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Claire Passmore
b. Wales /// lives & works Mauritius |
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RESUME
Selected Exhibition Record
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2022
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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, Kreismuseum Zons, Germany & Textilmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland Out of the Funk, Pittsburgh International Airport, USA Silver Sixpence From My Shoe, AQS Quilt Shows, 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
Dirty Secret, Gallerium virtual exhibition 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: Deprture 16th November 2019, SAQA virtual exhibition, Juror: Katherine Wilson: Dirty Secret, Lansdown Gallery, Stroud, UK Für 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 |
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2019
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Round Hole + Square Peg = Space to Grow, SAQA: Tour of Australia, 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, Jurors: Maryte Collard; Roberta Le Poidevin The Lucky Ones?, Juror: Dr Susan Beryl Marks: SAQA, Melbourne, FLA Goddess or Sex-Object?, Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, WA: Invitational Who Are You Looking At?, Quilt Festival in Korea: Invitational |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 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 exhibitions (international)
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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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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 |
