B. 1985
Academic Qualifications
2012 MFA, Parsons New School of Design, New York, USA
2011 – 12 MFA, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
2008 BFA Visual Arts (1st Class Honours) Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia
2007 BFA (Visual Arts) Distinction Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia
Exhibitions
2020 UNTV, The Unconformity, Queenstown, Australia
2019 Black Box, Open House Melbourne, St Heliers Gallery, Abbotsford Convent
2018 Ecoluxx$$, Kings, Melbourne, Australia
2018 Above and Below, Dorm 1, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne Australia
2018 Abbotsford Convent, Sacred Heart Opening, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Churchie Art Award Finalist Exhibition, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
2017 Australian Pacific Regional Conference, Crown Convention Centre, Perth, Australia
2017 Smaller Screens, Cut Thumb Laundry ARI, Brisbane, Australia
2017 Far From Here, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Australia
2017 Above & Below, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Far From Here, Next Wave Festival 2016, Meat Market, North Melbourne, Australia
2015 Banff Centre Silent Screen, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada
2015 Opera and Art in Question, Blindside, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Birding, The Birds, Spiritous Festival, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Moving Images/ Expanding Space, Careof, Milan, Italy
2014 From the Table, Conduit, Melbourne, Australia
2014 ACES, Meet the Public Festival, Blindside, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Welcome to Paradise, The Birds, Next Wave, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Golden Rulz, The Birds, Whitenight, Onsite/Insite, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Speakeasy Cinema, Channels Festival, Melbourne Australia
2013 Art Boot Camp, Bluestone Arts Center, Fringe Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Mating Call, The Birds, Rooftop Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Art Boot Camp, Dear Pattie Smith, Melbourne, Australia
2012 (Solo Exhibition) Screenspace, Melbourne, Australia 2012 Penpals: Post-conversation, Popup Collective, RMIT School of Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2012 Churchie Art Award, Griffith Art Gallery, QLD, Australia
2012 Everywhere But Here, Blindside, Melbourne, Australia
2012 Destination Here and Destination Now Festival, Blindside, Melbourne
2012 MFA Graduate Exhibition, Gossard Space, RMIT, Melbourne Australia
2012 Austhetic, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
2012 Open Studio, Parsons New School of Design, New York, USA
2012 It’s A Small World, Family Business, New York, USA
2011 (Solo Exhibition) RMIT First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2011 An Exercise in Collaboration, Kings ARI, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Art in Real Life: An Exhibition in Many Places, Coalesce, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Popup: Project, Bus Projects, Melbourne, Australia
2011 So you want to be an artist, Artworkers, Brisbane, Australia
2010 Room With A View, Wandering Room, Raw Space, Brisbane, Australia
2010 Level ARI launch, Level, Brisbane, Australia
2010 Rehabilitation, Accidentally Annie St Space, Brisbane, Australia
2010 Psychometropolis, In Flight Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2007 Mother Project Collaboration, ARC Biennial, Brisbane, Australia
2009 Visual Dust, Parer Place, Brisbane, Australia
2009 Recession Art + Other Strategies, Inbetween Spaces, Brisbane, Australia
2009 The Shape of Things to Come, The Block, Brisbane, Australia
2009 Orebro International Video Art Festival Reel on tour, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Australia
2008 Beijing Film Academy New Media Art Triennial, Beijing Film Academy Gallery, Beijing, China
2008 Orebro International Video Art Festival, Orebro, Sweden
2008 Revenge of the Ramstag Scholarhip Kids, The Block, Brisbane, Australia
2008 Fresher, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia
2008 Esoteric Glee Club (Audio Pollen), The Globe, Brisbane, Australia
2008 Lossless, Boxcopy, Brisbane, Australia
2007 The Shape of Things to Come, The Block, Brisbane, Australia
2007 Ramstag Scholarship Kids, The Block & H Block Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2007 iTouch, metroArts, Brisbane, Australia
2007 Viewfinder, metroArts, Brisbane, Australia
Awards / Grants
2019 Yarra City Council New Project Grant
2017 Churchie Art Award Finalist
2017 Abbotsford Convent Foundation Grant for Development of New Work
2015 Australia Arts Council Grant for Project Development and Presentation
2015 Creative Vic Presentation Grant for Project Development and Presentation
2015 Kickstart Artist (Grant and Development), Next Wave
2015 The Banff Centre Residency
2015 Artstart, Australia Arts Council grant
2012 Churchie Art Award Finalist
2012 MFA Graduate Award, RMIT MFA Graduating Exhibition
2010 Premier of Queensland’s New Media Art Scholarship
2008 Eyeline Prize at QUT Honours Graduating Exhibition
2007 Jan Manton Art Prize For best in show in QUT Graduating Exhibition
Collectives
2013 -2016 Co-director The Birds ARI http://www.thebirdsari.com/
2013 -2016 Co-director In the Meantime Collective http://www.inthemeantimeprojects.com/
2010 - 11 Co-director, Coalesce www.coalesceari.weebly.com
2011 - 12 Co-director & founder, Popup Collective
2010 - 11 Co-director & founder, artist run gallery/ residency of ten projects www.oftenprojects.org
Authored Publications
2009 Queensland Art Gallery Artlines (Issue 4) Asia Pacific Triennial, Ho Tzu Nyen, H the Happy Robot
2010 BoxCopy Exhibition Catalogue Haruka Sawa, Being Towards Nothing
2010 QCA Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Haruka Sawa
Featured Publications
Online:
https://www.fac.org.au/2017/05/artist-claire-robertson-growing-mining-camp/
https://abbotsfordconvent.com.au/blog/in-conversation-with-artist-claire-robertson
https://www.screenspace.com/Screen-Space-Publications-web-pdfs/Claire-Robertson-2011-Catalogue-WEB.pdf
https://themelbourneartsclub.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/emotional-landscape-series-claire-robertson/
Print
2018 Issue Eyeline Magazine
2011 So You want to be and Artist and Still be able to Eat, Artworkers Australia Publication