CLAIRE A MILNER C.V.
Lives and works between North Yorkshire, UK and Rome, Italy.
EDUCATION
1997 Mosaic Workshop Course, London
1996 Elaine M. Goodwin Mosaic Summer School, London
1985 - 1988 BA Hons Graphic Design, Coventry University
1985 Foundation In Art & Design, Harrogate College of Art
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS
ONGOING:
Gallery Climate Coalition - In May 2023 Milner was selected as one of fewer than ten artists worldwide for Active Membership of the Gallery Climate Coalition, along with several blue chip galleries, institutions and museums.
ArtCan - Artist Member
British Association for Modern Mosaic
BAMM North
2018
1ST ARTSLANT Prize Showcase Winner
2017
Winner of Artivism Challenge, a competition utilizing the visual arts to raise awareness about six critical issues impacting our oceans. Judges included Susan Rockefeller, Dustin Yellin, Aaron Levi Garvey, Doumi Busturia, Alexandre Arrechea and Zaria Forman.
2015
Environmental art competition hosted by WWF
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Explorers Against Extinction ‘On The Brink’ Exhibition, Oxo Tower Gallery, London
Explorers Against Extinction ‘On The Brink’ Exhibition, Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
Women in Art Fair, exhibiting with Noon Powell Fine Art at The Mall Galleries, London
2023
Collaboration with charity: water at The Other Art Fair
Summer Exhibition curated by Rachael Noon Powell. NoonPowell Fine Art
’The Power of Words’ Selected for a specially curated wall at Hampstead Art Fair
’Alchemy’ Curated exhibition by Create! Magazine
’Murder Most Foul’ Selected for curated weekly Pics on Rise Art
’Gardeners of Eden’ Noon Powell Fine Art, London
2022
Breathing Out: A Climate Change Exhibition, The ArtCan Virtual Gallery, curated by Catherine Fenton, Lawrence Mathias and Hannah Pratt.
Shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2021
COP26 - Exhibition of work in the Blue Zone from the Anima Mundi collection with Explorers Against Extinction
The Experience of Wonder: Wonderment. NoonPowell Fine Art, London
Explorers Against Extinction Invitational Exhibition. Oxo Gallery, South Bank, London
The Curator’s Salon: A Thousand Words, Virtual Exhibition
Fission Fusion (Anthropocene Twilight Collection) selected for a curated collection of ‘Statement Pieces’ on Rise Art in October 2021.
Private View Evenings, NoonPowell Fine Art, London
Sketch for Survival Exhibition, Explorers Against Extinction, The Crypt Gallery, Norwich
ArtCan and La Condamine: Notre Temps | Our Time Virtual Exhibition
Collaboration with Virginia Damtsa, an Art Dealer, Art Gallerist and Artist Agent who has wide ranging experience in the visual arts spanning two decades.
Shrine Gallery New York. Artist Open Call GROUP SHOW
Saatchi Art, Paintings from Anima Mundi featured in a curated collection chosen by Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory.
Create! Magazine Global Online Exhibition juried and curated by Gita Joshi
Saatchi Art, Paintings from Anthropocene Xtinction featured in three separate collections chosen by Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory.
‘April’s Best New Works’ collection on Saatchi Art
David Shepherd Wildlife Art, home of Wildlife Artist of the Year. (Logging the Leuser - Anima Mundi Collection) chosen as a Friday Feature.
Earth Day collection, Saatchi Art. Curated by Aurora Garrison.
Invited to show work with Rise Art, a curated online platform which “champions the work of outstanding emerging and mid-career artists worldwide.”
2020
Painting of the Day: Chosen by Contemporary British Painting, an artist led organisation which explores and promotes current trends in British painting.
2017
Exhibited during Art Basel Miami as Artivism Challenge Winner.
