Claire Foxton is an Australian artist and designer who since 2016 has rapidly developed a large body of public art.
Through a hybrid of abstraction and realism, Claire's art practice explores the triumphs and strength of the human condition via large scale public portraiture.
Strongly process-driven, her approach to abstract forms is responsive and immediate. This energetic, colourful visual space is kept in tension with her critical realist portraiture and the careful planning required to execute large-scale public art.
Claire’s public art practice brings the traditions of portraiture into spaces often reserved for decoration or advertising. Her murals are concerned with the truth of a place and its people – the everyday heroes who help realise their communities.
Claire’s style has evolved from a mix of formal education and improvised techniques. Her works teeter on the edge of control and intuition, guided by her roots in Design and influenced by characteristics of Abstract Expressionism.
Claire’s work can be found throughout Australia, New Zealand & in the US.
Select mural projects & festivals
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Wonderwalls, Port Adelaide SA, 2017
Nowra Art & Culture Activation, Nowra NSW, 2017
First Coat Street Art Festival, Toowoomba QLD, 2017
Melbourne Central Activation, Melbourne VIC, 2017
First Coat Lockyer Valley, Gatton QLD, 2017
Wonderwalls, Wollongong NSW, 2017
Street Prints Mauao, Mount Maunganui NZ, 2017
Street Prints Otautahi, Christchurch NZ 2017
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide SA, 2018
Wall to Wall Festival, Benalla VIC, 2018
Sea Walls Artists for Oceans, Cairns QLD, 2018
Townsville Council Public Art Project, Townsville QLD, 2018
St Mary's Mural & Workshops, Wollongong NSW, 2018
Big Picture Festival, Adelaide SA, 2018
Northlands Shopping Centre Activation, Melbourne VIC, 2018
Our Story Project - Water Tower, Warrnambool VIC, 2018
Pillars Project, Brisbane QLD, 2018
University of Wollongong mural project, Liverpool NSW, 2019
Whanganui Walls, Whanganui NZ, 2019
Bright Walls, Jackson Michigan USA, 2019
Colonnades Shopping Centre activation, Vicinity Centres & Sarah Construction, SA 2019
Select exhibitions
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Wonderwalls Exhibition, Wollongong NSW, 2017
Spring 2019 Group Exhibition, ABV Gallery, Atlanta GA USA, 2019
Praise You group show, Brisbane QLD, 2019
Talks & podcasts
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Bench Talk podcast episode with Tom Gerrard, 2017
Careers ArtFest talk, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2017
On Process podcast episode with Adam Busby, 2019
Make It Made It Conference talk, Newcastle, 2019
Education
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2006-2009 - Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts and Graphic Design). Deans Scholar, University of Wollongong