Clare Haxby
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Clare Haxby STATEMENT I am a British artist currently living in Singapore for the past 5 years. I graduated from Kingston University in Surrey, England with BA hons Fine Art specialising in printmaking. I have always used a lot of mixed media techniques especially monoprint and collage in my work mostly combining with acrylic paint and drawing. I have always had a textile influence to my work, so the mediums of collage and mixed media have always suited me well and I love the ability to play around with the composition and “design” of the painting. Monoprinting is the most immediate of all the printmaking techniques so I use this a lot especially for line work. I am a mother of 3 children always trying to fit in time to paint in my studio. We are lucky to be living in one of the lovely black-and-white colonial houses in Singapore and I have a separate studio attached to the house. I paint in the evenings and when my baby is sleeping in the day. At the moment I am working on a diptych of Raffles Hotel as part of my Singapore Series. BIO In 2011, I had my first solo show in Singapore at S.A.G.G. Singapore Art Garret Gallery featuring paintings and collages or mixed media pieces inspired by Singapore and Southeast Asia: Buddha Heads, Botanicals such as Ginger Flowers, and collages and mixed media works of my Life Drawings. I have also exhibited in Singapore at Fringe Art Gallery in group shows and a two-woman show on meditative art with Sam Ryva. I have raised money for The Elephant Nature Foundation, Thailand, The Muscular Dystrophy Association and others by donation of artworks for auction at charity events. In London, I have exhibited in many group shows, I am not represented by a gallery but I sell works privately and have international collectors in Sydney, Thailand, New York and Europe My work, a hand-bound book of monoprints of life drawings called Related to the Figure, was purchased by the special collections department of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Commercially, my print designs and illustrations has been commissioned by Unicef, Oxfam, Tangs of Singapore, Liberty of London, Tie Rack, and Debenhams. I am enjoying our stint in Asia. We are here because of my husband’s job, but this has been great for my art. Not only do the fantastic travel experiences around the area give me a huge wealth of inspiration, but I have a great home studio and have sold more work here than I used to in London. ARTIST CONTACT [click to email] IMAGES
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