Biography

Biography

Sylke Claridge

This body of work is strongly influenced by Henri Matisse, Kimura and the colour field artists.

It reflects my heritage through allegory and myth, my family interaction and the land which we occupy as custodians. It reminds us of the beauty we strive to preserve!

Colour creates an emotional resonance, a fusion in my mind of the air, land and Zeitgeist.

My goal is to fuse the tactile with spiritual truth, to infuse my artwork with energy. At the end the painting has to have a life of its own.

Picasso said ‘I don’t paint as I see, I paint as I think’.

I paint as I feel – I paint with my eyes shut but my mind open.

 

Education (Selected):

2009-11

2008

1997

1995

1992

Diploma of Fine Arts, TAFE Sydney

Diploma Visual Arts, ISCD Sydney

Certificate of Medieval Literature, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

Certificat de langue intensif at the Fondation Postuniversitaire Internationale, Paris, France

Economics at the Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademie, Munich

Gallery Curator/Owner:

2013-16

Established Avalon Art Gallery for Individual and Group Exhibitions.
Hosted 20+ exhibitions of local and regional painters, printmakers, sculptors and photographers.

Solo Exhibitions:

2016

2014

2012

2010

2008

2006

2004

2003

2003

2001

2000

1989

1988

1988

Travels Far and Close’, Avalon Art Gallery, Sydney

Sylke Claridge’, Avalon Art Gallery, Sydney

Sylke Claridge at Number 1’, Number 1 Bar, Sydney

The Sylke Claridge Exhibition’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, UK

Sylke Claridge’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, UK

Autumn Exhibition’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, UK

Farewell’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, UK

‘Colour Full’, Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, UK

‘Home and Away’, Exchange Gallery, Saffron Walden, UK

‘Angels’, Angharad Gallery, Kensington, London, UK

‘Sylke Claridge’, Angel Craft Gallery, Bury St. Edmunds, UK

‘Nachtleben’, Haack GmbH, Berlin, Germany

‘EXIT’, One Room Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

‘Housewarming’, 3Com, Munich, Germany

Group Exhibitions (Selected):

2016

2016

2016

2015

2015

2015

2014

2013

2013

2013

2013

2012

2011

2011

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2003

2002

2000

2000

1999

'COLOUR, Darryl Nantais Gallery, United Kingdom

'TIKUN OLAN, Waverley Library, Sydney

'PITTWATER TIMELINE, Avalon Street Art curated by Kendal Henry (New York)

'How big is the Sky?, with Helen MacKay, Avalon Art Gallery, Avalon

'Nukal Margun Whurra Whurra, with playwright and artist Julie Janson, Avalon Art Gallery, Avalon

'When the King meets the Queen, Avalon Art Gallery, Avalon

'THE SUMMER EXHIBITION, Darryl Nantais Gallery, United Kingdom

'Cambridge Art Fair, Cambridge, United Kingdom

'ALCHEMY, TAFE NSW Hornsby College, Sydney

'VISION7 artshow, Mosman, Sydney

‘SOUTHERN EXPOSURE, Form Gallery, Quenbeyan, opened by E. Cummings

The Transit of Venus, TAFE NSW Hornsby College, Sydney

‘art fair 2011’ , Workshop Arts Centre, Sydney

‘ACCESS 14’ , TAFE NSW Hornsby College, Sydney

‘VISION6 artshow’ , Queenwood, Mosman, Sydney

‘State of Flux’, Parliament House in Sydney

Bushfire Auction Appeal Exhibition’, TAFE NSW Hornsby College, Sydney

‘Femme’, Breathing Colours, Balmain, Sydney

‘Initiation’, Glen Street Gallery, Sydney

‘artfair’, Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby

‘Open Studio’, Palace House, Newmarket, United Kingdom

‘Summer Art Exhibition’, Cambridge Corn Exchange, UK

Enid Lawson gallery, Richmond, United Kingdom

Walker gallery, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Primavera, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Open Studios:

2014-15

2013-14

2008-12

2003-04

2000-02

Open Studio, Avalon, Sydney

Open Studio, Whale Beach, Sydney

Open Studio, Warrawee, Sydney

Open Studio, ‘Waterside’, Littlebury, United Kingdom

Open Studio, ‘Netherby’, Duddenhoe End, UK

Publications & Reviews:

2014

2001

 

Pittwater Life Magazine

Feng Shui Society, Spring 2001, page 16, 17

‘Angels’ by Sylke Claridge

Prizes & Awards:

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

Finalist in the 'Mosman ART PRIZE'

Finalist in the 'Ewart Art Prize'

Merit Award in Drawing, Diploma in Fine Arts, TAFE

Certificate of Merit, Diploma in Fine Arts (Printmaking), TAFE

Industry Award of Excellency, Eckersley, ISCD

Collections:

3Com, Munich

Pirag & Wisgott GmbH, Munich