Beyond the Bars, The Born Free Foundation, Royal Horticultural Halls, London
'Must-See New Paintings' curated by Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory, Saatchi Art
2015
Save Wild Tigers, The Savoy Hotel, London, UK
Be Inspired, Curated by Christian Furr. Hotel Cafe Royal, London, UK
Paradise Lost, The Third Space and Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK (Solo)
Selected to participate in the X Edition of the Florence Biennale
Reflecting the Image, Bils and Rye Contemporary Art, North Yorkshire, UK
2014
Fragments of Nature, RHS Harlow Carr, UK
Rebecca Hossack Gallery (Battersea), UK
Endangered, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, UK
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Singapore
Portraits, Bils and Rye Contemporary Art, North Yorkshire, UK
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Hong Kong
Midnight Tango, Saltbox Gallery, North Yorkshire, UK
2013
Amy Winehouse, For You I Was A Flame, Curated by the Amy Winehouse Foundation. Proud Gallery, London, UK
Triumphant Wings, Saltbox Gallery, North Yorkshire, UK
The Ecstasy of Death, Saltbox Gallery, North Yorkshire, UK
'Pulling Faces, Contemporary Portraits,' collection curated by Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Art
'Pop Art' collection curated by Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Art
'The Face of Portraiture' collection curated by Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Art
'Black and White' collection curated by Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Art
'New this Week' collection curated by Rebecca Wilson, Saatchi Art
2012
Great North Art Show, Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire, UK
Wild Life, Saltbox Gallery, North Yorkshire, UK
Mosaic Mania, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, UK
2011
Blue Marilyn, select London preview of Rihanna commission
2010
Platform, London Fashion Week
Miniature Marilyn - Chaplins, London
2009
Banksy: Due North, John Mackie Gallery, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Music of the Eye, Corinium Museum, Cirencester
Silent Quotes, In conjunction with the British Association for Modern Mosaic, Pontefract Museum, West Yorkshire
2008
Planet Earth, (In conjunction with UNESCO & IUGS), Opus Gallery, Exeter
Waterways, Canal Museum, London
2007
Facades, Wakefield Art Gallery, West Yorkshire
Hazlewood Castle
2006
Symbols of Faith, York Minster, York
2005
Wilderness, The Makers Guild of Wales, Cardiff
Look Galleries, North Yorkshire
Talents Fine Arts, North Yorkshire
The Elements, Museum in the Park, Stroud
2003
Bernard Chauchet Contemporary Art, London
2002
Memories of Italy, Artistic License, London
Panorama of a New Generation, Bernard Chauchet Contemporary Art, London
2001
Sunflower Gallery, Buckinghamshire
2000
Take One Woman, The Atrium Gallery, Whiteley's, London
1999
Paintings in Hospitals, The Sheridan Russell Gallery, London
1998
The Imaginative Traveller, London
Look Galleries, North Yorkshire
1997
Harrods, Knightsbridge, London
1996
Africa, The Regency Gallery, Cambridge
The Devizes Summer Festival
1995
Looking Forward, CCA Galleries, Cambridge
Cambridge Open Studios
1994
The Lawson Gallery, Cambridge
SELECTED CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL CLIENTS
4C
Anglian Water Plc
Anibase
Aplin King Associates
CamFed
Cambridge Tourist Board
Caspian Publishing
Dolphin Dynamics Ltd
English Tourism Council
Explore Worldwide
Gemstone Creative
Hobson's Publishing
J&B Distillers
Paper Rose
Powell Publishing
Paul. A. Hill & Co
Reed Elsevier
Rodale Publishing (UK & South Africa)
The Business of Illustration & Media, Artists & Illustrators Magazine
The Royal Society
Union Press Ltd
William Reed Publishing
Wimbledon Magazine
Zeneca
Plus ongoing private and corporate commissions
COLLECTIONS
Amy Winehouse Foundation
Anglian Water Plc
Born Free Foundation
Cambridge Tourist Board
Camfed
Charity: Water
DSWT
English Tourism Council
Explorers Against Extinction
J&B Distillers
Joanna Lumley (private collection)
Paul A Hill & Co
Professor Iain Stewart, Broadcaster & Geologist
Rihanna (private collection)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Save Wild Tigers
University of Plymouth
Plus works held in private collections in:
Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Trinidad, U.K. & U.S.A.
SELECTED PRESS
2024
Art Seen “Exploring Chaos and Order”
Create! Magazine Print Edition 48
Arts to Hearts Project “101 Art Book: Animal Edition”
2023
Rise Art “In the Know: Curator’s Insight”: Feature about Environmental paintings and GCC Active Membership
Create! Magazine: Feature as part of selection for curated online exhibition
2021
Rise Art “Can Art Change the World? Art, Activism and the Environment”
Art Seen “In The Artist’s Words'“
The Curator’s Salon: Artist Interview
Create! Magazine: Feature as part of selection for curated online exhibition
The FLUX Review Magazine and Blog: An Interview with Claire Milner
2020
Vogue India: “22 pictures that take you inside Rihanna’s gorgeous California home”
