Claire Fall Blanchette
cfblanchette@gmail.com
(207) 737-9151
cfblanchette@gmail.com
(207) 737-9151
Education:
2025 Master of Fine Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Academic Honors. Printmaking and History
of Art, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA.
2015 Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Semester
Abroad. January – June.
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
6/6: Works by Senior Printmakers, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Then & Now, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
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
How Will We Know When We’re Here, Mass. College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
GREYSCALE, Pavement Coffee House, Boston, MA
Awards and Publications:
2023 Marcia Grand Centennial Sculpture Prize
Arizona Arts, Centennial Prize winner Blanchette creates living sculpture, November 9, 2023.
Anne Morten Memorial Scholarship
Arizona Artist Guild, Marigold Linton Scholarship
2022 Nancy Strauss Art Scholarship
Fine Arts Graduate College Fellowship
2021 Verses Magazine, Garden: Issue Five
Artist of the Month, April, Milcon Gallery, Boston, MA
2020 Juror’s Choice Award, Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Fragmented Magazine, Issue 01: Location
Print collaboration with Halftone Projects, Chicago, IL
Exhibition Catalog, what we create may save us, presented by Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA
2017 Genevieve McMillan – Reba Stewart Traveling Fellowship
2016 Fine Arts 2D Foundation Auction Award
The Professor Virginia Allen Award for Excellence in History of Art
All School Show Departmental Award in Printmaking
First Place in Iron Printmakers IV Competition
Related Experience:
2024 Graduate Teaching Assistant, ART100E: Surface, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2023 Graduate Teaching Assistant, ART100E: Surface, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Graduate Teaching Assistant, ART254: Screen Print I, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2021 Studio Assistant, Julie Mehretu Studio, New York, NY
NYC Crit Club
2019 Studio Manager, Alyson Shotz Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Artist in Residence, Konstepidemin Arts Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
2017 Studio Assistant, Alyson Shotz Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Freelance Design Consultant, H. Theophile, New York, NY (current)
2016 Studio Assistant, Alison Elizabeth Taylor Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Print Assistant for Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Master Print Series, Massachusetts College of
Art and Design, Boston, MA
2015 Print Shop Monitor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boson, MA
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