CLAUDE JONES / ARTIST RESIDENCY IN THE NETHERLANDS

Claude Jones_corpus coop ( lagomorph & leporidae)_2013_Ceramic bisque, hennequen, glass eyes_43x35x17cm

Claude Jones is currently undertaking a 3 month ceramic residency in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. 

During the month of March, Claude was invited to exhibit at Artunit, a gallery in Harrlem, near Amsterdam. Her show 'Anthropocentrap' features new sculptural pieces, which are her first completed works during the residency.

"Anthropocen-trap combines the words “anthropocentric” and “trap” to suggest the human-centric perspective that both defines and ultimately limits the way that animals are predominantly perceived. 

In these sculptures, a cage and corset-like body, connects animal and human.  For me the, "cage" – or "coop" is symbolic of both literal entrapment, but also the metaphoric restraint of an historic and enduring anthropocentrism that inhibits us from questioning the ethics of our contradictory relationship with other animals." - Claude Jones, artist statement

From 28 March - 19 April 2013, Claude will also exhibiting a solo show at NOPX, a gallery space in Turin, Italy. Her show 'Rabbit Run, Run!' will feature mixed media works on paper.

For more information about her current solo exhibition, click here.

CLAUDE JONES / ARTIST NEWS

Claude Jones has embarked on a 12 month project combining overseas research, artist residencies, conferences and exhibitions with a focus on learning and developing new skills, evolving and expanding her visual arts practice, researching art and exhibition opportunities and connecting with international peers, mentors and curators.

From October - December 2012, Claude will undertake a sculpture residency at The Fundacion Gruber Jez in Merida, Mexico, where she will work with mastor sculptor, Mariacarmen Castaner to learn techniques in producing moulds for complex sculptural forms and to cast objects using a variety of resins and metals. Merida, the capital of Yucatan, is rich with Mayan influence and artefacts. Claude is particularly interested in the pictorial and hieroglyphic imagery of Mayan ceramic painting, the flat and stylized depiction of narrative scenes and the use of repetitive motif to imply context. "To date, I have applied patterned fabrics, decorative papers and collaged prints to the surface of my sculptures. The direct application of painted and richly detailed narrative imagery will add layers of complexity and meaning to my work." 

From January - April 2013, Claude will undertake a ceramics residency at Sunday Morining@ekwc, a professional work-centre located in Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands that provides studios, workshops and technical assistance for artists, designers and architects from around the world to realise their projects in ceramics. Here she will learn skills in ceramic modelling, mould making and casting techniques and develop prototypes for an ambitious new installation work titled "Target Practice" which is scheduled for exhibition at Sculpture in The Vineyards, Hunter Valley, NSW and here at Artereal in Sydney in 2013. 

Claude will have her first solo exhibition in Europe in February 2013 at Nopx Gallery in Turin, Italy. 

She will also exhibit in a group show in Reatre Gallery in Vienna in May 2013 as one of 5 winners of the Its Liquid International Art Prize.

Claude will return to Sydney in June 2013 to complete her ceramic installation project in the ceramics studio at Sydney college of the Arts in Rozelle.