About me: CV
CURRICULUM VITAE
Claire Martin
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Nationality: Australian
DOB: 21st September 1980
Gender: Female
CONTACT:
Website: www.clairemartinphotography.com
Email: info@clairemartinphotography.com
PH: 0416 089 868
PH (INT) : +61 416 089 868
Address: 11/126 Forrest St, Peppermint Grove. Western Australia. 6011
EDUCATION:
2010 October: Attendance at the Eddie Adams Workshop, Jeffersonville, New York.
2010 March: Completed Magnum Workshop under the mentorship of Trent Parke, Fremantle W.A.
2004 August: Completed Bachelor of Communications at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.
EMPLOYMENT:
2010 Distributed Photographer for American Photography Agency “Redux”
2010 Distributed Photographer for European Photography Agency “Agency VU”
2010 Joined the Australian Documentary Photography Collective “Oculi”
2008 - Present: Freelance photographer and documentary artist.
SELECTED AWARDS / GRANTS:
2011 Recipient of Department of Culture and Arts WA “All Art Forms – Development” grant.
2011 Honoured by the Lead Academy in Germany in the "Documentary Photographer” of the Year category.
2011 Nominated for World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass by the Australia / NZ nominating committee.
2010 Winner of The Inge Morath Foundation and The Magnum Foundation 2010 Inge Morath Award
2010 Reportage Photo Awards Finalist - Reportage Festival. Sydney, Australia.
2010 Winner of the Iris Award for Portraiture The Perth Centre for Photography, Australia
2010 Magnum Workshop Scholarship in partnership with the Department of Culture and the Arts,
W.A. and Foto Freo
2010 International Artflight grant The Department of Culture and the Arts W.A.
2009 Selected as an Emerging Talent for Reportage by Getty Images
2009 Sony World Photography Awards First Prize for Emerging Portrait Photographer. Cannes ,France
2008 International Photography Awards - Deeper Perspective Nominee. New York, USA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Solo Exhibition – The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
Exhibiting the series “Slab City”
Curated by Alasdair Foster
2nd -25th September 2011
Solo Exhibition - The Global Gallery, Sydney Australia
Exhibiting works from “Petionville Club Camp” as a part of the Head on Photo Festival
Curated by Moshe Rosenveig
16th - 29th May 2011
Solo Exhibition - The Moores Contemporary Art Building, Fremantle, W.A. Australia
Exhibiting the series “Slab City” and representing Australia's emerging female photojournalist for Foto Freo
International Photography Festival.
Curated by Laura Beilby
20th March to 19th April 2010.
Group Show - Sydney Opera House. Sydney, Australia
Exhibiting the Image "Tony" from the Downtown East Side Project as part of Sony World Photography Retrospective Exhibition.
Curated by The World Photogrphy Organization (WPO)
24 October – 20 November, 2011
Group Show – Diechtorhallen Home of Photography. Hamburg, Germany
Exhibiting the series “The Downtown East Side” as part of the Lead Awards Honouree Exhibition- Germany
Curated by Tino Rothamel
June 8th – August 14th 2011
Group Show - Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Exhibiting the series “Femme Fatale as a part of the Remix exhibition for Western Australian Artists.
Curated by Jenepher Duncan
15th April - 15th August 2011
Group Slideshow exhibition The Bodega, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Exhibiting the series The Downtown East Side” as part of the Melon Rouge Photojournalism festival.
Curated by Guillaum Guillaume
November 29th 2010
Group Slideshow exhibition The National Art School, Sydney, Australia.
Exhibiting the series “Slab City” as part of the Reportage Photojournalism festival.
Curated by Steven Dupont
November 13th 2010
Group Slideshow exhibition The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, USA.
Exhibiting the series “Slab City” as part of "The Year" a collection of the best documentary photography of
2009.
Curated by Lee Varis
September 9th 2010
Group Show - Sony World Photography Winners Exhibition
World Tour 2009, exhibiting in some of the world's most prestigious photographic galleries
and other uniquely selected venues in Cannes, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bangkok, Toronto,
Mexico City, New York, Rio di Janeiro and other European Cities.
Group Show - The Association of Photographers Gallery, London, UK
Gender, Poverty and Power Photography Exhibition.
Curated by Nan Goldin
19th Feb - 27th Feb 2009.
PUBLIC SPEAKING:
Head on Photo Festival, National Art School, Sydney, Australia. Guest Panelist.
14th May 2011
Reportage Photojournalism Festival, National Art School, Sydney Australia. Guest Speaker.
14th November 2010
Semi Permanent Art Conference, Breadbox ArtRage Complex, Perth, Australia. Guest Speaker.
24th September 2010.
Semi Permanent Art Conference, Melbourne Convention Centre, Australia. Guest Speaker.
17th September 2010.
TEACHING / WORKSHOPS:
2011: Sessional Lecturer Curtin University, Western Australia.
2011: Haiti Reporters School. Teaching documentary and photojournalism workshop to Haitian journalism students.
2011: Shoot Workshops. Contract teacher for Perths premier photography workshop centre. Teaching Documentary and photojournalism advanced classes.
2011: Langsford Aboriginal Association. Basic Photography Workshops for mothers and children.
2011: Private personal and online mentoring and teaching.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
The National Library of Australia Historical Collection
The Houston Museum of Fine Art, USA Permanent Collection
International Private Collections