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About Claire ...
Born on 31 December, 1963 in Hammersmith, England, Claire graduated with first class honours in
fine art painting from Northbrook College in Sussex in 2004. She is a member of
the Association of Sussex Artists. Her work explores
the relationship between artist, subject and viewer and the contribution of each
into the creation of a work of art. The subject, although ultimately at the
mercy of the artist’s interpretation, inevitably reveals aspects of his
character through, for example, the clothes he wears.
The artist acts as director, selecting the subject and composition, and varying
paint density and clarity to draw into focus certain areas, while leaving others
undefined and insubstantial. This juxtaposition of different visual languages
draws the viewer into the physicality of the paint and canvas – the image,
although rooted in reality, is not a fact but the creation of artistic
rendition.
Finally, although guided by the artist, the remaining contribution to the
painting is that of the viewer whose own personal experiences will define his
response to, and interpretation of the work.
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EDUCATION: |
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1999 - 2004
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BA(Hons) Fine Art
Painting (First)
Northbrook College Sussex, Worthing, West Sussex
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1997 - 1999
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A-Level Art (Grade
A)
Crawley College of Technology, West Sussex |
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1996 - 1997
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OCN in Life Drawing
and Painting
Crawley College of Technology, West Sussex |
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1982 - 1986
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BSc (Hons)
Mechanical Engineering (Upper Second)
Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex |
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EXHIBITIONS &
AWARDS |
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July
2014 (Solo) |
Reclaiming
Childhood - Face to Face with Child Labour in India, Oxo Tower,
London
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April
2014 (Solo) |
Reclaiming
Childhood - Face to Face with Child Labour in India, Horsham Museum
& Art Gallery
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January
2012 (Solo) |
The
Revealing World of Claire Phillips,
Horsham Museum &
Art Gallery |
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July 2009 (Solo) |
The Human Face
of Death Row, Oxo Tower, London |
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February 2006 |
Take Five, Worthing Museum,
Worthing, West Sussex |
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October 2005 |
Four, Oxmarket Centre for Arts,
Chichester |
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September 2005 (Solo) |
St. Michael's Church, Partridge Green,
West Sussex |
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August 2005 |
Association of
Sussex Artists Annual Open, Horsham
(runner-up in visitors choice award) |
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April 2005 (Solo) |
Three Dimensions, C.B. Dixey,
Horsham |
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November 2004 |
Chichester Open
2004, Chichester |
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September 2004
(Solo) |
Life Force,
Pennthorpe School, Rudgewick, West Sussex |
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July 2004 |
Winner of Anthony Amies
Memorial Prize for Painting |
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July 2004 |
Free-Range, Old
Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London |
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June 2004 |
Twenty Five,
Union Place Gallery, Worthing |
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May 2002 |
Northbrook College,
Worthing Library, Worthing |
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February 2002 |
Reveal, Union
Place Gallery, Worthing |
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August 1998 |
Association of
Sussex Artists Annual Open, Horsham |
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