Charles Clapshaw

I was born in Auckland, New Zealand but quickly left to explore the world. I didn’t get to study art at school, instead was told to learn mathematics, computer science and philosophy, which I did for many years until I found painting and technology.

A constant theme throughout my life is art encounters - with a strange combination of this 'painting and technology'. I now 'paint' with acrylic, oil, enamel as well as Swift, Python, Xcode, After Effects, nodes, generative algorithms and now even Twitch. Each painting is a combination of canvas and code - using the same mathematical rhythms and structure.

So far so good with this, 2019 was a big year with participation in exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou in Paris as well as locally here at the nation art gallery (AGNSW).

2020 is interesting...it started well with work as part of the Biennale of Sydney but then everything closed.

I think this could be THE time for interactive artists and am busy in studio demonstrating what I mean :-)

2012 - 2013 Omnicom University SLP, Babson College (MA, USA)
2013 - 2016 Turps Painting Correspondence Course (London, UK)
2016 - 2020 Misc AR, Swift, Unity, Objective C courses (online)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020: Virtual unReality v2.1. Bondi Beach, Sydney Australia
2019: Virtual unReality. Verona Gallery, Oxford St, Sydney, Australia
2018: La Piadin(AR). Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
2018: ARtour. Travelling AR tour in Australia and New Zealand
2018: To Infinity and Beyond (collaborative show with Ali Nasseri), The Coven, Sydney, Australia
2016: Magic, Art, Mixology. Metis Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
2015: Visions. Live painting at Central World forecourt, Bangkok, Thailand
2015: Wilga St. Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
2013: 40 x 40. SMP Gallery, Manilla, The Philippines
2013: Hope. Tortuga Studios, St Peters, Sydney, Australia
2001: Wish. Tuatara Gallery, Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ

WORLDWIDE MURALS AND INSTALLATIONS

Bondi Beach Seawall, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
Digital Arts Network, Bangkok, Thailand
TBWA India, Mumbai, India
Hariharalaya, Angkor Watt, Cambodia

PLUS paintings in residences in New York, LA, Paris, Lille, London, Edinburgh, Dubai, Bangkok, Singapore, Bali, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland