CV + BIO
Clara Adolphs
Lives and works in NSW, Australia
Clara Adolphs is based in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Completing her Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales in 2008, she has since held numerous solo exhibitions in commercial and public galleries. Referencing abandoned photographs, Adolphs artworks explore the notion of time and memory. She is fascinated by the question of what remains after a moment has passed. In 2018 Adolphs was the recipient of the Eva Breuer Traveling Scholarship, travelling to Paris for a residency at the Cite International des Arts.
EDUCATION
2008 Bachelor of Fine Art with Painting and Drawing Major, Universityof New South Wales
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Together Again, Ngununggula, Regional Gallery of Southern Highlands
2023 Silent Reply, Hugo Michell Gallery
Your Own Fiction, Singapore Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery
2022 Fantasy, Chalk Horse Gallery at Melbourne Art Fair
2021 One Eye Open, Hugo Michell Gallery
Shape, Chalk Horse Gallery
2020 In Between Days, Hugo Michell Gallery
2019 Close, Chalk Horse Gallery
Leisure, Sydney Contemporary, Edwina Corlette Gallery
2018 Too Early to Sleep, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
Familiar Distance, Mackay Artspace
Remembering Words, Goulburn Regional Gallery
2017 Recent Work, Clayton Utz Sydney, 333 Art Projects ‘Creatures’, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2016 Cahoots, Mick Gallery, Sydney
Mind Games, Lindberg Gallery, Melbourne
2015 Thursday, Mick Gallery, Sydney
2014 The Man in Me, Mick Gallery, Sydney
2012 Augenblicke, Mick Gallery, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Inner Sanctum: Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia
2023 Celebrating 15 Years of Hugo Michell Gallery, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
2022 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Hugo Michell Gallery
The Space the air (falls) behind you as you move, CAVES Gallery, Melbourne
Anonymous was a woman, Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Blue Island, Byron School of Art
2021 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery + Hugo Michell Gallery
2020 A Passion Shared | The Elliott Eyes Collection, Maitland Regional Gallery
2018 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Chalk Horse Gallery + Edwina Corlette Gallery
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Edwina Corlette Gallery
2016 Brett Whiteley Traveling Scholarship Finalist Exhibition, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
Birmingham Street Studios Exhibition, Art Month, Sydney
2015 Summer Exhibition, Home@735 Gallery, Sydney
Brett Whiteley Traveling Scholarship Finalist Exhibition, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
Mug Shot, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter
2013 Summer Show, MiCK Gallery, Sydney
Collectors Space Exhibition, Art Month, Sydney
2012 Recent Work, Sydney Children’s Hospital Art Program, Sydney
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2022 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney (finalist)
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong (finalist)
2021 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney (finalist)
2019 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney (finalist)
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney (finalist)
Glover Prize, (finalist)
2017 Eva Breuer Travelling Art Scholarship, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Young Emerging Artist Award, Mosman Art Prize
2016 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney (finalist)
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Sydney, (finalist)
2015 Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, (second)
Paddington Art Prize, (finalist)
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Sydney, (finalist)
Mosman Art Prize, (finalist)
2014 Portia Geach Memorial Award, (finalist)
Mosman Art Prize, (finalist)
Salon Des Refuse, SH Ervin Gallery, (finalist)
Bowral Indoor Sculpture Prize, BDAS Gallery, (winner)
2013 Portia Geach Memorial Award, (finalist)
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, (semi-finalist)
John Copes Watercolour Prize, (commended)
Mosman Art Prize, (finalist)
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Sydney, (finalist)
2012 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, (semi-finalist)
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Sydney, (finalist)
Young Emerging Artist Award, Mosman Art Prize
Metro Art Award, (finalist)
BDAS Young Artist’s Prize, (highly commended)
RESIDENCIES
2023 Two Cents Press, Tuscany, Italt
2019 Corridor Projects, Cowra
2018 Cite des Arts, Paris
2017 ArtSpace Mackay, Mackay Regional Gallery
2016 Leigh Creek, Country Arts South Australia
The Armory, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
2014 New York Studio Art School, New York
PUBLICATIONS + JOURNALS
Qantas Magazine, feature article by Susan Horsberg, May 2023
The New York Magazine (cover artists), Issue #5, March 2022
Adelaide Review, Issue 480, February 2020- 'In the Moment' By Jane Llewellyn
Vault Magazine, Issue 29, February 2020 - Forecast By Chloé Wolifson
Art Guide, August 2019- Clara Adolphs Interview, By Varia Karipoff
Art Collector Magazine, Jan 2019 - ‘Collectors Love’ by Kirsty Sier
SMH- The Good Weekend, 19/1/19- ‘Clara Adolphs’ by John Mcdonald
Art Collector- Sydney Contemporary 2018 Special Edition, 'What Next?' by Kirsty Seir
Artist Profile Magazine issue 43 ‘Art finds a new audience’ by Kon Gouriotis & Elli Walsh
Artist Profile Magazine -Online- March 1, 2018 ‘The Clayton Utz Art Partnership’
Vogue Living- January Issue, 2018 – Contributing Artsit
Vogue Living- September Issue, 2015-‘Art brings new life to vintage photographs’ by Freya Herring
COLLECTIONS
ArtBank
Art Gallery of South Australia
Goulburn Regional Gallery
Gold Coast City Gallery
Australian Corporate Collections
Private Collections