Web www.clarepurser.com
instagram @clarepurserstudio
Education
1996 Bachelor of Art with Honours, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
1993-95 Bachelor of Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
1991 Certificate of Art and Design, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
Awards
2020 Finalist, Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize, Griffith University, Brisbane QLD 2019 Commendation, The Hawkesbury Art Prize NSW
2018 Finalist, The Morris Art Prize, The Gold Coast QLD
2018 Finalist, Moreton Bay Region Art Awards, Pine Rivers Art Gallery QLD
2017 Highly Commended Award, 30 x 30 Art Piece Art Award, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby NSW
2017 Finalist, The Brisbane Art Prize, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane
2017 Finalist, Moreton Bay Region Art Awards, Pine Rivers Art Gallery,
2016 Winner, Milburn Art Award, Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Art, Brisbane
2016 Finalist, The Brisbane Art Prize, The Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane
2016 Finalist, Moreton Bay Region Art Awards, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine
2015 Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2015, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra
2015 Finalist, Milburn Art Award, Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Art, Brisbane
2015 Finalist, Moreton Bay Region Art Awards, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine
2014 Finalist, Redland Art Awards, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
2014 Finalist, Lethbridge 10 000 - Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane
2004 Winner, The Jack McClure Memorial Award, The Pumphouse North Shore Art Awards, Takapuna, Auckland
1996 Winner, The Tweed Valley Art Prize for Painting, Tweed Valley Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales
Individual Exhibitions
2017 Between Land & Sea Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2016 To The Island, The Manly Gallery, Manly, Brisbane, Australia
2004 Land Water Sky, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, Auckland
2003 Night Sailing, Doggett Street Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
1999 Departure, Doggett Street Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Recent Group Exhibitions
2020 Getting Away From It All, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2020 The Tiny Art Show, Purple Noon Gallery, Hawkesbury NSW
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 QLD
2019 Studio Direct, Michael Reid Art, Murrurundi NSW
2019 Survival, Clare Purser & Mandy Francis, Walcha Gallery of Art, Walcha NSW
2019 There From Here, The Third Quarter, Paddington, Brisbane QLD
2019 A Tree in the House, Walcha Gallery of Art, NSW
2019 Tidal, Nine Artists in response to a five day artists residency at the Marine Research Centre,
North Stradbroke, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland QLD
2018 The Christmas Exhibition, Walcha Gallery Of Art, Walcha NSW
2018 Drawn In, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2017 The Glass Houses, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture QLD
2017 Woolloongabba Art Gallery Xmas Show 2017, Brisbane QLD
2017 Anthea Polson Art Christmas Exhibition, Main Beach QLD
2017 Summer Smalls, Southern Buoy Studios, Mornington VIC
2016 Artists Choice, Anthea Polson Art, Main Beach, Brisbane
2016 23 Degrees, A Landscape Exhibition, Woollongabba Art Gallery, Woollongabba
2015 LoveScape, Lovelove Studio, Milton, Brisbane
2014 Depot Artspace Members Show, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, Auckland
2012 Vernacular Landscapes, The Torpedo Bay Navy Museum, Devonport, Auckland
2010 Small Studies, Paintings by Clare Purser & Robyn Gibson, Satellite Gallery, Auckland
2009 The Landscape Within, The Depot Artspace, Devonport, Auckland
2008 100 Women Self Portraits, Oz Gallery, Ponsonby, Auckland
Residencies
2019 ‘The Tidal Collective’ nine artists on Bribie Island, QLD for five days – revisiting Fairweather
2018 ‘Tidal’, nine artists engaged in five days of intensive research at the Marine Research Centre, North Stradbroke Island QLD
2017 Artist in Residence, The Drawing Room, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery QLD
Public Collections
2018 The Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Collection, Moreton Bay QLD
2020 Australian Unity Art Collection
Recent Publications
‘Considerations of place and belonging; Australia and the idea of ‘landscape’’, Alicia Lane, print catalogue, 23 Degrees, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, 2016
Milburn Art Prize ‘Judge’s Comments’ by Pat Hoffie, online catalogue, Milburn Art Prize, 2016 https://brisart.org/index.php/enter/judges-comments
‘The Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2015’, exhibition print catalogue, The Sunshine Coast Council
‘41 finalists contest for prestigious Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2D category’, My Sunshine Coast,
16th June 2015, online - http://mysunshinecoast.com.au/news/news-display/41-finalists-contest-for-prestigious-sunshine-coast-art-prize-2d-category,38840
‘Redland Art Awards 2014’, exhibition print catalogue, Redland Art Gallery
‘Vernacular Landscapes at the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum’ by Erin Forsyth, The Depot Press 2nd October, 2012, online - https://nzculturalgenealogymapping.wordpress.com
‘Small Studies’, The Auckland Herald, 2nd September, 2010, New Zealand, online - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/aucklander/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503372&objectid=11001689
‘Big scope in small art shows’, T.J. McNamara, The New Zealand Herald, New Zealand, 25th September, 2010, online - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10676040
‘Small Studies’, The Big Idea, New Zealand, 1st September, 2010, online - https://www.thebigidea.nz/news/whats-on-show-reviews/2010/sep/73981-small-studies
