculpture, Juniper Hall, Sydney
2015 "SPAG (bol)", Studio W, Woolloomooloo, Sydney
INTERNSHIPS
2019 Aboriginal Art Centre Internship at Tapatjatjaka Art and Craft, Titjikala (July – September)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2018 National Art School Archive, Sydney
AWARDS
2016 Michael Hobbs award for a 3rd year sculpture student National Art School
Winner of the Youth Prize in the Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture
2015 Dr John Vallance Prize for a 2nd year sculpture student National Art School