Robin Clare cv

1978 Born in Belize

 

Currently lives and works in Brighton, UK

 

Education

 

2000 Diploma in Studio Arts, Capilano College, British Columbia, Canada

2004 BA(Hons) Painting, University of the Arts London, UK

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

2008 Patterns of Consumption, South Bank Arts Centre, 

          Bedford College, UK

2008 Patterns, Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre, Armagh, N. Ireland

2006 Recent Work, Freud, Covent Garden, London, UK

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2010 It's Not Funny, MAP Gallery, Leeds

2009 Watch This Space Young and Emerging Artists Charity Auction

          Special Yoga Centre, London, UK

2009 Robin Clare and Human Powered Machines, The Bigger Picture - 

          Festival of Interdependance, Oxo Tower, London

2009 Subversive Correspondence, The Gallery, Willesden Green

           London, UK

2009 DIY London Seen, Covent Garden, London, UK

2009 Robin Clare & Steve Price, The HUB-Kingscross, London, UK

2009 Affluenza, 187-211 St John Street, Clerkenwell, London, UK

2009 Selectors' Choice, Brighton Fringe Festival, 

           The Regency Town House, Brighton & Hove, UK

2008 B.E.A.T.M.P.  film fest, Gallery Rotor, Göteborg, UK

2008 Autumn Salon, Islington Arts Factory, Islington, London, UK

2008 White Goods, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, UK

2008 The Painted Face, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham

2008 Blank Media Film Screenings, Axis Festival, UK  

2008 Small Things, Chapel Gallery, Lancashire, UK

2007 Stick*Stamp*Fly, Gasworks, London, UK

2007 Punk, Galerie Le Cocon, Hamburg, Germany

2007 Punk, Ada Street Gallery, London, UK

2007 Robin Clare & Pam Glew, Gallery 40, Crawley UK

2006 Liberté d’ Expression, London, UK

2006 Spring Exhibition, Stark Gallery, London, UK  

2006 Copper and Patterns, Arthotels, Brighton Fringe, Brighton, UK

2005 Salzburg in Neuen Ansichten, Schloß Neuhaus Gallery, 

           Salzburg, Austria

2005 Open Spaces Open Places, Northampton Festival, Northampton, UK

2005 Are we nearly there yet?, Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham, UK

2005 Sketch 2005, Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre, Marlborough, UK

2005 SNUG, Sun and Doves Gallery, Camberwell, London, UK  

2004 A Fine Line, Euroart Gallery, London, UK

2004 Singer and Friedlander Competition, Touring Exhibition,

          London, Manchester, Birmingham

2004 Cream, Sun and Doves Gallery, Camberwell, London, UK

Awards and Honours

 

2006 Purchase prize, University of Leicester, UK  

2005 Artist Residence and Commission for Salzburger Sparkasse Bank AG 

           and Schloß Neuhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria

2002 British Columbia Arts Council Junior Award  

 

Publications

 

Amelia's Magazine, Art Comes to Covent garden Market, August 2009

Organ Magazin, Online, DIY London Seen, August 2009
Artselector, Affluenza Exhibition, by Phil Illingworth, March 2009

Design*Sponge, Online, September 2008

Art Review Blog, Anonymity, by Laura McLean-Ferris, June 2008

Medium Magazine, Online, 2007
New Currents, Arthotels Brighton, May 2006
Absolute Brighton , Arthotels, May 2006
The Mercury Lewisham, A Creation to be proud of, Nov. 2003  

 

Art and Illustration Commissions

 

2009 Fair, Identity Artwork, Brighton, UK

2009 Montego Bay Animal Haven, Logo, Jamaica, WI

2006 On Route Magazine, Cover, Brighton & Hove, UK

2006 Art Hotels, Logo, Brighton, UK
2003 St Michael's Community Centre, Mural, New Cross, London, funded

           by the Urban Community Trust

UK Galleries

 

Opus Underground, Newcastle, UK

 

Private and Public Collections - Paintings

 

Robin's work is currently included in both public and private collections in Europe and private collections in Asia and North America. Some notable collections include the University of Leicester, UK, the Round Hill Hotel, Jamaica and the Half Moon Hotel, Jamaica.