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Claire Davies
Education
2021 – 2023 MA Artists’ Film and Moving Image, Goldsmiths, University of London
2023 FHEA Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2006 – 2009 BA Hons in Intermedia Art, Edinburgh College of Art
Solo Exhibitions
Blush, Random Acts commission, Little Dot Productions and Channel 4 Television, July 2019
The Valley of Lost Things, Two Queens, Leicester, March – April 2018
The Ummm Series, Performance, Two Queens, Leicester, April 2018
Scratch Night, Primary, Nottingham, September 2017
The Hidden Experience, One Thoresby Street, Nottingham, August 2017
Selected Group Exhibitions
Sheffield International Documentary Festival, Sheffield, June 2021
Alchemy Film Festival, Hawick, Scotland, February 2021
BF Artist Film Festival, Setsetset, London, October 2018
TCBTV, Somerset House, London, October 2018
Simply Beaming, Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, June 2018
East Midlands Today, Two Queens, Leicester, July 2017
Hunky Dory, EnclaveLab, London, June 2017
Alchemy Film Festival, Hawick, Scotland, March 2017
A Portal Atop a Bus Stop, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 2016
November Film Festival, Goldsmiths, London, November 2016
Spectrum Moving Image Festival, RCA and Blip Blip Blip, London, Oct-Dec 2016
Get Fit, Turf Projects, London, April 2016
Edinburgh Moving Image Festival, Summerhall, Edinburgh, December 2015
Satellite Forecast, Radiophrenia Radio Project, CCA Glasgow, April 2015
The Grubby Mitts tour, video commission, Various locations including KARST, Plymouth; Aid and Abet Cambridge; Grand Union, Birmingham, August 2014
Vulcan Point, The Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, April 2014
The Light Years, Generator Projects and Tin Roof, Dundee, August 2013
Ortonandon Salonandon, French Riviera, London, April 2013
The Great Moon Hoax, w/Kitty Wingate, Leicester, December 2012
Cave Art Fair, Liverpool, September 2012
Toys, Trove, Birmingham, June 2012
The Wandering Decoder, online project, Annuale, Edinburgh, June 2012
Within the Space of, Rhubaba Gallery and Studios, Edinburgh, December 2011
Nothing New Under the Sun Part II, The Duchy, Glasgow, June 2010
Play and Skinned Knees, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, March 2010
Ekkert nýtt undir sólinni (Nothing New Under the Sun), Skaftfell Arts Centre, Iceland, Feb 2010
D(RAW), Richard Demarco Foundation, Skateraw, June 2007
Awards
AN Artist’s Bursary, January 2019
Primary Residency Prize, Nottingham Castle Open, November 2016
One Thoresby Street Residency Prize, Nottingham Castle Open, November 2016
Emerging Artists Bursary, Edinburgh, January 2014
The Gane Trust, Bristol, March 2009
Andrew Grant Award, Edinburgh College of Art, January 2009
Curatorial Projects
Curator and Project Manager, PEL Projects, Online, April 2020 – Present Day
Co-Director, Rhubaba Gallery and Studios, Edinburgh, September 2009 – June 2013
Teaching and Workshops
Senior Moving Image Technician (part-time), Nottingham Trent University, March 2015 – Present Day
Fellow FHEA - June 2023
Visiting Lecturer, Fine Art University of Derby, March 2023
Visiting Lecturer, Fine Art Sheffield Hallam University, January 2023
Experimental Moving Image, Course Leader and Tutor, NTU Summer School - Present Day
Digital Fine Art, Course Tutor, NTU Summer School - Present Day
Saturday Art Club Tutor, Nottingham Trent University, December 2017 – Present Day
Animation Tutor, Quad, Derby, February 2019
Digital Tutor (freelance), Nottingham City Council Library Service, August 2015 – January 2018
3D Scanning Workshop, The Photographer’s Gallery, London, May 2017
Project Lab: Clay Workshop, Nottingham Castle, April 2017
GIF Workshop, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, August 2016 and April 2017
Other
Associate Artist with the Youth Landscapers, The Underneath, Timber Festival, Moira, Derbyshire, March – July 2022
Near Now Studio Member, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham, November 2020 – Present Day
VR Artists Development, Attendee, Quad, Derby, November 2018 – February 2019
LUX Bootcamp, Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Sept 2018
Creative and Virtual Technologies Research Lab Residency, Nottingham Trent University, March-September 2018
Summer Lodge Residency, Nottingham Trent University, July 2018
Isthisit? Online Residency, www.isthisitisthisit.com/what-the-hell-is-this, November 2017
Work-in-Common Residency, Primary, Nottingham, August 2017
Summer Camp Residency, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, August 2016
Artists Talk, Ikon Youth Programme, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, April 2016
NetPark Residency, Metal, Southend-On-Sea, January 2016
CultureLab Residency, Metal, Southend-On-Sea, October 2015
MSB2015 Residency, Castlefield Gallery/Eastside Projects, June – August 2015
Birgir Andresson Skaftfell Residency, Seydisfjordur, Iceland, February 2010
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