Clare's Bio & CV

Education:
Current -                   Doctor of Philosophy, School of Arts & Social Sciences, Southern Cross University        
2014                          Bachelor of Visual Arts with Honours, Southern Cross University
2013                          Bachelor of Visual Arts, Southern Cross University
2011                          Advanced Diploma Fine Arts, Lismore TAFE, NSW
2010                          Diploma of Ceramics, Lismore TAFE, NSW
2009                          Certificate IV in Ceramics, Lismore TAFE, NSW

Experience:                           
2014 Sept                   Artist in Residence, Port Augusta Cultural Centre - Yarta Purtli, Port Augusta, SA
2011 April                   Artist’s Residency, Hermannsburg Potters, Ntaria (Hermannsburg), NT
2009 - 2011                 Curator Bigtime Gallery, Drake NSW
2008 – 2009                Co-ordinator Team Member Bigtime Gallery Drake NSW

Exhibitions:

Solo/ Collaborative Exhibitions: 
2015 Sept-Oct                      Trading Place                                                    Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
2014 Sept                             Trading Place                                                     Port Augusta Cultural Centre - Yarta Purtli, Port Augusta, SA
2013 May-June                     Container of Dreams                                            Nth Rivers Gallery, Ballina
2011 Sept – Oct                    OUT ...back                                                        Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW              

Joint Exhibitions:                 
2011 Nov - Dec                    Tres A Lismore Art in the Heart Project                             NEXT Gallery, Lismore, NSW
2010 Oct – Nov                    Left of Centre                                                       Bigtime Gallery Drake,
2009 May-June                    Rites of Passage    with Cassandra Purdon             Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW

Selected Exhibitions:         
2010 August                         Byron Bay Writer’s Festival Sculpture Show            Byron Bay, NSW

 
Group Exhibitions:               
2013                                    A Book About Death                                              Tweed River Gallery, NSW
2013 May                             Just Between Us                                                   Studio One-29, Lismore, NSW
2012 July                             Survivor with Dadang Christanto                             Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW
2012 March                          Sacred Me                                                            She-Oak Shack, Fingal, NSW                                               
2011 October                       Trash                                                                    Serpentine Gallery Lismore
2011 September                   TAFE Student Acquisitive Prize                              Space Gallery Lismore, NSW
2011 August                         Ocean Shores Art Expo                                         Ocean Shores, NSW
2011 August                         Dark Night of the Soul                                            Serpentine Gallery Lismore
2011 March                          IWD@BTG                                                            Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW
2011 Feb – March                 Tree                                                                     Serpentine Gallery Lismore
2010 Dec                              Make your Mark                                                    Space Gallery Lismore, NSW
2010 Dec                              Affordable Art Market                                             Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW
2010 October                        Coraki Art Prize                                                     Coraki, NSW
2010 September                   TAFE Student Acquisitive Prize                               Space Gallery Lismore, NSW
2010 March                           IWD -Redress the Imbalance                                  Bigtime Gallery Drake, NSW
2009 Nov                              Revolutionary Ceramicos                                        Space Gallery Lismore, NSW

Grants, Awards, Prizes and Acquisitions: 
2015 - Australian Postgraduate Award Southern Cross University
2015 - Collection of Port Augusta Cultural Centre 
2014 - Southern Cross University School  of Arts and Social Sciences Honours Scholarship recipient 
2013 - NSW Artist's Grant through National Association for the Visual Arts 
2013 - FIRST PRIZE - “Gypsie Rover and the Table of Knowledge”  Northern Rivers Social Development Council Art Competition
2010 - "Carbon Footprint" - North Coast TAFE Environmental Art Acquisition
Private Collections