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Exhibitions of Claire Passmore's Textile Art

​CURRENT & UPCOMING
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​2027


Pollinating Paradise

Detroit Zoo - Royal Oak, Michigan, USA          April - September, 2027

Fort Worth Botanic Garden — Fort Worth, Texas, USA          Nov 1 - Dec 20, 2027


Watching and Waiting

Spiva Centre for the Arts - Joplin, Missouri          Jan 15 - March 6, 2027

McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture — Knoxville, Tennessee, USA          Aug 20 - Dec 5, 2027


Hot Stuff

Buddy Holly Center - Lubbock, Texas, USA          April 16 - June 6, 2027

Allen County Museum — Lima, Ohio, USA          July 15 - November 14, 2027

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AI, Tell Me My Fortune

New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA          Jan 12 - May 1, 2027


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2026-2027


Anchored

Schweinfurth Art Centre - Auburn, New York, USA          Oct 31, 2026 - Jan 3, 2027


Alouda Glacé 

Schweinfurth Art Centre - Auburn, New York, USA          Oct 31, 2026 - Jan 3, 2027


Hot Stuff

Farmington Museum - New Mexico, USA          November 28 2026 - March 27, 2027

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
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​Deep Dive

Caudan Arts Centre — Port Louis, Mauritius

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AI, Tell Me My Fortune

Louisiana State University Museum of Art — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA


Metamorphosis

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art — Laurel, Mississippi, USA

Fuller Craft Museum — Brockton, Massachusetts, USA


Anchored

Visions Museum of Textile Art — San Diego, California, USA


Pollinating Paradise

International Quilt Festival — Houston, USA


Hot Stuff 

New England Quilt Museum — Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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ARCHIVE
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​2026


Deep Dive 

Caudan Arts Centre — Port Louis, Mauritius

SAQA Virtual Exhibition  |  Juror: Margaret Knepper


Pollinating Paradise

International Quilt Festival — Houston, USA  |  Jurors: Jennifer Swope, Ashley Ciricola, Frank Klein


Watching and Waiting

Festival of Quilts — Birmingham, UK  |  Juror: Lorraine Roy


AI, Tell Me My Fortune

Louisiana State University Museum of Art — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA  |  Jurors: Michelle Schulte, Dr. Golden G. Richard III, Brendan Harmon


Hot Stuff

BlackRock Center for the Arts — Germantown, Maryland, USA  |  Jurors: Dr. Sabine Stanley, JD Talasek, Dr. Denis Wertz


Metamorphosis

​Lauren Rogers Museum of Art — Laurel, Mississippi, USA  |  Jurors: Beth C. McLaughlin, Jane Sauer, Lisa Ranallo


Fly Like the Wind

H-H Americas — Rosemont, Illinois, USA  |  Juror: Elizabeth Rooklidge



2025


A Golden Hour

SAQA Virtual Exhibition  |  Juror: Diane Núñez


Anchored 

Visions Museum of Textile Art — San Diego, California, USA  |  Jurors: Holly Brackmann, Luisa Gil Fandino, Paula Kovarik


Metamorphosis

Fuller Craft Museum — Brockton, Massachusetts, USA  |  Jurors: Beth C. McLaughlin, Jane Sauer, Lisa Ranallo

Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery — Annville, Pennsylvania, USA  |  Jurors: Beth C. McLaughlin, Jane Sauer, Lisa Ranallo

​Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Art Museum — La Conner, Washington, USA  |  Jurors: Beth C. McLaughlin, Jane Sauer, Lisa Ranallo


Hot Stuff

Stamford Museum and Nature Center — Stamford, Connecticut, USA  |  Jurors: Dr. Sabine Stanley, JD Talasek, Dr. Denis Wertz

New England Quilt Museum — Lowell, Massachusetts, USA  |  Jurors: Dr. Sabine Stanley, JD Talasek, Dr. Denis Wertz


Watching and Waiting

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum — Tucson, Arizona, USA  |  Juror: Lorraine Roy


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2024


Banyan Hideaway

Samudra Art Prize, Caudan Arts Centre — Mauritius  |  Jurors: Charlotte D'Hotman, Vincent Montocchio, Mecha Desai


Watching and Waiting

International Quilt Festival — Houston, Texas, USA  |  Juror: Lorraine Roy


Nocturnal Glow 

SAQA Virtual Exhibition  |  Juror: Andrea Finch


Hot Stuff

Dunedin Fine Art Center — Dunedin, Florida, USA  |  Jurors: Dr. Sabine Stanley, JD Talasek, Dr. Denis Wertz

