My work is mainly created by objects, belongings and memorabilia that surround us every day. As an avid collector and self confessed hoarder of mundane and quirky items, I assemble my treasures into still life photographs. My earlier work used traditional photography practices; however majority of my current work has been photographed digitally. I endeavour to re-present these items and paraphernalia
My work is mainly created by objects, belongings and memorabilia that surround us every day. As an avid collector and self confessed hoarder of mundane and quirky items, I assemble my treasures into still life photographs. My earlier work used traditional photography practices; however majority of my current work has been photographed digitally. I endeavour to re-present these items and paraphernalia to inspire the viewer and myself as an artist. The composition, arrangement and layout of my 'collections' are uncluttered and often direct. Simplistic lighting and balance are fundamental with each collection. I like the viewer to be challenged on many levels- nostalgia, aesthetic or simply by a personal association of such curiosities. I like to evoke an emotion by producing bizarre collections so the images form a contemporary archive.
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2021 Passpartout Prize 2020 2nd Edition Selected - Exhibition Rome (Italy) in 2021 The exhibition will be hosted by 28 Piazza di Pietra Gallery, an international fine art gallery specialized in contemporary art of both emerging and established international artists. www.passepartoutprize.com/winners-2/
2020 - LoosenArt - International group exhibition Instability and Precariousness curated by LoosenArt2020
www.loosenart.com (Millepiani Rome)
2020 - The South West Collective - Short List - The Pandemic In Pictures Prize Shortlist (selected work shortlisted) www.thesouthwestcollective.co.uk
https://thesouthwestcollective.co.uk/pandemic-in-pictures-prize-shortlist-clair-robins/
?2020 - Artists Responding to...The Post Card Project ( Selected work included in publication)
2020 - Rankin2020 - Shortlisted/Published image from part of the Rankin2020 series on Sky Arts (Profits from the book will be donated to Mental Health UK (Expected Nov 2020)
2020 - PMN (Magazine) Selected Artist Issue 1 'Embodiment' www.paintmenickel.com
2020 - CUPOTY (Close up Photographer of the year) https://www.cupoty.com/manmade-shortlist-02 Short list 'Manmade'
2020 - Social Distanced Exhibitor - StudionAme - http://www.studioname.co
2020 - Sock Gallery - Virtual Exhibition Show Case.
2020 - Notingham wildlife trust - Artwork selected for post card exhibitions
2020 - The Clunker - selected work for art themed vending machine - date to be announced later in 2020 (postponed due to CV19) https://www.the-clunker.com/about
2020 - Pretext: The Mask We Wear - (Selected Works included) The Hidden Half and Concealment of Self) a visual and contextual response exhibited at Curve (Leicester), as part of the wraparound activities connected to DMU Pride Festival 2020 and Andrew Lloyd-Webber & Cameron Mackintosh’s sell-out production of Phantom of the Opera. The festival is curated by DMU students - Feb 18th 2020 - March 14th 2020
2019 - Dangerous Pockets Project - A community art collaboration https://www.facebook.com/DangerousPocketsProject/
2019 - Open 30 Selected works - New Walk Museum Leicester
2019 - L.O.V.E Art - LOVEArt the Leicester Open Variant Exhibition CURVE Leicester Monday the 14th of October - 24th November 2019
2019 - 100 ARTISTS POP UP SHOW LEICESTER - DIY GALLERY & Art At The Chapel
2018 - The Cank Street Gallery Show Case Leicester 6 JUNE - 4 AUGUST https://www.cankstreetgallery.co.uk/collections/summer-open-2018 selected work from
https://www.clairrobins.com/unnecessary-usage
2017 - Selected images for: http://www.artonapostcard.com/photo-postcard/
http://www.artonapostcard.com/photo-postcard/clair-robins/?rq=clair%20Robins
2017 - Work selected for 'Open 28'
http://www.visitleicester.info/things-to-see-and-do/arts-museums/exhibitions/open/ work
2017 - Selected works at 'Cank Street Gallery' Leicester Open
2017 - Selected image for ' Magnum Swap Show' @ prince Space London June 2017 https://www.theprintspace.co.uk/blog/swap-shop-shortlist
2016 - POINTS OF DEPARTURE - Leila Houston, James Chantry & Members of Silver Vine Arts
2016 - Open 27 (New Walk Museum) leicester
2015 - Silver Vine Arts - Summer Trail Exhibitor August 22nd - 31st / Former Existence Images on display at Queen Of Bradgate 97 High Street Leicester LE1 4JB
http://summerarttrail.weebly.com
http://www.lcbdepot.co.uk/event/summer-art-trail-2015
https://vimeo.com/149411454
2014 - PH21 - http://www.ph21gallery.com Body Exhibition http://www.ph21gallery.com/#!body/c1upc
2014 - Photoplace Gallery (Middlebury, VT USA) - The Traces Left Behind - Butter, Bleach and Banana's - Selected work (http://www.vtphotoworkplace.com) http://photoplacegallery.com/past-exhibit-archives/the-traces-left-behind/
2014 - Cank Street Gallery, Leicester (http://www.cankstreetgallery.co.uk)
2014 - Foto39 - Selected Work (http://www.foto39.org) http://www.foto39.org/2014-artists.html
2013 - Sandergram / Leicester People's Photography Gallery - Grandma's Shears http://www.leicesterpeoplesphoto.co.uk/the-sandergram-exhibition/
2009 - LCB Depot, View From This Side, Leicester (solo show)
2009 - Disappearing Traditions - Peeple Centre, Leicester, (International Womens Week Festival)
2008 - Lost and Found - City Gallery Open, Leicester
2000 - Selected works at the International Photography Exhibition, Atelier de maintenance, Arles, France
1992 - The Picture House Leicester - Museums in Motion Exhibition
1991-2012 Art works selected for The City Gallery Open - Granby Street and Newwalk museum, Leicester
Qualifications and Training
1991 - Multidisciplinary Design Degree (Photography), Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke on trent, UK
