Claire Passmore
b. Wales /// lives & works Mauritius
b. Wales /// lives & works Mauritius
Selected Exhibition Record
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2023
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Meltwater: Rising Tides, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California, USA, Juror: Lorin Austin
Fly Like the Wind, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky, SA, Juror: Elizabeth Rooklidge Metamorphosis, Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana, USA, Jurors: Beth C. McLaughlin, Jane Sauer, and Lisa Ranallo Round Hole + Square Peg = Space to Grow, SAQA, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK |
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2022
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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, Textilmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland Out of the Funk, Pittsburgh International Airport, 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 The Lucky Ones, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham UK |
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2021
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Light, Life, Love, 8th European Quilt Triennial Heidelberg, Germany
The Lucky Ones, Mills Station Arts & Culture Center, Rancho Cordova, California USA The Lucky Ones, Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania The Lucky Ones, The Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, Minnesota Dirty Secret, Gallerium I Will Be Beautiful Somehow, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock IL, USA, Juror Tyanna Buie Out of the Funk, Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Pittsburgh, PA, 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 Fur Die Kinder, Lansdown Gallery, Stroud UK |
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2020
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A New Dawn, SAQA virtual exhibition, Juror: Petra Fallaux:
Storm, SAQA virtual exhibition The Lucky Ones?, Juror: Dr Susan Beryl Marks: Daura Gallery at the University of Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia Three 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 Round Hole + Square Peg = Space to Grow, SAQA, Perth Craft & Quilt Fair, Perth, Australia, Juror: Gail M Brown Round Hole + Square Peg = Space to Grow, SAQA, Canberra Craft & Quilt Fair, Canberra, Australia, Juror: Gail M Brown Round Hole + Square Peg = Space to Grow, SAQA, Newcastle Stitches & Craft Show, Newcastle, Australia, Juror: Gail M Brown |
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2019
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Round Hole + Square Peg = Space to Grow, Juror: Gail M Brown
Nous Marchons Ensemble, North Dakota State University, ND, Juror: Randy Rosenberg Silver Sixpence From My Shoe, Biennale Internationale 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 3 Wise Words, Adelaide Craft & Quilt Fair: Adelaide Australia, Juror: Joseph Lupo 3 Wise Words, Australasian Quilt Convention: Melbourne, Australia, Juror: Joseph Lupo 3 Wise Words, Brisbane Stitches & Craft Show: Brisbane, Australia, Juror: Joseph Lupo 3 Wise Words, Canberra Craft & Quilt Fair: Mitchell, Australia, Juror: Joseph Lupo 3 Wise Words, Newcastle Stitches & Craft Show: Broadmeadow, Australia, Juror: Joseph Lupo The Lucky Ones?, Juror: Dr Susan Beryl Marks: SAQA, Melbourne, Florida USA Goddess or Sex-Object?, Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, Washington, USA: Invitational Who Are You Looking At?, Quilt Festival Korea: Invitational Turmoil, Grants Pass Museum of Art- Grants Pass, Oregon, USA |
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2018
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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, CA, USA Juror: Vicky A Clarke Mahātmā Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, USA Susanne Miller Jones: Goddess or Sex Object?, Harbour House Gallery, Kingsbridge, UK Three Wise Words, Quilt Festival, Chicago, Il, USA, Juror: Joseph Lupo Turmoil, Australasian Quilt Convention, Melbourne, Australia Turmoil, Stitches & Craft Show, Brisbane, Australia Turmoil, Craft & Quilt Fair, Canberra, Australia Turmoil, Stitches & Craft Show, Newcastle, Australia Forced Removal, Sydney Stitches & Craft Show, Sydney, Australia |
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2017
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Kate Sheppard, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY, Jurors Lisa Ellis; Cyndi Souder
Three Wise Words, Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, USA, Juror: Joseph Lupo Dragon's Blood, AQS Quilt Week,Daytona Beach, FL, Jurors: Christine Chester; Geneviève Attinger Three Wise Words, International Quilt Festival – Houston, Texas, USA Turmoil, International Quilt Festival – Chicago, Illinois, USA Turmoil, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK Forced Removal, Thunder Bay Museum, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Forced Removal, Craft & Quilt Fair, Perth, Australia Forced Removal, Craft & Quilt Fair, Canberra, Australia Forced Removal, Intocraft Handmade Expo, Newcastle, Australia Forced Removal, Craft & Quilt Fair, Adelaide, Australia Forced Removal, Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fair, Brisbane, Australia Forced Removal, Intocraft Handmade Expo, Melbourne, Australia |
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2016
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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, TX, 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 |
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2015
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Here and Far, Solo Exhibition, Midsomer Quilting, UK
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Awards
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First place: We Walk Together 6th Quilt Expo en Beaujolais, Villefranche-sur-Saône, France, 2016
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Professional Achievements
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2022
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Moderator, FiberArt International Virtual Forum, 2022
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2021
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Board of Directors, Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA)
Juror & Curator, Plurality of Voices, SAQA Europe/Middle East Invited speaker, 'Quilt Stories' by Lisa Walton Featured Artist, CreateWhimsy.com |
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2020
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Panelist, Textile Talk 'Conversations with the artists: Opposites attract'
Juror, SAQA Wide Horizons VII, SAQA Europe/Middle East |
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2019
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Lecturer and tutor, 5th China Creative Design Competition & International Seminar, Kequio, China
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2014 - 2016
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Assistant Curator for the Quilters Guild of the British Isles, Contemporary Quilt
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2015
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Author of Quilting Originals: designing your own art quilts
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Press & Publications
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Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA, Vol 1 & 2: New Directions, SAQA, 2020 ISBN: 978-0764359989
Art Quilts Unfolding: SAQA, 2018 ISBN: 978-0764356261 OUR Story: Human Rights stories in fabric, S.M Jones: Schiffer, 2019 ISBN: 9780764357978 HER Story: A celebration of Strong women: S.M Jones: Schiffer, 2018 ISBN: 9780764354601 Author: Quilting Originals: Designing your own quilts: Claire Passmore, 2015 ISBN 1505890608 |
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Art Quilt Quarterly: Issue 29, October 2022, Front cover Patchwork Professional Magazine: Issue 5, Aug 2022 German Patchwork Guilde Magazine: Spring Edition 2022 Art Quilting Studio Magazine: Vol 13, Issue 1 & Issue 2, 2021 Art Quilt Quarterly: Issues 9,10,11,14,16,21 Les Nouvelles No 14: l’Association France Patchwork, Mar 2020 Practique du Patchwork: No 6, Oct 2019 British Patchwork and Quilting Magazine: Jan & Feb 2019 Quilting Arts Magazine: Issues 66, 69, 72 and 78 |
Professional Affiliations
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Studio Art Quilt Associates Board member and Juried Artist
Pittsburgh Guild of Fiber Arts Six Dames |