Louisiana State University Museum of Art — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA  |  Jurors: Dr. Sabine Stanley, JD Talasek, Dr. Denis Wertz


Deep Dive

Detroit Zoo — Detroit, Michigan, USA  |  Juror: Emily Jan


Fly Like the Wind

Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts & History — Lewiston, Idaho, USA  |  Juror: Elizabeth Rooklidge


Gentiana

SAQA Virtual Exhibition  |  Juror: Pat Forster



2023


Light, Life, Love

International Fiber Arts XI, Sebastopol Center for the Arts — Sebastopol, California, USA  |  Jurors: Judith Content & Ann Johnston


Deep Dive

Quilt Festival Korea  |  Juror: Emily Jan


Meltwater: Rising Tides

Sebastopol Center for the Arts — Sebastopol, California, USA  |  Juror: Lorin Austin


Fly Like the Wind

National Quilt Museum — Paducah, Kentucky, USA  |  Juror: Elizabeth Rooklidge


Metamorphosis

Yellowstone Art Museum — Billings, Montana, USA  |  Jurors: Beth C. McLaughlin, Jane Sauer, Lisa Ranallo


Round Hole + Square Peg = Space to Grow

Festival of Quilts — Birmingham, UK  |  Juror: Gail M. Brown


Storm

Lansdown Gallery — Stroud, UK


In Loving Memory

Lansdown Gallery — Stroud, UK


Horizontal Bars in Yellow, Green and Blue

Lansdown Gallery — Stroud, UK


Disconnected Horizons

Lansdown Gallery — Stroud, UK



2022


In Loving Memory

SAQA Virtual Exhibition  |  Jurors: Diana Fox & Alison Schwabe


Für Die Kinder

SAQA Virtual Exhibition  |  Juror: Teresita Leal


Deep Dive

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum — USA  |  Juror: Emily Jan


Inner Strength

SAQA Virtual Exhibition  |  Jurors: Elisabeth Nacenta de la Croix, Isabelle Wiessler


Light, Life, Love

8th European Quilt Triennial, Textilmuseum St. Gallen — Switzerland


Out of the Funk

Pittsburgh International Airport, Pennsylvania, USA


Silver Sixpence From My Shoe

AQS Quilt Shows, USA


The Lucky Ones?

Bedford Gallery @ the Lesher Center for the Arts — Walnut Creek, California, USA

Festival of Quilts — Birmingham, UK



2021


Light, Life, Love

8th European Quilt Triennial — Heidelberg, Germany


The Lucky Ones?

Mills Station Arts & Culture Center — Rancho Cordova, California, USA

Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia University — Dallas, Pennsylvania, USA

The Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County — Moorhead, Minnesota, USA


Dirty Secret

Gallerium


I Will Be Beautiful Somehow

Old Courthouse Arts Center — Woodstock, Illinois, USA  |  Juror: Tyanna Buie


Out of the Funk

Irma Freeman Center for Imagination — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA  |  Juror: Bruce Hoffman


Out of the Blue

SAQA Virtual Exhibition  |  Jurors: Jennifer Bowker, Sue Dennis, Susan de Vanny


Departure 16th November 2019

SAQA Virtual Exhibition  |  Juror: Katherine Wilson


Dirty Secret

Lansdown Gallery — Stroud, UK


Für Die Kinder

Lansdown Gallery — Stroud, UK



2020

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A New Dawn

SAQA Virtual Exhibition  |  Juror: Petra Fallaux


Storm

SAQA Virtual Exhibition


The Lucky Ones?

Daura Gallery at the University of Lynchburg — Lynchburg, Virginia, USA  |  Juror: Dr. Susan Beryl Marks


3 Wise Words

QuiltCon — Austin, Texas, USA  |  Juror: Joseph Lupo


Round Hole + Square Peg = Space to Grow

SAQA, Australasian Quilt Convention — Melbourne, Australia  |  Juror: Gail M. Brown

SAQA, Perth Craft & Quilt Fair — Perth, Australia  |  Juror: Gail M. Brown

SAQA, Canberra Craft & Quilt Fair — Canberra, Australia  |  Juror: Gail M. Brown

SAQA, Newcastle Stitches & Craft Show — Newcastle, Australia  |  Juror: Gail M. Brown



