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CLARE DE MAYO Click on images for larger view |
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ARTIST'S
STATEMENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 'Marks of Life'
Event Horizon Gallery, Katoomba GROUP SHOWS Exhibited in numerous group
shows and exhibitions including Artstreet Katoomba; Artfest
Winmalee; Renaissance Gallery, New Zealand; Lurline Gallery,
Katoomba; Oz Art, Katoomba; City Art Alumni Show, Ivan Dougherty
Gallery; Art Education Society Exhibition; Mosman Art Prize; Hunters
Hill Art Exhibition; Sutherland Shire Art Prize EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2002 Master of Fine Arts,
Dunedin TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2008-1989 Teaching Art at
all levels of education: from Guest lecturer and tutor at Otago
Polytechnic (NZ) (2002-00), to TAFE teacher (97-90) of painting,
drawing and art history, to secondary and primary art education. OTHER EMPLOYMENT 2011-1983:
Costume maker/designer for various theatre companies
including Wildfire Theatre, Tumbl;eweed Theatre, Australian
Opera, Sydney Dance Company, NIDA, Regent Theatre Trust
Otago, Rocks Players, New Theatre Newtown.
CURRICULUM VITAE In her
recent mixed media work and life drawings, Clare explores the
relationship our bodies have to fabric. Transcending cultural mores
and changing fashions, we are protected by it, adorned with it, we
express ourselves with it, we gain privacy through it. Clare De
Mayo completed her initial Fine Art studies at Alexander Mackie,
which is now the College of Fine Art (UNSW). She majored in
painting, and also studied textiles, ceramics and drawing. She has
held 11 solo exhibitions of her works and also participated in
numerous group exhibitions. She has supported her painting practice
as an Arts educator in Art Schools, TAFE Colleges and secondary and
primary schools, and also as a costume maker and designer for
various theatre companies in Sydney and New Zealand. Clare’s
painting style is strongly influenced by the post impressionists,
expressionists and Abstract Expressionists: Matisse, DeKooning,
Pollack, Klimpt, Rothko. Clare uses a variety of media, including
fabric, house paint, pastel and fabric printing ink. Clare aims to
capture the atmosphere and ‘moment’ in each piece, to instill an
element of emotional truth into her work.
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