Claire Passmore
born in Wales   /// lives & works Mauritius 
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Selected Exhibition Record
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2026
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, and Lisa Ranallo
​2025
​​Metamorphosis, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, USA,  Jurors: Beth C. McLaughlin, Jane Sauer, and Lisa Ranallo
Hot Stuff, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, Connecticut, USA, Jurors: Dr Sabine Stanley, JD Talasek, Dr Denis Wertz
Metamorphosis, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Annville, Pennsylvania, USA, Jurors: Beth C. McLaughlin, Jane Sauer, and Lisa Ranallo
Hot Stuff, New England Quilt Museum,  Lowell, Massachusetts, USA,  Jurors: Dr Sabine Stanley, JD Talasek, Dr Denis Wertz
Watching and Waiting, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tuscon Arizona, USA, Juror: Lorraine Roy
Metamorphosis, Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Art Museum, La Conner, Washington, USA,  Jurors: Beth C. McLaughlin, Jane Sauer, and Lisa Ranallo
​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
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
​Hot Stuff, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, LA, USA, Jurors: Dr Sabine Stanley, JD Talasek, Dr Denis Wertz
Gentiana, SAQA Virtual Exhibition, Juror: Pat Forster
​2023
​Light, Life, Love, International Fiber Arts XI, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA, 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, SA, Juror: Elizabeth Rooklidge
Metamorphosis, Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana, USA,  Jurors: Beth C. McLaughlin, Jane Sauer, and Lisa Ranallo
In Loving memory, SAQA Virtual Exhibition, Jurors: Diana Fox & Alison Schwabe
​Round Hole + Square Peg = Space to Grow, SAQA, 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, 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
2021
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
2020
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 
2019
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
Echoes of Demons, Grants Pass Museum of Art- Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
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
Three Wise Words,  Quilt Festival, Chicago, Il, USA,  Juror: Joseph Lupo       
Echoes of Demons, Australasian Quilt Convention, Melbourne, Australia
Echoes of Demons, Stitches & Craft Show, Brisbane, Australia
Echoes of Demons, Craft & Quilt Fair, Canberra, Australia
Echoes of Demons, Stitches & Craft Show, Newcastle, Australia
Forced Removal, Sydney Stitches & Craft Show, Sydney, Australia
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
Three Wise Words, International Quilt Festival – Houston, Texas, USA
Echoes of Demons, International Quilt Festival – Chicago, Illinois, USA
Echoes of Demons, 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
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
Collections
International Quilt Museum Nebraska, USA
Awards
​First place:  We Walk Together   6th Quilt Expo en Beaujolais, Villefranche-sur-Saône, France, 2016

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Professional Activities
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2023 - 2024
Secretary  to the Board of Directors of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA)
Juror,  Abstraction: Textural Elements, SAQA Global Exhibition
2023 - 2024
Co-chair of Studio Art Quilt Associates Global Exhibition Committee
2022
​​Moderator, FiberArt International Virtual Forum,  2022
2021 - 2024
Board of Directors of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA)
​​Juror & Curator, Plurality of Voices, SAQA Europe/Middle East
​Invited speaker, 'Quilt Stories' by Lisa Walton
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 
2015
​Author of Quilting Originals: designing your own art quilts

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Press & Publications
Issues in Science and Technology Magazine: Volume 41, No 1, Fall 2024
Johns Hopkins Magazine: Volume 75, No 4​, Winter 2023
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
​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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​Professional Affiliations​
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Studio Art Quilt Associates Juried Artist