Claire Fall Blanchette
cfblanchette@gmail.com
(207) 737-9151


Education: 

2025    
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, emphasis in printmaking, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (anticipated)
 
2016    
Bachelor of Fine Arts with academic honors, printmaking and history of art, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA


Fellowships, Grants & Awards:

2025       
Artist-in-Residence, Art/Sci Awarded Residency, PLAYA, Summerlake, OR (forthcoming)
Artist-in-Residence, Leonardo@Djerassi, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA (forthcoming)
Artist-in-Residence, The Land With No Name, Tucson, AZ

2024       
Edward Francis Dunn Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Summer Artist-in-Residence, Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
Helen Gross Award, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, funded MFA thesis development and exhibition

2023       
Marcia Grand Centennial Sculpture Prize, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ,
funded creation of modular sculpture and subsequent exhibitions to pass through two doors at once and Ruins
Anne Morten Memorial Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Marigold Linton Scholarship, Arizona Artist Guild, Phoenix, AZ

2022       
Nancy Strauss Art Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Fine Arts Graduate College Fellowship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2020       
Juror’s Choice Award, Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2018       
Artist-in-Residence, Konstepidemin Arts Center, Gothenburg, Sweden

2017    
Genevieve McMillan – Reba Stewart Travelling Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, funded research and artist residency at Konstepidemin Arts Center in Gothenburg, Sweden



Solo Exhibitions:                        

2023   
To Pass Through Two Doors at Once, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson AZ

2021   
On a Ley Line, The Evelyn Peeler Peacock Gallery, Corning, NY
Terrain, Milcon Gallery, Boston, MA, online exhibition.



Selected Group Exhibitions:

2024   
Paper & Clay, Tippetts & Eccles Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT

2023   
Proof, Subspace Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Perpetual Inventory, Palo Verde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Donors & Scholars, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Arizona Artist Guild Scholarship Exhibition, West Valley Art Museum, Peoria, AZ
Nice to Meet You, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Paper & Clay, Tippetts & Eccles Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT

2022   
FRC 13, Flat Rate Contemporary, online exhibition.

2021   
Elements, Milcon Gallery, Boston, MA, virtual exhibition.  
Emerging Artists 2021, Dodomu Gallery, online exhibition.
FRC 8, Flat Rate Contemporary, online exhibition.

2020   
16th Annual Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
FRC 7, Flat Rate Contemporary, online exhibition.
what we create may save us, Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA
Ransom 2, Wayfarers Collective, Brooklyn, NY

2019   
Portland Terrain Biennial, Installation at 107 Bradley Street, Portland, ME
Portland Terrain Biennial @ the SPACE Window Gallery, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME

2018   
Opening Gallery Show, At Peace Tea Factory, Brooklyn, NY
Ghost In The Machine, Shoestring Press, Brooklyn, NY
Late Summer Art Show 5, Konstepidemin Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden

2017   
Holiday Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016   
You Are One Of A Kind, K&P Gallery, New York, NY
Futures, presented by RAW: Boston, Mixx 360, Malden, MA
Winter Darkness/Winter Light, Merrymeeting Arts Center, Bowdoinham, ME

2015   
Arches Student Show, Boston Printmakers Biennial, Lesley College, Boston, MA



Teaching Experience:

2023-25   
Graduate Teaching Assistant, (Instructor of Record), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- Amalgam, foundations mixed media, Spring 2025
- Screenprint 1, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
- Surface, foundations painting and color theory, Fall 2023, Spring 2024

2024      
Workshop, Artist Expression of Original Research, Santa Rita Experimental Range, University of Arizona, Sahuarita, AZ
Workshop, Print, Printed, Printing 8, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM



Professional Experience:
 
2017-present    Freelance Design Consultant, H. Theophile, New York, NY (current)
2021                 Studio Assistant, Julie Mehretu Studio, New York, NY  
2019-22            Studio Manager, Alyson Shotz Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2017-19            Studio Assistant, Alyson Shotz Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2016-17            Studio Assistant, Alison Elizabeth Taylor Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2016                  Print Assistant for Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Master Print Series, Massachusetts College                             of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2015-16            Print Shop Monitor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boson, MA



Professional Service:

2024-25     Representative, School of Art Graduate Advisory Committee, University of
                  Arizona, Tucson, AZ, worked with the Director and Assistant Director of the School of Art                       regarding graduate studio renovations



Bibliography & Publications:

2025       
[ABouT] Journal, Issue #8: Change, full color reproductions

2023    
Exhibition catalog, to pass through two doors at once
Article, Centennial Prize winner Blanchette creates living sculpture, Arizona Arts

2021       
Exhibition catalog, On a Ley Line, printed by Vic Barquin      
Verses Magazine, Garden: Issue Five, full color reproductions

2020       
Exhibition catalog, what we create may save us, presented by Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA Fragmented Magazine, Issue 01: Location, full color reproductions (digital only)


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