ABOUT CLARE BEATTIE ART
BIOGRAPHY
Dr Clare Beattie is an artist and scholar based in the Cotswolds in the UK. Clare studied Fine Art and Ceramics in Kent UK where she achieved BA hons First Class, MA Distinction, and a PhD in Contemporary Fine Art practice and theory. She exhibites widely throughout the UK, recieving wide ranging recognition for her contributions to Fine Art including at the Royal College, Sussex University, Hasselt University, Wolverhampton University, and was recently shortlisted for the Jerwood makers prize. This website features a selection of Dr Beattie’s sculptural work in stoneware, porcelain, bone-china, Parian, mixed media and found objects inspired and informed by the complexities of the natural world and our fractured negotiation with it.
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EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS
Wolverhampton University residency ‘Dirty Practice’, 2019
The Urgency of the Arts – Entanglement, The Royal College of Art, London, 2019
Jerwood Makers Prize Shortlist 2018
Between, Wolverhampton University, 2018
Clay Matters Hasselt University, Belgium 2017
Excursions, Sussex University 2017
Immateriality: Possibilities and Experiences, University for the Creative Arts Research Conference and Exhibition, Herbert Road Gallery (2016) - Nicholas Bourriaud as Keynote Speaker
Carnival of Monsters, Nottingham Festival of Contemporary Art (2014)
Deesons International, Canterbury (2014)
Border Crossings, Cursley & Bond, Folkestone Triennial Fringe (2014)
Stomach, Hoxton Arches, London (2014)
Strange Cargo, Folkestone (2013)
Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury (2013)
The Reference Section, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks (2013)
Heard, Stepping-Stone Studios, Maidstone (2013)
The Dreamlife of Debris, The Pie Factory, Margate (2012)
Windsor Fringe, Windsor (2012)
Vibe Gallery, Vibe Place, London (2012)
Curious/Dubious, Crate, Margate (2012)
Green Chair Gallery, Canterbury (2011)
Art Xtra, Sydney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury (2011)
2020 The Gallery, Cheltenham - Group Exhibition
2019Art in the Park - Group Exhibition
2019 Ceramics Monthly Competition - Best Functional Piece
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