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
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