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Claire Maxfield (b.1967) is an artist currently based in the South of England. Maxfield works with photography, drawing and mixed media. With a BA (hons) in Fine Art, and an MFA in Photography, she works between the disciplines to explore themes of interpersonal interactions. Her work describes the process of action, inaction and reaction. Claire also has extensive experience with archiving collections, including the collection at Autograph, Rivington Place and the Sunil Gupta Archive which includes work by Tessa Boffin.

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Current

Freelance photographer, archivist and artist

Studio Assistant at Sunil Gupta + Charan Singh Studio 

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Previous

Archivist at Autograph ABP 2019 - 2020.

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Qualifications 

MFA (Photography)  - Distinction. University of the Creative Arts, Farnham, (2017-2019)

BA (Hons) Fine Art (sculpture)  - 2:1. West Surrey College of Art and Design (1987 - 1990)

Post 16 teaching 

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Exhibitions, Residencies & Publications

Work Show Grow - 2024 Cohort Expansion Accelerator Program.

BEST OF SOURCE, archive selections by SUSANNA GALBRAITH read here

The Lightbox, Woking - 'Raising the Roof' Chobham Rd, Woking GU21 4AA. October 2023 - January 2024

Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust - Grant awarded. December 2023

​'The Letting Go' Workshop with Laura Hynd. May/ June 2023

Abridged Magazine -https://www.abridged.zone/claire-maxfield/ in collaberation with Belfast Photo Festival, Claire Maxfield/Anna D'Alton "Apocrypha" 2021

Portfolio published in Source. Printed Issue #102 Autumn 2020 "The Unsayable Beyond Words" https://www.source.ie/archive/issue102/is102portfolio_Claire_Maxfield_07_57_12_29-03-21.php

Fleur and Arbor. Claire Maxfield, An Unkindness of Ravens 2019

Festival Pil'Ours, 'Time to Think'. Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France. Group Exhbition: 24/7, 01 July – 30 November 2019

Residency at Dartmoor Summer School of Photography, Positive Light Projects, England, August 2019

The Photographers Gallery, 'Photo Farnham Showcase' Publication Launch. 2019

Cambridge University, ‘Everything I ever Learnt" The Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN. April 2019

Foyer Gallery, UCA Farnham - ‘Lightworks’ Falkner Rd, Farnham GU9 7DS. Feb 2019

The Atkinson Gallery, 'MA and Other Postgraduates' 8-16 Glaston Rd, Street, Somerset. BA16 0YD. 2019

The Lightbox, Woking – Graduate Show. Chobham Rd, Woking GU21 4AA. January 2019

The Lightbox, Woking – Graduate Show. Chobham Rd, Woking GU21 4AA. January 2018

​Sherfield School Art Gallery, South Dr, Sherfield on Loddon, Hook RG27 0HU. February 2014

Harvey Gallery, Documents/Portraits. Bright Hill, Guildford GU1 3RX. Sept 2007

Clotworthy Arts Centre, Documents/Portraits Randalstown Rd, Antrim BT41 4LH. April 2005

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