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CLARE DAVIES
Born Melbourne, 1976
EDUCATION
2002 Graduate Diploma in Film and Television (animation)
School of Film and TV, Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne
2001 Drawing into Animation, Prince’s Foundation, Shoreditch, London
1996-1998 Bachelor of Fine Art (printmaking) School of Art, VCA, Melbourne
1995 Brighton Bay Art and Design School, Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Window, 24hr art, Darwin NT
2011 Island Life, VENN Gallery Perth
2010 a miraculous memory, Fremantle Arts Centre Fremantle
2009 found horizons, freerange inc, Perth
2005 Two of You, Eisenberg Gallery, East Brunswick
2002 Works on paper, Ray Hughes Gallery, Surrey Hills, Sydney
2000 Quietly as I leave… Klinker Club, Dalston, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Conservatorium, Paper Mountain, Perth
2011 City of Jonndalup Festival Art Trail, Joondalup, WA
2010 Impressions, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
2010 Constellations, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, curated by Vanessa Gerrans
2009 Diagram, Junction Gallery, Midland curated by Stuart Elliott and Perdita Phillips
2009/10 Joondalup Invitation Art Award, Joondalup
2008 Better Places, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, curated by Melissa Keyes
2008 Fremantle Print Award (acquired), Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
2008 Printmakers Association of WA Annual Show, Moores Building, Fremantle
2007 Paperartzi – Albany Paper Sculpture Show, Albany, WA, curated by Annette Davis
2006 Paperworks, Moores Building, Fremantle
2006 Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
2006 Paper Tree, Tanami Desert, Willowra, NT
2005 Art and Artist’s, Axia Modern Art, Armadale, Melbourne
2004 Dibujos, Taller 7, Medellin, Colombia
2004 Annual Group Show, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2001/2 Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2000 Hidden Art, Clerkenwell Green Association, Clerkenwell, London
1998 Showcase, Prizewinners Show, VCA, Melbourne
RESIDENCIES
2009 Moores Studio Artist in Residence, Fremantle
2009 Bundanon Trust, Shoalhaven, NSW
2006 Fremantle Arts Centre Residency
2004 Moya Dyring Studio, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
AWARDS
2009 Australia Council for the Arts – new work grant
2009 Shortlisted for the Qantas Emerging Artist Contemporary Arts Award
2008 Dept. of Culture and the Arts WA- Development Grant
2007 Printmakers Association of WA Patron Award
2007 Rockingham Emerging Artist Sculpture Award
2001/2 Short-listed for the Brett Whiteley Traveling Scholarship
1998 The National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Award (VCA)
1997 George Hicks Award for printmaking (VCA)
1995 Brighton Bay Award
FILMS
2008 Hometown Story, 1.00min, Journey to Pompeii, 4min
2002/3 The Royal Tigress, 3:00 min, Pigeon Island, 4:40min, Leaving Bellingen, 0:30secs
2001 The Golden Puddle, 3:40min
FILM FESTIVALS
2008 The Gertrude Association, Digital Media Festival, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2004 Fried Lights, Eisenberg Gallery, East Brunswick, Melbourne
2002 Tele Montmatre, Paris, France, Melbourne International Animation Festival, ACMI, Melbourne, St Kilda Film Festival, Nova Cinema, St Kilda
BIBLIOGRAPHY & CATALOGUES
Jasmin Stephens, Island Life essay, April 2011
Ric Spencer, The West Australian, Waterfront tour hot, cold, February 2010
Noakes, Maria. Suspended in Time, The Sunday Times, February 2010
Gregory Pryor, Review – Better Places, Artlink, Vol. 29 no.1 2009
Erin Coates, Aspiration, Deflation in Opposition, The West Australian, 19 December 2009
Melissa Keys, Better Places essay and catalogue, November 2008
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Western Australia
City of Fremantle Art Collection
Little Creatures Collection
Private collections Australia UK Europe and Japan
TEACHING/COMMUNITY ARTS/OTHER
2011 Australia Council Peer
2010 Awesome Arts, Homeground, Kalgoorlie, WA
2009 Samson Park Festival, community arts project, Fremantle
2009 Open Book, regional arts project, Mullewa, WA
2005/8 Visiting Artist, School of Art, Printmaking Department, VCA, Melbourne
2007 Animator/Artist in Residence, Shire of Morawa, Morawa/Mullewa, WA
2005 Visiting Artist, Willowra, NT
2003 The Royal Tigress, Animator/Director, World Tales Project, SBS Australia