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Claire Passmore
b. Wales   /// lives & works Mauritius 
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RESUME

Selected Exhibition Record
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2022
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

2021
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
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ür Die Kinder, Lansdown Gallery, Stroud UK

2020
A New Dawn,  SAQA virtual exhibition, Juror: Petra Fallaux:
Storm, SAQA virtual exhibition

2019
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

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, 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

2017
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

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, 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

2015
​Here and Far, Solo Exhibition, Midsomer Quilting, UK

Awards
​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
​Moderator, FiberArt International Forum,  2022

2021
​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

2020
​Panelist, Textile Talk 'Conversations with the artists: Opposites attract' 
Juror, SAQA Wide Horizons VII,  SAQA Europe/Middle East

2019
​Lecturer and tutor, 5th China Creative Design Competition & International Seminar, Kequio, China

2014 - 2016
Assistant Curator for the Quilters Guild of the British Isles Contemporary Quilt exhibitions (international)

2015
​Author of Quilting Originals: designing your own art quilts

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Press & Publications

​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
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​Professional Affiliations​
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Studio Art Quilt Associates Board member and Juried Artist
​Pittsburgh Guild of Fiber Arts
Six Dames 

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