Claire Healy b. 1971

  • Artist (Installation Artist) , (Mixed Media Artist) , (Sculptor)
Installation artist born in Melbourne in 1971. Healy regularly works in collaboration with Sean Cordeiro. Their works explore ideas of home, permanency, collection, consumption and the logistics of movement.
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Name
Claire Healy
Birth date
1971
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Residence
  • 2005 Berlin, Germany
Other Occupation
  • Teacher
Active Period
  • 1997-
Cultural Heritage
  • British
Languages
  • English
Training
  • Master of Fine Arts, 2000- 2004 College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, honours, 1993- 1997 College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Is Indigenous
No

sculptor and installation artist born in Melbourne in 1971. Healy regularly works in collaboration with Sean Cordeiro.

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Writers:
Kokolakis, Faye
De Lorenzo, Catherine
Date written:
2009
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Paula Dawson
1954
Artist (Painter), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Video Artist), Artist (Performance Artist), Artist, Artist (Installation Artist)
Student of
associate of
Joan Grounds
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Bonita Ely
1946
Artist (Performance Artist), Artist (Painter), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Video Artist)
associate of
Martin Sims
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Adrian Hall
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Sean Cordeiro
1974
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Sculptor)
collaborator
associate of
Michael Goldberg
1952
Artist (Installation Artist), Artist (Sculptor)
Healy, Claire: Glebe Point Road Public Art Project, 2006. / Goldberg, Michael: Student of
associate of
Imperial Slacks Collective
Artist
Not Under My Roof
Date
2008
URL
http://www.claireandsean.com/works_Frameset.html
In collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
The Paper Trail
Date
2007
URL
http://www.claireandsean.com/works_Frameset.html
In collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
Self Storage
Date
2006
URL
http://www.claireandsean.com/works_Frameset.html
In collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
Home Invasion
Date
2005
URL
http://www.claireandsean.com/works_Frameset.html
In collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
Work, Rest, Play(escape)
Date
2004
URL
http://www.claireandsean.com/works_Frameset.html
In collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
Deceased Estate
Date
2004
URL
http://www.claireandsean.com/works_Frameset.html
In collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Date
2003
URL
http://www.claireandsean.com/works_Frameset.html
In collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
Package Tour
Date
2003
In collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
The Cordial Home Project
Date
2003
URL
http://www.claireandsean.com/works_Frameset.html
In collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
Oasis
Date
2002
URL
http://www.claireandsean.com/works_solo_claire/solo_claire_Frameset.html
Makeshift
Date
2000
URL
http://www.claireandsean.com/works_solo_claire/solo_claire_Frameset.html
Vascular Papilla
Date
1997
Manual
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Gitte Weise Gallery, Berlin, Germany
http://www.gitteweisegallery.com/healy&cordeiro/index.html
Solo show with photography, installation, sculpture.
Disruptive Colouration
2008
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, NSW
Solo show
Custom Living
2006
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, NSW
Solo show
Work, Rest, Play(escape)
2004
Exhibition ()
Imperial Slacks Collective, Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Recognitions
Co-recipient - Australia Council New Work Grant
2008
Award
Co-recipient - Australia Council New Work Grant
2006
Award
Co-recipient - Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships
2006
Award
Co-recipient - AGNSW Dyason Bequest
2004
Award
co-recipient - Australia Council New Work Grant
2004
Award
Helen Lempriere Traveling Art Scholarship, (co-recipient)
2003
Award
co-recipient - Australia Council Artist Run Initiative Grant
2002
Award
recipient - Australia Council, New Work - Emerging Artist Grant
2002
Award
Recipient - Australian Post Graduate Award
2000
Award
Recipient - Dr Gene Sherman Award, Sherman Galleries
1997
Award
Recipient - The Union Steel Award
1996
Award
Recipient - Muriel and Basil Hooper Scholarship Art Gallery of New South Wales
1996
Award
Citations:
  • Interview with artist
  • Burrows, David and Russell Storer, (2005), Home Invasion: Works by Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, (Place: Artspace, Woollomooloo, NSW)
  • Mania, Astrid, (2006), 'Self Storage', Adventures with Form in Space, (ex. cat. Place: Art Gallery Of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW)
  • Clements, Tracey, (31 August 2007), 'Yurts So Good', (Place: The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW)