Claire Fall Blanchette
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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