Claire Tozer

Claire Tozer

Biography
Born in 1959 in Sydney, Claire Tozer studied Graphic Design at Swinburne University in Melbourne. Upon graduation, she worked for a few years in advertising and then travelling for a year throughout Britain and Europe. She returned to take up contemporary art classes with Tony Tozer and Ann Silas at The Workshop Arts Centre in Willoughby (Tony later became her husband). When Claire painted her first landscape she entered this work into the Wynne Art Prize in 2006 and was selected for the Salon Des Refusés at the S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney.
In 2016 Claire and Tony travelled to Central and Western Australia. Effected greatly by the atmosphere of the landscape, Claire realised that she was going to change her direction in art practice. She started drawing landscapes from her photographs taken on that trip; as well as her local environment on the Central Coast on NSW. Claire uses ink pens, very familiar to her as a Graphic Artist. Her recent drawings are made up of intricate fine lines.

Education
1978 – 1981 Diploma in Graphic Design – Swinburne University, Melbourne Victoria
1984 – 1997 Contemporary Art – Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby, Sydney NSW

Exhibited
Art Gallery on Ocean View, Ettalong; Delmar Gallery; Mura Clay Galleries; Kings School Art Show; Balmain Art Fair; Collaborative Art Exhibition for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Artists – Gosford Regional Gallery; Workshop Arts Centre Art Fair; Like Minds Café, Avoca Beach; Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre; Royal Easter Show

Art Prizes
2018
Northbridge Art Prize – Winner for Category 2: Work on Paper.
Ravenswood Woman’s Art Prize – Finalist

2017
KAAF Art Prize, Sydney – Finalist
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Sydney – Finalist
Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill – Finalist
Gosford Regional Art Prize, Central Coast – Finalist
Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney – Finalist
Wart Art Prize, Sydney – Finalist

2016 and Before
Willoughby Art Prize, Sydney – Finalist
Woollahra/Waverley Art Prize, Sydney – Finalist
Gosford Regional Art Prize, Central Coast – Finalist
Parramatta Art Prize, Parramatta – Finalist

2006
Salon Des Refusés – Wynne Section, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney – Selected
Ewart Art Prize – Highly Commended, Painting

2005
Ewart Art Prize – Highly Commended, Painting

1980
Willoughby Art Prize – Highly Commended, Photograph (judge – Max Dupain)

1980
Parramatta Art Prize – Highly Commended, Painting