CLAIRE VAN DER PLAS graduated with MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2004.

Her recent paintings are of people and their animals spotted at A&P shows and have been carefully rendered in oils on found objects.

She has taught at Elam School of Fine Arts and LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts in Singapore . She currently teaches oil painting and decoupage at ArtStation as well as introductory courses in Adobe Photoshop CS through the University of Auckland's Centre for Continuing Education.

Claire is represented by Oedipus Rex Gallery.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS

2006

Best In Show, new paintings, Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland

VividMoves, self-published animation on DVD showing for 2 weeks at Viewfinder, National Film Archive, Auckland Library

2004

Vivid Imagination, Canary Gallery, Auckland

2003

Accretia, Submission for MFA, Elam Graduate Show, University of Auckland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006

Exhibition of finalists, Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Awards, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton

2005

Cropped, exhibition of new paintings with Stefanie Young , Stanbeth House Gallery, Auckland

Exhibition of Finalists, Wallace Arts Trust Awards, EA Gallery, Auckland

Artists’ Film Festival 2005, Canary Gallery, Auckland

2004

Showtime, artist’s page work in New New Zealand Art, curated by B. Curnow, Canary Gallery, Auckland 2004

National Drawing Award Show, Artspace, Auckland and The Physics Room, Christchurch

2003

Exhibition of Finalists, Wallace Arts Trust Gallery, Auckland

2001

Artist for March, Art2 Gallery , Singapore

Proof III, Substation Gallery , Singapore

Too2, Earl Lu Gallery , Singapore

2000

Between, Earl Lu Gallery , Singapore

Printmaking Society of Singapore Annual Show, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

1997

Liteform, George Fraser Gallery , Auckland

1994

Fluff & Hot Air, George Fraser Gallery , Auckland

1993

Elam Sculpture Show, Old Telephone Exchange, Auckland