Claire Sower

Claire Sower is a contemporary artist based in Vancouver, Canada, where she was born and raised. At the age of twenty-one she emigrated to London, England, where she lived for a decade doing a variety of things including fashion illustration and working as a motorcycle courier. Her years in London were interspersed with stints working on a Caribbean cruise liner and a marine conservation project on the Belizean barrier reef. In 1992, she returned to Vancouver where she began a successful career as a medical writer.

In 2006, unforeseen circumstances facilitated radical changes in Claire’s life. Consequently, she decided to follow in her artist father’s footsteps and took up painting. In 2009, within weeks of starting her first classes, she rented a small studio with a friend where she spent all available time. In 2012, she joined the Federation of Canadian Artists, where she also took classes. In 2013, she was offered a solo exhibit at West Vancouver City Hall, which launched her professional career.

In 2014 her work appeared on the cover of Bulletin, a national Japanese/ Canadian arts and culture magazine and 2015 saw her exhibit in New York. In March 2020, she was featured as an Artist to Collect by Arabella Magazine, and in Ma...

Emily Carr School of Art + Design
Federation of Canadian Artists

2022

Earth Matters. Gallery George, April 4- May 1.

2021

Surfacing. The East Side Culture Crawl Juried Exhibition for Crawl 2021. Firehall Arts Center. Nov 1- 30.

The Poetry Project. Gallery George Jan 6 – 31

Garden Escapes. POMO Arts Centre, Jun 22- August 11.

2020

Active Member’s Exhibition. The Federation Gallery. Granville Island. Vancouver B.C. January 7-19.

Bloom. The Federation Gallery. March 31- April 12.

The East Side Culture Crawl. November.

The Cultch. “Coming Together”. Virtual Exhibition Nov 1- Nov 30.

2019

Guest Artist 2019. Studio 13 Fine Art, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC. January to March.

“Ingenue.” Silk Gallery, 2419 Clarke St, Port Moody, BC. February 2nd through June 21, 2019

Canvas Unbound. Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery Granville Island. February 19. Juried exhibition.

Ceramics in the City. Icebox Gallery. 321 Railway Street.Opening March 15th. Show runs 15-22 March.

Parker Art Salon, 1000 Parker Street. May 24-26.

Walk of Art, Swiss Art Expo. Basel, Switzerland. August 2019.

East Side Culture Crawl. November 2019.

Ten Squared. Federation Gallery, Granville Island. Dec 16-22.

2018

Guest Artist 2018. Studio 13 Fine Art, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC.

Bloom – Nikkei Japanese Cu...