Claire is a contemporary gold & silversmith working in Melbourne, Australia

 

Exhibitions

 

2009     Keepsakes, solo exhibition, Handheld Gallery, Melbourne

2009     It's Got Legs, RMIT Gold and Silversmithing Postgraduate & Alumni Award

            Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne

2009     Agendo Biennial Award & Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, Melbourne

2007     W.E. McMillan Collection: Selected Gold and Silversmithing 1961-2007, Project

            Space, RMIT

2007     Wondernamel, First Site, RMIT, Melbourne

2007     Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Exhibition, Buda, Castlemaine (touring

            Victoria 2007-08)

2006     Out of the Basement, The Cottage, RMIT, Melbourne

2005     Construct, School of Art Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne

2004     Selected Works, School of Art Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne

2002     After Taste, School of Art Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne

 

 

Awards

 

2009     Diana Morgan RMIT Postgraduate Gold and Silversmithing Prize - First Place

2009     Agendo biennial award - Finalist

2009     Janet Holmes à Court Artists' Grant

2007     P.J. Williams Award for Innovative Design in Gold and Silversmithing

2006     Emily Hope Award for Figurative Work

 

 

Collections

 

MacMillan Collection (RMIT), Melbourne

Sahara Restaurant, Melbourne

Private collections

 

 

Stockists

 

Handheld Gallery, Melbourne

 

 

Education

 

Master Fine Arts, RMIT - 2009-ongoing

Bachelor Arts (Fine Art) (Gold & Silversmithing), RMIT, 2004-2006

Diploma Visual Art, RMIT, 2002

 

 

Professional Experience

 

2006     Member of organising body for RMIT Gold and Silversmithing graduate exhibition

2006     Member of organising body for RMIT Gold and Silversmithing jewellery auction

2009, 2006 & 2005 Jewellery pieces sold at RMIT Gold and Silversmithing jewellery auction

 

 

Professional Memberships

 

National Association for the Visual Arts