Claire Lefebvre (she/her) lives and works on Wurundjeri Land in Naarm/Melbourne, australia. She has held numerous solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Regional Victoria and Sydney since 2013, and has been included in group exhibitions in Melbourne, Albany (WA), Regional Victoria and Sydney since 2009. She holds a Masters of Fine Art (with Distinction) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (2014) and a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Painting) from Monash University (2006).

Claire has been a finalist in the St. Kevin’s Art Prize, Hornsby Art Prize, Albany Art Prize, and M Collection Award and in 2014 won the RMIT Alumni Award. She has completed directed and self-directed artist residencies in Barcelona (ESP), Naarm / Melbourne (AUS), Merimbula (AUS) and most recently was Artist-in-Residence and program participant with collaborator Zoltan Fecso for the Winter Wild Festival in Apollo Bay (AUS) in 2021 and 2022. In 2023 Claire and Zoltan launched their ongoing project 'What Artists Eat'.

 

CLAIRE LIVES ON THE STOLEN AND UN-CEDED LANDS OF THE WURUNDJERI WOI WURRUNG PEOPLE WHOSE ART MAKING AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HAVE CONTINUED OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS. CLAIRE ACKNOWLEDGES THE WURUNDJERI PEOPLE AS THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND ON WHICH SHE LIVES AND MAKES ART. SHE PAYS HER RESPECTS TO THE FIRST PEOPLE OF SO-CALLED ‘AUSTRALIA’, THEIR CULTURE, AND ELDERS OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, PART OF ARTWORK SALES ARE DONATED TO https://paytherent.net.au/