Curriculum Vitae

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Tidal Collective: There is Another World
Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD
2022 Between Spaces
Woolloongabba Art Gallery, QLD
2022 Beacon to Beacon
Redcliffe Regional Gallery, Moreton Bay, QLD
2022 Landschaft
Walcha Gallery Of Art, Walcha, NSW
2021 Abstracting the Landscape, Clare Purser & Lisa Temple
Purple Noon Gallery, Freeman’s Reach, NSW
2020 Writing The Landscape
Caboolture Regional Gallery, Caboolture, QLD
2020 New Works, Clare Purser, Kate Owen & Esther Eckley
Walcha Gallery of Art, Walcha, NSW
2020 Getting Away From It All
Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2020 The Tiny Art Show
Purple Noon Gallery, Hawkewsbury
2019 Landscapes
Clare Purser & Emily Persson, Studio Direct, Michael Reid Art, Surry Hills, NSW
2019 Share The Dignity
The Happenstore, Annandale, NSW
2019 Saving Toondah
Artists for Moreton Bay, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Studio Direct
Michael Reid Art Murrurundi, Hunter Valley, NSW
2019 Survival, Clare Purser & Mandy Francis
Walcha Gallery, NSW
2019 A Tree in the House (book launch & exhibition)
Walcha Gallery, NSW
2019 There From Here
The Third Quarter, Paddington, QLD
2018 Drawn In
Drawings at Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Woolloongabba
2017 The Glass Houses
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture
2017 Woolloongabba Art Gallery Xmas Show
Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
2017 Anthea Polson Art Christmas Exhibition
Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast
2017 Summer Smalls
Southern Buoy Studios, Mornington, Victoria
2016 Artists Choice
Anthea Polson Art, Main Beach, Gold Coast
2016 23 Degrees
Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
2015 LoveScape
Lovelove Studio, Milton, Brisbane
2014 Depot Artspace Members Show
The Depot Artspace, Devonport, Auckland
2012 Vernacular Landscapes
Torpedo Bay Navy Museum, Devonport, Auckland
2010 Small Studies (Clare Purser and Robyn Gibson)
Satellite Gallery, Auckland

Solo Exhibitions

2017 Between Land & Sea
Woolloongabba Art Gallery, 613 Stanley St, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
2016 To the Island
The Manly Gallery, Cambridge Parade, Manly, Queensland
2004 Land Water Sky
The Depot Artspace, Devonport, Auckland
2003 Night Sailing
Doggett Street Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
1999 Departure
Doggett Street Gallery, Brisbane

Competitions

2020 Finalist – Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize
Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD
2019 Commended Finalist – The Hawkesbury Art Prize
Purple Noon Gallery, Freeman’s Reach, NSW
2018 Finalist – Moreton Bay Art Award
Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Queensland
2018 Finalist – The Morris Art Prize
Gold Coast, Queensland
2017 Highly Commended
30 x 30 Art Prize, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby
2017 Finalist – Brisbane Art Prize 2017
Judith Wright Centre, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
2017 Finalist – Moreton Bay Art Award
Pine Rivers Art Gallery
2016 Winner – The Milburn Art Prize
Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Art
2016 Finalist – Brisbane Art Prize 2016
Judith Wright Centre, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
2016 Finalist – Moreton Bay Art Awards
Pine Rivers Art Gallery
2015 Finalist – Sunshine Coast Art Prize
Caloundra Regional Art Gallery
2015 Finalist – The Milburn Art Prize
Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Art
2015 Finalist – The Moreton Bay Region Art Awards
Pine Rivers Art Gallery
2014 Finalist – Redland Art Awards
Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland
2004 Winner – The Jack McClure Memorial Award
North Shore Art Awards, Takapuna, Auckland
1996 Winner – The Tweed Valley Art Prize for Painting
Tweed Valley Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales

Education

1996 Bachelor of Art with Honours, Illustration
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
1993-95 Bachelor of Art, Illustration
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
1991 Certificate of Art and Design
Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane

Residencies

2023 The Painted River Project
Bank Art Museum, Moree, NSW
2018 Tidal
9 Artists and four days of intensive research at the Marine Research Centre, North Stradbroke Island
2017 Artist in Residence
The Drawing Room, The Glass Houses, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery

Public Collections

2020 Australian Unity Art Collection
2018 Moreton Bay Regional Art Collection