Biography
Sylke Claridge
This body of work is strongly influenced by Henri Matisse, Kimura and the colour field artists.
It reflects my heritage through allegory and myth, my family interaction and the land which we occupy as custodians. It reminds us of the beauty we strive to preserve!
Colour creates an emotional resonance, a fusion in my mind of the air, land and Zeitgeist.
My goal is to fuse the tactile with spiritual truth, to infuse my artwork with energy. At the end the painting has to have a life of its own.
Picasso said ‘I don’t paint as I see, I paint as I think’.
I paint as I feel – I paint with my eyes shut but my mind open.
Education (Selected):
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2009-11 2008 1997 1995 1992 |
Diploma of Fine Arts, TAFE Sydney Diploma Visual Arts, ISCD Sydney Certificate of Medieval Literature, Cambridge University, United Kingdom Certificat de langue intensif at the Fondation Postuniversitaire Internationale, Paris, FranceEconomics at the Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie, Munich |
Gallery Curator/Owner:
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2013-16 |
Established Avalon Art Gallery for Individual and Group Exhibitions. |
Solo Exhibitions:
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2016 2014 2012 2010 2008 2006 2004 2003 2003 2001 2000 1989 1988 1988 |
‘Travels Far and Close’, Avalon Art Gallery, Sydney ‘Sylke Claridge’, Avalon Art Gallery, Sydney ‘Sylke Claridge at Number 1’, Number 1 Bar, Sydney ‘The Sylke Claridge Exhibition’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, UK ‘Sylke Claridge’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, UK ‘Autumn Exhibition’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, UK ‘Farewell’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, UK ‘Colour Full’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, UK ‘Home and Away’, Exchange Gallery, Saffron Walden, UK ‘Angels’, Angharad Gallery, Kensington, London, UK ‘Sylke Claridge’, Angel Craft Gallery, Bury St. Edmunds, UK ‘Nachtleben’, Haack GmbH, Berlin, Germany ‘EXIT’, One Room Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland ‘Housewarming’, 3Com, Munich, Germany |
Group Exhibitions (Selected):
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2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2014 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2003 2002 2000 2000 1999 |
'COLOUR’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, United Kingdom 'TIKUN OLAN’, Waverley Library, Sydney 'PITTWATER TIMELINE’, Avalon Street Art curated by Kendal Henry (New York) 'How big is the Sky?’, with Helen MacKay, Avalon Art Gallery, Avalon 'Nukal Margun Whurra Whurra’, with playwright and artist Julie Janson, Avalon Art Gallery, Avalon 'When the King meets the Queen’, Avalon Art Gallery, Avalon 'THE SUMMER EXHIBITION’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, United Kingdom 'Cambridge Art Fair’, Cambridge, United Kingdom 'ALCHEMY’, TAFE NSW Hornsby College, Sydney 'VISION7 artshow’, Mosman, Sydney ‘SOUTHERN EXPOSURE’, Form Gallery, Quenbeyan, opened by E. Cummings ‘The Transit of Venus’, TAFE NSW Hornsby College, Sydney ‘art fair 2011’ , Workshop Arts Centre, Sydney ‘ACCESS 14’ , TAFE NSW Hornsby College, Sydney ‘VISION6 artshow’ , Queenwood, Mosman, Sydney ‘State of Flux’, Parliament House in Sydney ‘Bushfire Auction Appeal Exhibition’, TAFE NSW Hornsby College, Sydney ‘Femme’, Breathing Colours, Balmain, Sydney ‘Initiation’, Glen Street Gallery, Sydney ‘artfair’, Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby ‘Open Studio’, Palace House, Newmarket, United Kingdom ‘Summer Art Exhibition’, Cambridge Corn Exchange, UK Enid Lawson gallery, Richmond, United Kingdom Walker gallery, Harrogate, United Kingdom Primavera, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Open Studios:
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2014-15 2013-14 2008-12 2003-04 2000-02 |
Open Studio, Avalon, Sydney Open Studio, Whale Beach, Sydney Open Studio, Warrawee, Sydney Open Studio, ‘Waterside’, Littlebury, United Kingdom Open Studio, ‘Netherby’, Duddenhoe End, UK |
Publications & Reviews:
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2014 2001
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Pittwater Life Magazine Feng Shui Society, Spring 2001, page 16, 17 ‘Angels’ by Sylke Claridge |
Prizes & Awards:
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2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 |
Finalist in the 'Mosman ART PRIZE' Finalist in the 'Ewart Art Prize' Merit Award in Drawing, Diploma in Fine Arts, TAFE Certificate of Merit, Diploma in Fine Arts (Printmaking), TAFE Industry Award of Excellency, Eckersley, ISCD |
Collections:
3Com, Munich
Pirag & Wisgott GmbH, Munich
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