Approved: 17.07.2009

Clair Robins

Artist, Lecturer / academic

Approved: 17.07.2009

My work is mainly created by objects, belongings and memorabilia that surround us every day. As an avid collector and self confessed hoarder of mundane and quirky items, I assemble my treasures into still life photographs. My earlier work used traditional photography practices; however majority of my current work has been photographed digitally. I endeavour to re-present these items and paraphernalia

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Artist Statement

My work is mainly created by objects, belongings and memorabilia that surround us every day. As an avid collector and self confessed hoarder of mundane and quirky items, I assemble my treasures into still life photographs. My earlier work used traditional photography practices; however majority of my current work has been photographed digitally. I endeavour to re-present these items and paraphernalia to inspire the viewer and myself as an artist. The composition, arrangement and layout of my 'collections' are uncluttered and often direct. Simplistic lighting and balance are fundamental with each collection. I like the viewer to be challenged on many levels- nostalgia, aesthetic or simply by a personal association of such curiosities. I like to evoke an emotion by producing bizarre collections so the images form a contemporary archive.

CV & Education

Solo and Group Exhibitions

2023 Picturing High Streets - Tourning Exhibitor (Photographic work)

2023 'ME' - Photographic solo show at Leicester Museums, New Walk, April -August ME 

2023 - Visual Diary - Art Doc 

2023 - BROAD MAGAZINE  - Reppink Selects: BROAD MAG

2023 Art Doc Magazine - On line Exhibition - Alternative Process

?2022- See-zeen  - A response to the 'Queen'

?2022 Decade of Change 1854&BJP - @InCadaques 6th Edition International Photo Festival Sept-Oct 2022 Incadaques2022 *images compliments of Galeriemade

?2022 -NPG (National Portrait Gallery) Platinum Jubilee, 'recreation of Royal portraits' second place prize winner.National Portrait Gallery

2022 -‘Decade of Change’ global photography award & exhibition for 1854 & British Journal of Photography. 
The work will form part of a touring exhibition, kicking off at Belfast Photo Festival from 03 June to 04 Sept 2022 and 

?2022 - Bath Photo Festival Selected Exhibitor - 'All in Reach' - Jeans Hands Evidence II - Bath Photo Fest 2022 

?2022 - ROAD TRIP Publication - Shutter Hub Road Trip

2022 - YOUR BODY BELONGS TO YOU - Shutter Hub

Les Alizes, Boulevard de l’ÉgalitéSaint Gilles Croix de Vie, France

18 April – 18 September 2022

Your body belongs to you

?2022 - SONY World Photo Competition Short List 'Creative - 2022 Open' Exhibition at Somerset House London, 13th April - 3rd May Winners Gallery

?2022 - FILM - LCB Depot 2022 Exhibition, Leicester

?2021 - Portrait of Britain Winner - work on display until end Jan 2022 - JCdecaux Billboards, over 100 locationsPortrait of Britain Winners 2022

?2021  -  'Head On' Photo Festival - Exhibitor

19th- 28th November 2021 -  Bondi Beach Promenade, Australia

HEAD-ON - Merging Present & Past review

HEAD-ON - Exhibition profile & images

?2021 - 1854 & British Journal of Photography - Selected Exhibitor, A once-in-a-century Photography Collection curated to reflect a year of global pandemic life.Edition 365

?2021 - 3Shot Festival - The Triptych photography Festival - First Edition.www.3shotsfestival.com

?2021 - Open32 - Leicester Museum and Art Gallery.

?2021 - ROSL  (Royal Over-Seas League) 'International Friendship’, Exhibition shortlist - contemporary creative culture throughout the Commonwealth, selected from over 500 entries and 40 countries. 10th December - February 2022 

Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James's Street, London

?2021 - Photo IS:RAEL International Photography - Exhibitor

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Tel  Aviv - 'Meeting Point'Meeting Point

17-27 Nov 2021

 

Qualifications and Training

1991 - Multidisciplinary Design Degree (Photography), Staffordshire Polytechnic, Stoke on trent, UK