Observer: "Create Art for Earth Campaign”
Susan Rockefeller, Entity Magazine: ”Artist Claire Milner’s Work Raises Awareness for Conservation Issues”
2019
Susan Rockefeller, Musings Magazine: "Artist Claire Milner Addresses Climate Change, Mass Extinction and Pollution"
Yorkshire Living: "Precious Art: Claire Milner is a World Renowned Artist on a Mission to Save Endangered Animals from Extinction”
2018
Vogue Paris: Guest edited by Rihanna featuring Marilyn Monroe Swarovski portrait
Alpha'a: "Selected Artist for Women's Month"
2017
Oceanic Global: "The Current"
Ethical Hedonist Magazine: "Rihanna's 'Blue Marilyn' Artist"
HuffPost Arts: Medusa (After Harriet Hosmer)
Widewalls: "A Device for Social and Political Debate"
2016
After Nyne Magazine: "Values, Memories, Mortality"
Art Upon: "Abundance and Extinction"
2015
Ethical Hedonist Magazine: "From Marilyn Monroe to the Tiger Burning Bright"
Fubiz Media: ''Glittering crystal mosaic paintings of animals'
Trendhunter: 'Artist Claire Milner Uses Technicolor Crystals to Create Endangered Creatures'
Creative Boom: 'Glittering crystal mosaic oil paintings of the world's most vulnerable animals'
FAD: 'Tabish's Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week'
Channel NewsAsia: 'Artistic Portraits Like No Other'
2014
The Times: 'Crystal Animals'
NYARC - New York Art Resources Consortium
The Inspired Economist: 'Art of Endangered Animals Sparkles on World Animal Day'
Darlington & Stockton Times: 'Artist shows off endangered collection at London gallery'
The Press: 'Artist's new collection focuses on the plight of the world’s most vulnerable animals'
YAREAH MAGAZINE: 'Sparkling Crystals Have a Dark Side in Claire Milner’s Endangered Animal Art'
The Palette Pages: 'Claire Milner Animal Art'
Save Virunga: '1.000 Reasons Save Virunga: #32 Milner’s Metaphor of our Time'
Behance most appreciated projects: Climate Change
2013
The Estate of Marilyn Monroe
The Sun: 'Shine bright like a diamond'
Swarovski Elements Magazine: 'PAINTING WITH CRYSTALS – Claire Milner's extraordinary portraiture'
OK! China
2012
Huffington Post Arts
Huffington Post Entertainment
Forbes.com: ‘Rihanna buys Marilyn Monroe portrait by North Yorkshire artist’
MailOnline: ‘Crystals are a Girl’s Best Friend’
Hello Magazine: ‘Blonde Ambition and Sparkling Talent’
The Sun: ‘Rihanna’s £100k on Glitzy 5ft Marilyn’
BLOUIN ARTINFO: 'Rihanna commissions Swarovski Marilyn'
The Art Newspaper
Complex Magazine
MTV Style: ‘Rihanna buys $160,000 Marilyn Monroe Artwork’
International Business Times
Hindustan Times
The Economist, Lithuania
OK! ‘Rihanna buys crystal Monroe portrait’
GQ Italia: ‘Un ritratto di Marilyn Monroe realizzato con cristalli’
Yorkshire Post: ‘Artists Prepare for the Greatest Show in the Region’
Beyond Magazine: ‘The Queen of Arts’, Mark Butler
Global Living Magazine: ‘Masterful Mixed Medium Art’, Alison Cavatore
Beards Magazine: ‘Money Can Buy’
Living North Arts: ‘Diamonds are Forever’, Emma Newrick
The Journal: ‘Sparkling Success’, Debbie Hall
ELLE Slovenia: ‘Rihanna kupila portret Marilyn Monroe’
Metro
York Press: ‘Crystal Clear’, Stephen Lewis
York Press: ‘Prints and the Showgirl’, Jennifer Bell
In Touch U.S.A.
Noble and Royal: ‘Claire Milner den kralice Elizabeth e yarasacak Bir Hediye’
Luxury Activist: ‘Claire Milner, Swarovski crystals for a diamond jubilee’
Poshology: ‘Poshology interviews the artist behind Rihanna’s portrait’
Perez Hilton: ‘Rihanna drops lots of $$$ on a Marilyn Monroe portrait made out of crystals’
Luxurylaunches: ‘The largest head portrait of Marilyn Monroe'
Haute Living: ‘Marilyn Monroe Portrait Made from 65,000 Swarovski Crystals’
Jason of Beverly Hills
Crystal Parade: ‘Queen Elizabeth ll Swarovski crystal work of art’
2011
The Telegraph: ‘My Space’
OK! Magazine: ‘Rihanna buys crystal Monroe portrait’
Quintessentially Gifts: ‘Sparkling Swarovski’
2010
GRAND’OR: ‘Mozaic din nestemate’, Luxury Romanian Magazine
EM/ME - Luxury Italian Publication on Economy and Entertainment
K Note: ‘A High Life Guide’
2009
BBC Brasil: ‘Retratos com cristais’
The Telegraph: ‘Marilyn Monroe & Barack Obama portraits made of jewels’
Elle Spain: ‘Cara Preciosa’
Newsweek Poland: ‘Mozaika Obamy’
Jewellery Focus: ‘Creative Flair’
Lussorian
Mas Lujo
Luxus Mashkulture
Luxurylaunches.com
if it’s hip it’s here
2007-9
Grout
Funds Europe: ‘Tiles of the Unexpected’
1998
Trailfinder Magazine
1997
Artists & Illustrators Magazine
The Business of Illustration & Media
Cambridgeshire Pride Magazine
1995
Cambridge Guides
RADIO, TV & VIDEO
2014
Sky Arte HD (Italy)
2012
BBC Radio York (Interview in March 2012)
Minster FM (Interview in February 2012)
MTV
VIVA TV
Hollywood on Demand
France TV
2011
Sky Living HD
2009
BBC Brasil
BOOKS & CATALOGUES
2007-2011
Mosaic Yearbook
2007
Diana in Art, Caxton Publishing Group
2006
Miniatures at the Minster, Exhibition Catalogue
2004
The Art of Mosaic, Quintet Publishing
2003
The Complete Mosaic Handbook, Quintet Publishing
2000
Take One Woman, Exhibition Catalogue