Born
1973, UK
Education
2000 – Museum Studies, Leicester University
1995 – Fine Art Sculpture, Central Saint Martins
Awards
2022 – Walker Art Gallery / Contemporary Art Society Commission
2018 – Seattle Art Museum, Porcelain Room Commission
2018 – Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant
Major Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Museum of London, National Museums Scotland,
Ömer Koç Collection, Reydan Weiss Collection, Mack Collection, 21C Museum
Solo Exhibitions
April 2024 - The Limerents, Winston Wächter, Seattle, US
October 2023 - When the rocks were soft, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
December 2022 - Winter Coat, Arusha Gallery, Bruton, UK
June 2022 - Claire Partington at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
February 2022 - En Plein Air, Winston Wächter, Seattle, US
June 2021 - Britainton, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK
January 2020 - Gods and Monsters, Untitled, Art. San Francisco, US
June 2019 - The Hunting Party, Winston Wächter, Seattle, US
December 2018 – Taking Tea, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, US
September 2017 - A Cautionary Tale, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
September 2022 - Historical Fiction, KochXBos, Ansterdam, NL
May 2022 - Bookworks, James Freeman Gallery, london, UK
September 2021 - London Making Now, Museum of London, UK
April 2021 - Fairyland, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, US
March 2020 - Cranach: Artist and innovator, Compton Verney, UK
September 2019 – Claire Partington & Charles Freger, James Freeman Gallery, London, UK
February 2018 - Material : Earth. Myth Material Metamorphosis, Messums, UK
November 2017 - doing identity. Die Sammlung Reydan Weiss, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
May 2016 - I Prefer Life, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Germany
March 2016 - Divine Decadence, Kasteel van Gaasbeek, Belguim
September 2015 - Hey Act III, Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, France
June 2015 - My Blue China, Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
May 2015 – SWEET 18, Kasteel d'Ursel, Belgium
October 2013 - Im Dialog mit dem Barok, Neues Schloss Schleißheim, Germany
Publications
Underworlds: A Compelling Journey Through Subterranean Realms. Stephen Ellcock. Thames and Husdon, London 2023
Studio Ceramics: British Studio Pottery 1900 to Now. Alun Graves. Thames and Hudson, London 2023
Claire Partington: Historical Fiction. Claire Parington, Danielle Thom, Amy Orrock. KochXBos, Amsterdam, 2022
England on Fire: A Visual Journey through Albion's Psychic Landscape. Stephen Ellcock, Watkins, London 2022
Mastering Sculpture: The figure in clay. Cristina Córdova. Quarto, New York, 2022
Teaching Contemporary Art With Young People. Julia Marshall. Teachers College Press, New York, 2021
Handbuilt Ceramics. Jo Taylor. Crowood Press, Wiltshire, 2021
Céramique : 90 artistes contemporains. Charlotte Vannier and Véronique Pettit Laforet. Pyramyd Editions, Paris, 2019
The New Age of Ceramics. Hannah Stouffer. Gingko Press, California, 2016