CURRICULUM VITAE/CLAIRE BELL
Born 24th December 1984 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
education
2008 Graduate Diploma Art History/English Literature, University of Auckland
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand
solo exhibitions
2023 ‘The Golden Hour’, Brown & Co, Whanganui, NZ, 22 October - 22 November 2023
group exhibitions
2025 Finalist in the Lyndsay Patterson Emerging Artist Award, on show at the Artists Open Studios Starting Point Exhibition, 15-23 March 2025
2024 ‘Show us your cup’, Brown & Co, Whanganui, NZ, 27 September - 4 October 2024
2022 2022 Patillo Whanganui Arts Revue, Sarjeant Gallery, November 2022
NZSAG Members Show, The Sarjeant Gallery Object Space, Whanganui, NZ, 22 October 2022 – 29 January, 2023
FOCUS ON GLASS 2022, Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa, Auckland, NZ, 5-30 October 2022
2021 Glass Art 2021, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, NZ, 26 February - 21 March 2021
2020 FOCUS ON GLASS 2020, Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa, 19 October - 15 November 2020
2020 Patillo Whanganui Arts Revue, Sarjeant Gallery, 28 February - 15 June 2020
NZSAG Members Show, New Zealand Glassworks, December 2019 - March 2020
2019 Summer Salon, Masterworks Gallery, November 2019 - February 2020
Line Play - A group show, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, 27 July - 17 August, 2019
“Under the sun - tales of the unexpected’ Collaborative Chandelier contributor, assembled by The Crystal Chain Gang, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui
NZSAG/AUSGLASS Members Show, Sarjeant Gallery satellite space, Whanganui, February - March 2018
2018 Heads Road, Rayner Brothers Gallery, Whanganui, 24 November - 22 December 2018
Royal Easter Show, Auckland
2018 Sarjeant Gallery Whanganui Arts Review, 10 March – 13 may 2018
Indoor Glass Show, Sculpture in the Gardens, Auckland Botanic Gardens, Manukau
2017 NZSAG Members Show, NZ Glassworks, Whanganui
Indoor Glass Show, Sculpture in the Gardens, Auckland Botanic Gardens, Manukau
2016 NZ Sculpture on Shore, Indoor Show, Fort Takapuna
NZSAG Members Show 2016, Pah Homestead, Hillsborough, Auckland
All In, Wallace Gallery, Morrninsville
2015 Flower Garden, A group Exhibition, including four collaborative works by Garry Nash x Claire Bell at Form Gallery, Christchurch
White Night, as part of the Neon Collective, Remuera, Auckland
2014 Cultivate, Garry Nash with assistance from Claire Bell at Form Gallery, Christchurch
Sprout 2, as guests of Medal Art New Zealand, Garry Nash with assistance from Claire Bell at Remuera Gallery, Auckland
Show 4, A group show at Art Base, Oraki Basin, Auckland
Art in the Dark, as part of The Neon Collective, Ponsonby, Auckland
NZSAG Members show, The Pah Homestead, Auckland
2013 Spout, as guests of Medal Art New Zealand, Garry Nash with assistance from Claire Bell at Auckland Botanical Gardens as part of the Sculpture in the Gardens 2013
Art in the Dark, showing as Claire Bell as part of The Neon Collective, Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ
2012 Electric Glass, The Pah Homestead, Hillsborough, Auckland, NZ
Snapshot, The Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
NZSAG Members Show 2012, Whanganui
2007 Watercolour, The Henrietta and Lola Ann Tunbridge Prize' George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
Aperitif, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
public collections
Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery, 2025
private collections
Dell Higgie & Michael Hibma, Fordell, Whanganui, commissioned the ‘Peacock screen’ July 2021
Wallace Collection, 2016
public artworks
Trumpeter Angel Panel Remake, Guildford Cathedral, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, England, May 2026
Taupo Quay Coach Shelters, Whanganui, NZ. Installed 11 June 2021, blessed and celebrated 12 June 2021/ remade and relocated July 2024
Rangiora Street Bus Shelter, Castlecliff, Whanganui, NZ. Installed 3 July 2020, blessed and celebrated 4 July 2020
Virginia Lake Sculpture garden mirror diptych, installed November 2019, moved to adjacent Winter Garden 2026
achievements/residencies
2022; Amplify Grant from Whanganui & Partners for Dave Smith’s Digital course, ‘Introduction to Glass Gilding’
2021; Speaker at Virtual 2021, GAS (Glass Arts Society) Digital conference May 21, 2021.
2020/2021; Creative New Zealand Quick Response Grant for Attending David Smith glass painting, gilding and silvering course, Torquay, England and GAS conference, Smaland, Sweden (Gainned 2020, attended workshop 2021 due to COVID19)
2019; GAINZ Emerging Artist Prize, NZSAG/AUSGLASS Members show for 'The CoLab’ conference 2019
2018; David Whitehouse Research Residency, Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA
2017; Creative New Zealand Quick Response Grant for Attending Glass Engraving, techniques of John Hutton, Jennifer Conway, Manningtree, Essex, England
2015; Creative New Zealand Arts Grant for Attending Glass Engraving, Katharine Coleman, Bildwerk, Germany