Clare Avery

Clare’s first painting, when she was ten years old, was of her grandfather sitting under an apple tree in their garden in Surrey. She had already decided to be an artist.
By the time she was 16, she assembled a portfolio of paintings and drawings to study at Brighton Art College.
After completing her Diploma in Art & Design at Brighton she was selected, with a full scholarship to the Royal College of Art, London, where, under the tutorship of Peter Blake, and Carel Weight she graduated with a Master of Fine Art degree. She then went on to be a university art lecturer while continuing to paint and exhibit internationally.
Since then, through all of life’s vicissitudes, she has continued painting, drawing and making images every day, gaining years of experience, craftsmanship and technique to express an always active artistic intelligence and creativity.
Her paintings express the joys of life, love and happiness and also the darker side of our existence.
Currently, her work is on display at Art Image, Angoulême and Limoges, Le Palais de l’Ameublement, Périgueux, and Paul et frères Gallery One, Saintes, and at her studio.
Clare has lived in France since 1997 and has dual French-British citizenship. She lives in the south Charent...

Diploma in Art and Design: Brighton Art College, UK
Master of Fine Art: Royal College of Art, London, UK

RECOGNITIONS
1965 Cox Travelling Scholarship, Brighton Polytechnic, UK
1969 Royal Academy Prize, London, UK
1983 Sir Ernest Casel Prize, Royal Overseas League, London, UK
1990 British Council Cultural Exchange, Bulgaria
1993 Publication of painting in the UNESCO Courier et Le Courier de l'UNESCO
1998 International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada 1st prize for photography
2015 Le Conseil général de la Dordogne, 24019 Périgueux (concours)

SOLO
1977 Fine Arts Association, Johannesburg, South Africa
1978 Gallery International, Cape Town, South Africa
1980 1820 Settlers National Monument Gallery, Grahamstown, South Africa
1992 Poole Arts Centre, Dorset, UK
1996 Thomas Kettle Gallery, Covent Garden, London, UK
1997 Crédit Agricole, 24300 Nontron, France
1998 Syndicat d’Initiative, 24300 Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert, France
2001 KAOE Art Gallery, 24320 Verteillac, France
2002 Syndicat d’Initiative, 24300 Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert, France
2003 Château Sainte-Catherine, 16220 Montbron, France
2003 KAOE Art Gallery, 24320 Verteillac, France
2004 Château du Pauly, 24600 Ribérac, France
2005 Vieux Château de Montbron, 16220 Montbron, France
2006 Art Image, 16000 Angoulême, France
2006 Syndicat d’Initiative, 16390 Aubeterre, France
2007 Le Donjon Restaurant, 24310 Bourdeilles, France
2008 Le Donjon Restaurant, 24310 Bourdeilles, France
2009 Hôtel Tilsitt Étoile, 75017 Paris, France
2009 MSHA, Université Bordeaux-Montaigne, 33607 Pessac, France
2009 Galerie Dix-Neuf, 87440 Saint-Mathieu, France
2010 Centre Socioculturel du Barbezilien, 16300 Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, France
2010 Le Grenier des Saveurs, 16480 Berneuil, France
2010 Crêp...