Claire is based in the North West of England, she exhibits regionally, nationally and internationally and often works in the public realm, engaging the public and involving their actions in the production of her work. Claire's work focuses on movement and issues around space - using line, sound, drawings and objects to document the passage of people in their everyday lives.
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Selected Group exhibitions |
2011 |
State of Perception
An experiment in artist’s exchange, METAL, Liverpool |
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POST Liverpool
Artist initiated exchange with Istanbul (TR) |
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Invisible City
Performance Interventions, Ruimte in Beweging, Schiedam (NL)
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| 2010 |
'Latitude' - artist map making
Manchester Modernist Society |
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Art Merseywide
The Conservation Centre, Liverpool |
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How much exchange can you stand?
14 female artists from Linz and Liverpool, Künstlervereinigung MAERZ, Linz (AT) |
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Global Studio
Examining global projects initiated by Liverpool Artists, The Bluecoat, Liverpool |
2009 |
Next Up: Liverpool Art Now
A showcase of over 35 artists living and working in Liverpool, The Bluecoat, Liverpool |
2008 |
Move
The idea ‘Move’ considered through drawing, photography and installation, curated by Claire Weetman,
Albert Dock |
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Liverpool International Artists
An exhibition curated by Terry Duffy, Novas CUC, Liverpool Independents Biennial |
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Directions in Drawing
Artists who experiment with drawing in their practice, The Brindley, Runcorn |
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Six Artists from St Helens
Celebrating 60 years of town twinning, an exhibition at the Rathaus, Stuttgart (D) |
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Best of Merseyside
50 artists from Merseyside at the Conservation Centre, Liverpool |
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Liverpool Linked
Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Lancashire |
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Tidal; Markmakers exploring the Mersey
Contemporary art collective producing diverse work, The Brindley, Runcorn |
2007 |
Prestival
A weekend of artist interventions across the city of Preston, Lancashire |
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Lines of Investigation
An exhibition of drawing and line at Albert Dock, Liverpool, curated by Claire Weetman |
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Journey, Movement and Place
Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool |
2006 |
Grizedale Open Salon
Project Space, Afoundation, Liverpool |
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I-Saw
Photography documenting the development of Liverpool, Eggspace, Liverpool Independents Biennial |
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Dyingfrog Presents…
An exhibition by artists using performance to create their work, Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool |
2005 |
All in a day’s work,
Exhibition with all works produced in a 24 hour period, The Brindley, Runcorn and Rainford Gallery, St Helens |
2004 |
Liverpool Open
Arena Gallery, Liverpool |
2003 |
Flinch
Group show at Sevenseven Gallery, London |
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It Ain’t What You Do
A performance and video evening at 291 Gallery, Hackney, London |
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Solo exhibitions |
2007 |
Figure Study
An exhibition of drawings and photographs at Heath Business Park, Runcorn |
2005 |
All in a day’s work,
An exhibition of drawings and documentation at Norton Priory, Runcorn |
2004 |
Investigations
Performances and an exhibition of drawings on paper windbreaks at Arena Gallery, Liverpool |
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Sit and Draw
A performance and exhibition in the Window box, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool |
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Commissions & Public Interventions |
2010 |
Chatham Road (Eventually Everyone had moved), Animation - Art for Places, Liverpool Biennial (UK) |
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The Space Between, audio and drawing project - part of Urban Interventions, Atelierhaus Salzamt & Liverpool Biennial. (A) |
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Passing, Watching, Waiting, Following II; interactive drawing, Linz (A) - Arts council grants for the arts funded project |
2009 |
Drawing - Public Artwork, Halton Lea Library, Runcorn (UK) |
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Passing, Watching, Waiting, Following; interactive drawing - Attitudes in drawing, The Bluecoat, Liverpool |
2008 |
Wilkommen im Rathaus, interactive drawing - Six artists from St Helens, Stuttgart (D) |
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Bibliography |
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Global Studio - Bluecoat Press (publishing date late 2010) |
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Artist's Newsletter August 2004 |
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Awards |
| 2011 |
Creative Arts Award (Professional Practice), St Helens Cultural Awards |
2010 |
Urban Interventions Residency, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, Austria |
2010 |
Austrian Cultural Forum bursary - POST Linz - Liverpool project |
2009 |
Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts- POST Linz-Liverpool project |
2009 |
NAN Go and See Bursary |
2007 |
St Helens Artist of the Year |
2003 |
Winner – Liverpool Open |
2003 |
Norman Moores Fellow - Liverpool John Moores University |
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Education |
2000 – 2003 |
BA(hons) Fine Art, (First Class), Liverpool John Moores University |
1999 – 2000 |
BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies in Art and Design, (Distinction), Warrington Collegiate Institute |
