Claudia Clare is a British ceramicist and writer known for her large painted earthenware jars depicting the impact of big events in the lives of ordinary women.

Career

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Clare trained as a painter at Camberwell School of Art, apprenticed with Winchcombe pottery and gained a Phd at University of Westminster in 2007.[1][2]

She has written for Ceramic Review[3] exhibited in galleries and museums[4][5] including alongside Grayson Perry at the Zuleika Gallery.[6]

She has been described as a subversive ceramicist[7] and is the author of ‘Subversive Ceramics,’ (Bloomsbury 2016).[8] Clare co-wrote ‘The Pot Book’ (Phaidon, 2011) [9] with artist Edmund de Waal.

In 2023 she was involved in a controversy around an invitation to talk at University of The Arts London,[10] The university later apologised[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Claudia Clare - QEST". Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  2. ^ "Claudia Clare Ceramics - Bespoke Ceramic Artist". Claudia Clare Ceramics. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  3. ^ "Ceramic Review Issue 288". Ceramic Review. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  4. ^ Bartosch, Jo (2020-02-11). "Political Vessels: Claudia Clare's 'And The Door Opened' Exhibition -". Uncommon Ground Media. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  5. ^ admin (2019-11-17). "AND THE DOOR OPENED - EXHIBITION". Collage Arts. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  6. ^ "Grayson Perry". Grayson Perry. 2007. doi:10.5040/9781350912625.
  7. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Takeover 2019 - Harriet Wistrich, lawyer and founder of Centre for Women's Justice". BBC. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  8. ^ Clare, Claudia (2016). Subversive ceramics. London New York: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-4725-2854-4.
  9. ^ De Waal, Edmund; Clare, Claudia, eds. (2011). The pot book (1. Aufl ed.). London: Phaidon. ISBN 978-0-7148-4799-3.
  10. ^ "Ceramicist de-platformed for being a 'SWERF'". UnHerd. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  11. ^ Somerville, Ewan (2022-02-26). "Ceramic artist Claudia Clare in cancel culture row after her arts college talk is axed". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-07-02.