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Back to the art blog..at last
Happy New Year! 2020 sounds so futuristic doesn’t it? I do like the sound of this lovely, even, double-number-year much more than the...
Grants, art prize and exhibiting in NZ at last!
A few months have passed without any art news updates to feed my blog. Let me see … I have been travelling – Austria, Ireland and Texas,...
Return to Sydney and The Other Art Fair Melbourne
The engine jets were humming away, the vents were blowing super cold air, it was dark around me as most were sleeping or watching their...
Residencies, Animal Fanfair and new work
I have decided to focus more on sculpture this year, and to this end, I have been sketching ideas for new works and am applying for...
Bully – an assessment
Bully exhibition ( install), Artereal gallery, Sydney, Dec 2016. Photo by Zan Wimberley Whilst it was definitely odd not being present at...
A catalogue of recent Works
Claude Jone, Hare-brain (detail), 2016, Catalogue cover, Claude Jones: recent works 2 I have finally completed a 23-page colour catalogue...
“Is it fair?” – Animal Fanfair essay
Claude Jones, Monkey tricks, 2011, mixed media on canvas, 138.5 x 128.5 cm The touring exhibition “AnimalFanfair”, which features the...
“Bully”- thoughts on my upcoming exhibition
Claude Jones, Bully, 2016, drawing and collage on paper, 15.5 x 15.5 cm With my solo exhibition at Artereal Gallery coming up in...
Exhibition news
I am very happy to announce that I have a solo exhibition at Artereal gallery in Sydney, December 6 – 28. Still coming up with a...
Finalist in Corangamarah art prize
Claude Jones, Dirty Laundry, 2016, mixed media on paper, 79 x 117 cm A new work, “Dirty laundry” is one of 26 finalist works to be...
Red themed art and Bull fights
Claude Jones, Bullies, 2015, mixed media on paper, 85 x 141 cm For this years Hungry for Art festival in Sydney’s city of Ryde,...
2016 National Works on Paper
Claude Jones, Hare Brain, 2016, mixed media on paper, 92 x 143.5 cm I was jumping about with excitement when I recieved an email...
New work in Artereal anniversary exhibition
On the 6th of April Artereal gallery opened their doors to the 2nd chapter of their 10-year anniversary exhibitions. These group...
Linden Postcard Exhibition
I have entered the Linden Postcard Exhibition in 2009, 2010 and 2012 and had planned to enter in 2014 but Linden changed their...
Cervine Bovidae has a new Home!
I am pleased to announce that Cervine Bovidae – my largest sculpture to date, has officially joined the Moreton Bay Region Art Collection...
Stockholm, Andres Serrano and chicken carcasses
Christian took me on a surprise holiday at the end of last Month and I didn’t know where we were going until the connecting flight. I was...
“Feral” standing proud
“Mythology of my Land” opened at M-Contemporary gallery in Woollahra, Sydney last weekend and is on until the end of May. The Peculiar...
“Scientia” – at Art Est
Thanks to all who came along to Art Est last Saturday. It was a fun afternoon and I caught up with some people I haven’t seen in ages! I...
“Monkey Brains” has a new home
One of my own personal favourites – the artwork “Monkey brains”, has been donated as a Cultural Gift to the Gippsland Gallery in Sale,...
A few images of my solo exhibition at Artereal last year.
Claude Jones, ceramic rifles, installed at Artereal gallery, 2014 Claude Jones, Works on paper on exhibition at Artereal gallery, 2014...
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