Clare Crouchman

I am an artist working in Cambridge, UK. I have an MA in both Ceramics and Fine Art Printmaking.

I have always been inspired by the natural world. Being out in the landscape quietens the mind and accesses a contemplative part of the brain where patterns and rhythms begin to emerge. This fascination for the beauty of the landscape has deepened in this way and finding order in this natural chaos is explored through abstracted, non-linear patterns and mathematical forms.

These patterns are integral to my way of seeing the world. They touch a chord within that is primeval and meditative. Some of the earliest artworks are based on symbols and geometric patterns.

My paintings use mixed media including acrylics, collage, drawing and organic materials. My prints combine both the techniques of intaglio and relief printing and techniques such as carborundum and collagraph often layering several plates together.

I have been a profession artist for over 25 years and I have exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. My work is included in private and corporate collections in the UK, Europe, America and Japan.

In February 2021 I completed a commission of six large paintings for the Cambridge Crystallagraphic Data Centre to co...

2008 MA Printmaking at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
1996 MA Ceramics at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
1992-4 Lived in Japan and studied traditional Japanese ceramics
1985 BA (Hons) History and Art, Reading University

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS:
2022 Cambridge Open Studios, Cambridge
2022 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2021 Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy (RWA), Bristol
2021 Commission installed at Cambridge Crystallography Data Centre, Cambridge
2021 The Old Fire Engine Gallery, Ely, Cambridge
2021 Solo Exhibition, Arundel Contemporary, Sussex
2021 Cambridge Open Studios, Cambridge
2021 Affordable Art Fair, Brussels
2021 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2020 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London 2019 ‘End of an Era’ Cambridge Open Studios 2018 Selected by Kate Bryon for ‘Not30%’ as part of ‘The Other Art Fair’, London 2018 Cambridge Original Printmakers’ Exhibition
2017/18 'Ceramic Art London', Central St. Martins, London
2016/18/19 ‘Affordable Art Fair’, Battersea with Bristol Contemporary Art
2016 Novado Gallery, Jersey City, USA
2016 ‘February Focus’ Bevere Gallery Worcester
2015 'Earth Jewels', Orie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 ‘Innovations in Ceramic Art’, Cambridge
2015 ‘Cambridge Art Fair’, Cambridge
2015 'Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead’ London
2015/16/17/18/19/21 ‘Affordabl...