Claire Yerbury USA/Australian, b. 1970

Overview

Claire Yerbury is an artist from Northern Rivers NSW who works from her home and studio nestled in the trees on her rural property surrounded by nature. Working on wooden panels using a combination of acrylic paint, Inktense pencils, oil crayon, print collage and paper, she builds layers that gently link, sometimes contrasting, sometimes blending but always flowing with a subtle unifying thread. Her themes of life, death, beauty, decay, growth, joy, sorrow and impermanence stem from her interest in Zen Buddhism and her observations of the natural world. Often these themes are expressed using images that reflect her musical background as a cellist and her experience and studies in horticulture. The smaller scale on which she prefers to work, intensifies her subject matter and gives each piece a feeling of intimate preciousness. Claire has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Arts (Sydney University 1991) and has been exhibiting her work in galleries in Sydney, Brisbane, Tasmania and locally throughout the Northern Rivers for the past 25 years. Her work continues to evolve as she expresses her unique and personal experience of life.

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Biography

Education

1987 Graduated HSC St Ives High School Sydney

1991 Graduated BA Degree in Fine Art Sydney College of the Arts

(Sydney University)

1993 Design Certificate Permaculture, Permaculture Institute Tyalgum

NSW

1997-2000 Advanced Cert. Urban Horticulture, TAFE Wollongbar NSW

 

Exhibition History

May 2021 Guest artist Barebones Swansea

Tasmania

May 2021 ‘Roam’ Group Exhibition Mist Gallery Cabarita Beach NSW

April 2021 ‘Encore’ Group Exhibition Mist Gallery Cabarita Beach NSW

March 2021 Guest artist Mist Gallery Cabarita Beach NSW

2017 – 2021 Made in Mullum, Mullumbimby NSW

2021 Guest artist Cube Gallery, Mullumbimby

2020 ‘Loom’ Group exhibition Side Gallery, Brisbane

2020 Guest artist Martine Gallery, Sydney

2020 Guest artist Barebones Swansea Tasmania

2019 ‘The Flesh and Bone Experiment’ Exhibitor, host and curator Forest

Art Studio

Wilsons Creek NSW

2019 ‘Enter the Bower’ Exhibitor, host and curator Forest Art Studio

Wilsons Creek NSW

2019 ‘Smalls’ Exhibition C.A.S.E Byron School of Arts Mullumbimby NSW

2018 ‘Forest Comes Alive’ Exhibitor, host and curator Forest Art Studio

Wilsons Creek NSW

2018 ‘Forest Art’ Exhibitor, host and curator Forest Art Studio Wilsons

Creek NSW

2017 Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby NSW

2017 Barebones Gallery, Bangalow NSW

2017 ‘Highly Commended’ Award Ocean Shores Art Expo Ocean Shores

NSW

2015-2016 Moonrise Studios, Mullumbimby NSW

2014-2015 Art Aspects, Lismore NSW

1997 Easter Art Classic , Byron Bay

1994 Community Art Exhibition Tweed Gallery, Murwillumbah

 

Publications

1994-1995 Book Illustration ‘Travels in Dreams’ Bill

Mollison (1st Edition)

1998-1999 Book Illustration ‘Kokey Koala and the Bush Olympics’ Trixie

Whitmore

 

Music/Performance History

2008-2020 Lead Cellist Amatori

Strings – Chamber Music concerts, Choral concerts

Northern Rivers NSW and Brisbane QLD

2005-2020 Cellist Byron String Trio - Weddings, Concerts, Exhibition

openings, Corporate Events

Northern Rivers NSW

2016 Lead Cellist ‘Pet Sounds’ live performance Beach Boys, Byron Bay

Blues Festival

2004-2019 Lead Cellist, Lismore Symphony Orchestra