Clare Mcshanag

Clare McShanag is a Sydney based artist. Clare studied Graphic Design Art at Swinburne University and staged her first solo exhibition, ‘The Character of Life” at the Solo Lounge in New York. With her passion making cemented, Clare formalized her calling with studies in Fine Art Photography at RMIT University in Melbourne. In May Clare presented another solo exhibition ‘Streets with No Names”. From that day onwards and been exhibiting throughout the world. In April 2017 Clare participated in an international exhibition for the 500th anniversary of Luther, which also focussed on the music of Bach. Her works were exhibited in the Berliner Dom and are currently in the Bachhaus Museum in Leipzig, Germany.

I make my Art to channel my inner and outer awareness as an expression of creation and colour ---spilling out into image. My vision is to convert my passion into a medium that ignites a very fuelling and awakening experience for the eyes of the beholder.
My inspiration is life and movement: to be able to capture life as dynamic moments a Picture conveying a vigorous story, with all its undertones, highlights and shadows.
Dark and beautiful at the same time -­a mixture of surreal and the abstract. Photographs that are...

1992-1994
Diploma of Graphic Art & Design
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Victoria
1992
Graphic Art and Design
Council of Adult Education
Melbourne, Victoria
2002
Photographing the Urban Environment
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Victoria
2005-2007
Degree of Fine Art Photography
RMIT University
Melbourne Victoria
2006-2008
BEC- Business Service Enterprise
NEIS Kangan Batman Tafe College
Melbourne Victoria

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
October: Exhibiting/sales at “The Other Art Fair 2017” Sydney Australia
September: Front cover of Intellectual property in Australia
6th Edition (LexisNexis)
September: Exhibiting in the Fringe Festival 2017 Sydney Australia
Currently selling my Art work on three very well known Art sites:
SAATCHI ART
BEREKLEY EDITIONS
ETCHING HOUSE
EXHIBITING 2017-
Luther & Bach Exhibits in Germany 2017
(Tuesday) BELIEF (the Creed) Berlin @ (Berliner Dom) Germany 1st Exhibition from
the 9th of March until the 22nd of April
BachHaus Museum in Eisenach Germany 2nd Exhibiting 29th April 2017
to 28th February 2018
Kunsthaus Reitbahn, Ansbach Germany the 3rd Exhibiting 27th July
to 6th August 2017
2016- Solo Exhibition “Germane” Black Eye Gallery Sydney Australia
2003- Solo Exhibition “The Streets have no Names” Blupols Gallery
Melbourne Australia
2000- Solo Exhibition “ The Character of Life” Soho Lounge, New York USA
1998-
CRC Productions Pty Ltd. (Promotional work) Melbourne Vic Inspiring
Talisman Photograph (Shadow of life) Charity R.S.P.C.A Melbourne Vic