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