Living on Bidjigal Land in Sydney, Australia, Clare Britton is an artist interested in how artworks, people and landscapes hold stories. Informed by her work in live performance, Clare’s visual art practice includes installation, site-specific art and writing and considers the way water does and doesn’t move through Australian Landscapes.
Clare’s work has attracted awards for sculpture, performance, design and research and toured in Australia and Internationally.
Clare’s work is animated by research and interdisciplinary collaboration. Clare facilitates Magnetic Topographies with artists Therese Keogh and Kenzee Patterson and is an active member of the Mullets. Her time as part of the performance collective My Darling Patricia (2004-14) informs her process. A Sidney Myer Creative Fellow (2014), Clare holds a Masters of Studio Art (2016) and a Doctor of Philosophy (2020) from Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney. Her PhD, A Week on the Cooks River, was completed under the supervision of Julie Rrap, Ann Elias and Mikala Dwyer.
Clare is a lecturer and researcher in the School of the Arts and Media, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW.
The many Australian arts organisations and spaces that have shaped Clare’s work include PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, Performance Space, Carriageworks and the Carriageworks Clothing Store studio program, Hot House Theatre, UTP, Critical Path, Moogahlin Performing Arts, Bundanon Artists Trust, Arts House, Io Myers and the Esme Timbrey Creative Practice Lab at the University of NSW, The Victorian Arts Centre, Vital Statistix, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Frontyard Projects, Mapping Edges, Composting Feminisms and Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney.
Clare’s work respects the fact that working in Australia means working on Aboriginal Land.
