Clare Thackway

Clare Thackway

Clare Thackway was born on Ngunnawal country, Canberra, and currently lives and works in Paris. 

Known for her forthright and intimate portraits and figurative paintings, the body in Clare Thackway’s paintings becomes a semaphore through which she contemplates moments of human experience, from the emotional to the societal. Informed by ideas in psychology, feminism and the history of painting, she considers how internal and collective experiences affect the ways in which we hold ourselves.The artist works with the fluid associations of cloth and pattern, illuminating the inner threads of our implicit memories and the deep and intricate connectivity between people. Her decisive and scratched back painted marks drag light off the surface of the body, exposing luminous translucent skin. This prudent use of paint gives pulsing life to flesh, revealing the layers that exist subtly underneath. 
 
Clare holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Painting) from the Australian National University, with an exchange to Glasgow School of Art, and graduated from the National Art School Sydney with Honours in Fine Art. 

Thackway has been a finalist in several Australian art awards including the Archibald Prize, Salon des Refusés, Portia Geach Memorial Award, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sir John Sulman Prize, Hufford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Fisher Ghost Art Award, Blake Art Prize, ID Digital Portrait Award, Metro 5 Art Award, Helen Lempriere Travelling Scholarship and was the winner of the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship. 

She has held artist residencies at the Cranleigh School, Canberra, Good Shephard Lutheran College, Darwin, Splendid Arts Lab, Lismore and Splendid Mentorship at both Fremantle Arts Centre and iVEC University of Western Australia Perth, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, and Wik Media, Aurukun.

Since 2007, she has exhibited in commercial and museum exhibitions and her work is held in private collections in Australia, the UK, Germany, and France.


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06/05/2023

CLARE THACKWAY FINALIST IN ARCHIBALD PRIZE

Clare Thackway has been selected as a finalist in the 2023 Archibald Portrait Prize with her work Lottie (2022). 

When asked about her inspiration behind the portrait of Lottie Consalvo, Thackway stated "I have known Lottie for many years, and although we haven’t spent much time together there is a shared respect for each other as artists. Lottie inspires me to be brighter and to be braver. I often look to Lottie, as we are both female artists of the same generation, both married to painters and both mothering children of similar ages. But there is a greater connection between us. Through different forms we both strive to make work that reaches to the essence of the inner human experience." 

⁠The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2023 exhibition is open from Saturday 6 May at The Art Gallery of New South Wales.


⁠Clare Thackway recently exhibited with us, presenting nineteen paintings in her solo show Patterns Changing. Don't hesitate to contact the gallery to request a catalogue of available work.


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Clare Thackway This Could Quietly Fade Away 2024 dye on double layer of silk 57 x 38 cm $1,800.00
Clare Thackway Providence III 2024 oil on canvas board 35 x 27 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Magenta Blue 2024 dye on double layer of silk 57 x 35 cm $1,800.00
Clare Thackway Lanterne 2024 oil on linen 47 x 50 cm $1,800.00
Clare Thackway Higher, Deeper 2024 dye on double layer of silk 57 x 30 cm $1,800.00
Clare Thackway Dream of Ascension 2024 dye on silk 57 x 38 cm $1,800.00
Clare Thackway Providence II 2023 oil on canvas 35 x 27 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Providence I 2023 oil on canvas board 35 x 27 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Winter 2022 oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Everlasting 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Autumn 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Woman and Child 2023 oil on linen 81 x 65 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Window 2022 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Where we started 2023 oil on linen 60 x 50 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Being with 2022 oil on polyester 97 x 130 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Thinking of Hilda 2022 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Thats not distance between us 2023 oil on polyester 81 x 100 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Rêve 2023 oil on polyester 81 x 100 cm $4,750.00
Clare Thackway Planning 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Patterns Changing 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Lean In 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Home 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Hold it together 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway End of Summer 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Drape 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Dense Living 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Calling 2022 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Beyond Braids 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm Sold
Clare Thackway All of the things 2022 oil on linen 81 x 65 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Backstage 2019 oil on board 30 x 24 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Gregory 2022 oil on canvas board 37 x 27 cm $2,000.00
Clare Thackway Hand in cloth 2020 oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Moonlight 2020 oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Self Portrait 2022 oil on canvas 40 x 30 cm $2,100.00
Clare Thackway Inhale Exhale 2022 oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm $3,400.00
Clare Thackway In The Midst 2022 oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm Sold
Clare Thackway Unfolding 2022 oil on canvas 130 x 97 cm $6,200.00
Clare Thackway This Could Quietly Fade Away 2024 dye on double layer of silk 57 x 38 cm $1,800.00
Clare Thackway Providence III 2024 oil on canvas board 35 x 27 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Magenta Blue 2024 dye on double layer of silk 57 x 35 cm $1,800.00
Clare Thackway Lanterne 2024 oil on linen 47 x 50 cm $1,800.00
Clare Thackway Higher, Deeper 2024 dye on double layer of silk 57 x 30 cm $1,800.00
Clare Thackway Dream of Ascension 2024 dye on silk 57 x 38 cm $1,800.00
Clare Thackway Providence II 2023 oil on canvas 35 x 27 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Providence I 2023 oil on canvas board 35 x 27 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Rêve 2023 oil on polyester 81 x 100 cm $4,750.00
Clare Thackway Lean In 2023 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Calling 2022 oil on linen 50 x 40 cm $2,500.00
Clare Thackway Self Portrait 2022 oil on canvas 40 x 30 cm $2,100.00
Clare Thackway Inhale Exhale 2022 oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm $3,400.00