I'm a Jamaican artist now based in Sydney, Australia. I'm passionate about promoting Jamaican culture. This shines through in my work, inspired by Jamaica's vibrant pop culture, with references to party names, dance techniques and other elements of popular culture that have emerged in recent decades. My work reflects a society that is imaginative, inventive, colourful and resilien
I'm a Jamaican artist now based in Sydney, Australia. I'm passionate about promoting Jamaican culture. This shines through in my work, inspired by Jamaica's vibrant pop culture, with references to party names, dance techniques and other elements of popular culture that have emerged in recent decades. My work reflects a society that is imaginative, inventive, colourful and resilient.
Robin Clare
Artist / Illustrator
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2015 Yard Illuminations, part of the Vivid Sydney 2015 festival, Play Bar, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2015 Dancing Words: the DHQ Edition, Blacklisted Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2015 DHQ Series, True Jamaican Dance Camp & 2015 Australian Dancehall King & Queen Competition, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Dancing Words: the Stylish Moves Edition, Blacklisted Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2013 Dancing Words, Blacklisted Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2012 Badda Dan Dem Star, China Heights Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2012 Dancing Words, The Tate Gallery, Glebe, Sydney, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Black Magic, Blacklisted Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
Yen Female Art Award, Gaffa Gallery, CBD, Sydney, Australia
Paper Works II, Brenda May Gallery, Waterloo, Sydney, Australia
2012 Art in the Dancehall (Touring Exhibition), Puma Yard, the official Puma HQ for the 2012 Olympics in London, Brick Lane, London, UK; The Drum, Potters Lane, Birmingham, UK; Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, USA; Miss Lily's Variety, New York, USA
2010 Danger, Rag Factory, Brick Lane, London, UK
It's Not Funny, MAP Gallery, Leeds, UK
2009 Robin Clare & Human Powered Machines, Oxo Tower, London, UK
DIY London Seen, Covent Garden, London, UK
Affluenza, St John Street, Clerkenwell, London, UK
2008 The Painted Face, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
Small Things, Chapel Gallery, Lancashire, UK
2007 Stick*Stamp*Fly, Gasworks, London, UK
Punk (Touring Exhibition), Ada Street Gallery, London, UK; Galerie Le Cocon, Hamburg, Germany
Reviews
High Snobity (USA), Robin Clare x Stussy Spring/Summer 2014 Guest Artist Series Collection, March 2014
HypeBeast (USA), Robin Clare x Stussy Guest Artist Series, March 2014
Complex (USA), Learn Some Sweet Dance Moves fromStussy's latest Artist Series with Robin Clare, March 2014
Freshness (USA), Robin Clare x Stussy Guest Artist Series, March 2014
Large Up (USA), Riding West: Robin Clare's Western Inspired Movie Posters, Nov 2013
Arc Magazine (Caribbean), 30 Emerging Caribbean Artists To Watch, Aug 2013
Yen Magazine (Australia), Robin Clare's Dancing Words at Blacklisted, July 2013
L3 Magazine (Canada), The Meeting of Robin Clare and Butch Diva, Jan 2013
L3 Magazine (Canada), New Paintings by Robin Clare, Nov 2012
Creative Review (UK), Exhibition: Art in the Dancehall, July 2012
Birmingham Post (UK), Art in the Dancehall Event Celebrates Jamaican Pop Culture Design, June 2012
Large Up (USA), Visual Culture: Art in the Dancehall, June 2012
Jamaica Gleaner (Jamaica), UK Cities Celebrate Art in the Dancehall, June 2012
Acclaim Magazine (Australia), Robin Clare: Paintings, Beats & Riddims, May 2012
Obnoxious Owl (Australia), Featured Artist, April 2012
Large Up (USA), Visual Culture: Robin Clare's Jamaica Project, Jan 2012
Shimmy Shimmy (UK), Q&A Jamaica Project, May 2011
Max Magazine (Italy), Art Attack, August 2010
Yen (Australia), Featured Illustrator, November 2010
Education
BA (Hons) Painting, University of the Arts London, UK, 2004
Diploma in Studio Arts, Capilano College, British Columbia, Canada, 2000
Awards and Honours
Stussy Worldwide Guest Artist, USA, 2013 (Stussy x Robin Clare)
Shortlisted for Yen Female Art Award, Australia, 2013
Shortlisted for Selectors' Choice, Brighton Fringe Festival, Brighton, UK, 2010
Shortlisted for Selectors' Choice, Brighton Fringe Festival, Brighton, UK, 2009
Purchase prize, University of Leicester, UK, 2006
Artist Residence and Commission for Salzburger Sparkasse Bank AG and Schloß Neuhaus Gallery, Salzburg, Austria, 2005
St Michael's Community Centre, Mural, New Cross, London, funded by the Urban Community Trust, 2003
British Columbia Arts Council Junior Award, 2002