2019

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Sardine Run

5th China Creative Design Competition & International Seminar — Keqaio, China


Nous Marchons Ensemble

North Dakota State University — North Dakota, USA  |  Juror: Randy Rosenberg


Silver Sixpence From My Shoe

Biennale d'Art Textile — St. Marie aux Mines, France  |  Jurors: Maryte Collard, Roberta Le Poidevin


3 Wise Words

Sydney Stitches & Craft Show — Sydney, Australia  |  Juror: Joseph Lupo

Adelaide Craft & Quilt Fair — Adelaide, Australia    |  Juror: Joseph Lupo

 Australasian Quilt Convention — Melbourne, Australia  |  Juror: Joseph Lupo

Brisbane Stitches & Craft Show — Brisbane, Australia  |  Juror: Joseph Lupo

 Canberra Craft & Quilt Fair — Mitchell, Australia  |  Juror: Joseph Lupo

Newcastle Stitches & Craft Show — Broadmeadow, Australia  |  Juror: Joseph Lupo


The Lucky Ones?

SAQA — Melbourne, Florida, USA  |  Juror: Dr. Susan Beryl Marks


Goddess or Sex-Object?

Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum — La Conner, Washington, USA  |  Invitational


Who Are You Looking At?

Quilt Festival Korea  |  Invitational


Echoes of Demons

Grants Pass Museum of Art — Grants Pass, Oregon, USA  |  Juror: Kate Lydon



2018


Mind Your Language

23rd Carrefour Européen Patchwork — St-Marie-aux-Mines, France  |  Jurors: Jette Clover, Olga Norris, Monica Danielsson Bichsel


Where Do You Keep Yours?

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles — California, USA  |  Juror: Vicky A. Clarke


Mahātmā Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Quilt Festival — Houston, Texas, USA  |  Susanne Miller Jones


Goddess or Sex Object?

Harbour House Gallery — Kingsbridge, UK


3 Wise Words

Quilt Festival — Chicago, Illinois, USA  |  Juror: Joseph Lupo


Echoes of Demons

Australasian Quilt Convention — Melbourne, Australia  |  Juror: Kate Lydon

Stitches & Craft Show — Brisbane, Australia  |  Juror: Kate Lydon

Craft & Quilt Fair — Canberra, Australia  |  Juror: Kate Lydon

Stitches & Craft Show — Newcastle, Australia  |  Juror: Kate Lydon


Forced Removal

Sydney Stitches & Craft Show  |  Sydney, Australia  |  Juror: Kate Lydon



2017


Kate Sheppard

National Quilt Museum — Paducah, Kentucky, USA  |  Jurors: Lisa Ellis, Cyndi Souder


3 Wise Words

Quilt Festival — Houston, Texas, USA  |  Juror: Joseph Lupo


Dragon's Blood

AQS Quilt Week, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA  |  Jurors: Christine Chester, Geneviève Attinger


3 Wise Words

International Quilt Festival — Houston, Texas, USA  |  Juror: Joseph Lupo


Echoes of Demons

International Quilt Festival — Chicago, Illinois, USA  |  Juror: Kate Lydon

Festival of Quilts — Birmingham, UK  |  Juror: Kate Lydon


Forced Removal

Thunder Bay Museum — Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada  |  Juror: Micaela Fitzsimmons

Craft & Quilt Fair — Perth, Australia  |  Juror: Micaela Fitzsimmons

Craft & Quilt Fair — Canberra, Australia  |  Juror: Micaela Fitzsimmons

Intocraft Handmade Expo — Newcastle, Australia  |  Juror: Micaela Fitzsimmons

Craft & Quilt Fair — Adelaide, Australia  |  Juror: Micaela Fitzsimmons

Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fair — Brisbane, Australia  |  Juror: Micaela Fitzsimmons

Intocraft Handmade Expo — Melbourne, Australia  |  Juror: Micaela Fitzsimmons



2016


Am I Beautiful Yet?

22nd Carrefour Européen Patchwork — St-Marie-aux-Mines  |  Jurors: Grietje VanderVeen, Karin Østergaard, Gillian Travis


Echoes of Demons

Quilt Festival — Houston, Texas, USA  |  Juror: Kate Lydon, SAQA


Forced Removal

Stratford Perth Museum & Thunder Bay Museum — Ontario, Canada  |  Juror: Micaela Fitzsimmons


Freedom

West Barn Gallery — Bradford on Avon, UK



2015


​Here and Far

Solo Exhibition — Midsomer Quilting, UK