Claire Dorsett is an artist from the North West of England who currently works out of Manchester, UK.
She graduated from her BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting at The University of Brighton in 2007 and from MFA Painting at The Slade School of Fine Art in 2010. Since then she has exhibited both nationally and internationally.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
Claire Dorsett, Workplace Foundation, Gateshead, 2019.
FRONT, STOCK Gallery, Manchester, 2018.
Spill Your Guts, title.date.duration, Manchester, 2017.
You Do The Talking, George and Jørgen, London, 2012.
Go Big Or Go Home, George and Jørgen, London, 2011.
Selected Group Exhibitions
Dirty Synch II, Curated by Tony Benn, The Bear, London, 2023.
Gargling with Jelly, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London, 2023.
Rose Garden, Curated by Tony Benn and Glenn Ward, Terrace Gallery, London, 2023.
Companion, Curated by Gayle Meikle, Workplace Foundation, Newcastle, 2022.
Food For Thought, Curated Jenny Eden, Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford, 2022.
Fayre Share Fayre, Curated by Nat Pitt for A Modest Show, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 2022.
A Modest Show Booth, Curated by Nat Pitt of Division of Labour, Manchester Contemporary Art Fair., 2021.
Dark Matter, Workplace Foundation, Newcastle, 2021.
Here and How?, Curated by STOCK, Motion Sickness Project Space, Cambridge, 2019.
Everything Must Go (Part 2), Workplace Foundation, Gateshead, 2019.
Boobs: The Semiology of Breast, TAF/The Art Foundation, Athens, Greece, 2017.
The Sound of Grown Up Children Determined Not to Be Afraid, Curated by Benjamin Davies and Laura Brady, ICW, Blackpool, 2017.
Yes Please, Curated by George Lionel Barker, George and Jørgen, Peckham, London, 2017.
Designs For Living, HOME Projects, HOME, Manchester, 2016.
Call For Drawings, BAK, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2015.
Creekside Open 2015 Selected by Lisa Milroy, A.P.T. Gallery, London, 2015.
Show-Off, LeandaKateLouise, London, 2014.
The Creekside Open, selected by Paul Noble, A.P.T. Gallery, London, 2013.
Creative London, Artrecipe, Space K Gwacheon, Seoul and Gwangju, South Korea. Supported by the British Council, 2012.
The Sluice Art Fair, Exhibiting with George and Jørgen, London, 2011.
The Threadneedle Prize 2011, The Mall Galleries, London, 2011.
Blue Darling, Curated by Oliver Bedeman, George and Jørgen, London, 2011.
New Contemporary Art: Part I, George and Jørgen, London, 2010.
Istanbul was Constantinople, Hush Gallery, Istanbul, 2010.
Slade @ Test Bed 1, Battersea, London, 2010.
The Things Thing, Curated by Sam Longworth, Goth on bus, London, 2019.
the voice and nothing more, curated by Neil Luck and Sam Belinfante, Woburn Research Centre, UCL, London, 2019.
Selected Press and Publications
In Conversation: Claire Dorsett and Jes Fernie, online event hosted by Workplace Foundation, Newcastle, 2020.
Front Cover and Interview, Ambit Magazine, Issue 238, 2019.
Claire Dorsett: FRONT, STOCK review by Alison Criddle for Corridor8, online article, September publication, 2018.
The Sound of Adult Children Determined Not To Be Afraid, review by Alison Criddle for Corridor8, online article, August publication, 2017.
Ahead of Painting, book by Bruce McLean and Klaas Hoek, published by Bibiltheque McLean, 2013.
Claire Dorsett at George and Jørgen, review by Coline Milliard for ARTINFO UK, Modern Painters Magazine, February Issue, 2013.
Creative London, Exhibition Catalogue, 2012.
British Art Of Wonder, Art in Culture, online article, August publication, 2012.
100 Artists To Watch, article, Modern Painters Magazine, ARTINFO UK, Dec/Jan Issue, 2011.
Selected Prizes and Awards
The Harry Walker Young Artists Prize, 2011.
The Peter and Betty McLean Memorial Prize, 2010.
The Nicholas Volley Bursary, 2009-10.
Andor Scholarship, 2009-10.
Stanbury Scholarship, 2008-9.
Nagoya University of Arts Third Prize, 2007.
Nationwide Mercury Music Art Competition Winning Finalist, 2007
Collections
International Private and Public Collections.