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 |