About

Claire Foxton is an Australian artist and designer based in Wollongong NSW. She is known for her large-scale murals found across Australia, New Zealand and the United States. 

Claire attained a Bachelor of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong in 2009, majoring in Graphic Design & Visual Arts. Alongside a successful career in graphic design, Claire painted her first mural in 2016, falling in love with the physicality and scale of mural painting. She has been invited to street art festivals and group shows globally and has worked for a broad range of clientele across Australia's public and private sectors.

At the forefront of all of Claire’s work is a deep understanding of colour, texture and form and a desire to leave intact the story of its process. Much of her work blurs the line between analogue and digital processes, often beginning in one place and ending in the other.

With a distinctive mix of abstract and photorealistic techniques, Claire’s painted mural works explore a site-specific narrative often concerned with the connectedness of people and place.

Claire also maintains a studio practice, working predominantly in acrylics, pencil and pastel. Her smaller works explore a more personal narrative, often within themes of matrescence, duality and identity.

CV

  • 2006-2009: Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts and Graphic Design), Deans Scholar, University of Wollongong

  • Wonderwalls, Port Adelaide SA, 2017
    First Coat Street Art Festival, Toowoomba QLD / 2017
    Melbourne Central Activation, Melbourne VIC / 2017
    First Coat Lockyer Valley, Gatton QLD / 2017
    Wonderwalls, Wollongong NSW / 2017
    Street Prints Mauao, Mount Maunganui NZ / 2017
    Street Prints Otautahi, Christchurch NZ / 2017
    Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide SA / 2018
    Wall to Wall Festival, Benalla VIC / 2018
    Sea Walls Artists for Oceans, Cairns QLD / 2018
    Townsville Council Public Art Project, Townsville QLD / 2018
    Big Picture Festival, Adelaide SA / 2018
    'Our Story' Water Tower, Warrnambool VIC / 2018
    Pillars Project, Brisbane QLD / 2018
    UOW Western Sydney Activation, Liverpool NSW / 2019
    Whanganui Walls, Whanganui NZ / 2019
    Bright Walls Mural Festival, Jackson MI USA / 2019
    Colonnades Shopping Centre upgrade, Adelaide SA / 2019
    Warilla Lifeguard Tower, Shellharbour NSW / 2020
    Mason & Main / Coronation Property, Merrylands NSW / 2020
    Re-animate Festival, Penrith NSW / 2020
    More Things Like This Festival, Shellharbour NSW / 2021
    Stuartholme School Mural Project, Toowong QLD / 2021
    Brisbane Street Art Festival, Brisbane QLD / 2021
    Marrickville Metro Comfort Zones, Sydney NSW / 2021
    Rydalmere shopfront mural, Parramatta City Council, Parramatta NSW / 2021
    Inverell Art Gallery mural, Inverell NSW / 2021
    Art Aid Pop-up Installation, Sydney NSW / 2021
    Kookaburra Estate, Aliro Group, Prestons NSW / 2022
    Surface Festival, Braddon ACT / 2022
    South City Square, Pellicano Group, Woolloongabba QLD / 2022
    Daniel Johns: Past, Present and FutureNever, Melbourne VIC / 2022
    Karingal Hub, ISPT / Authority Creative, Frankston VIC / 2022
    Applecross Precinct mural, Perth WA / 2023
    Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melbourne VIC / 2023

  • Wonderwalls Exhibition, Wollongong NSW 2017
    Hear Me Out Group Exhibition, Melbourne VIC 2017
    Secret Walls live art battle, Brisbane QLD 2018
    Mickey Mouse 90th Anniversary Exhibition, Melbourne VIC 2018
    ABV Gallery, Spring 2019 Group Exhibition, Atlanta GA USA 2019
    Praise You, Brisbane QLD 2019
    ABV Gallery, Spring 2020 Group Exhibition, Atlanta GA USA 2020
    Deconstruction, Station 16 Gallery, Montreal CA 2020
    Herstory Group Show, Brisbane QLD 2021
    HERE I AM, Ambush Gallery, ACT 2021
    Art Aid Concept Store, Sydney NSW 2021
    Daniel Johns: Past, Present and FutureNever, Melbourne VIC 2022

  • First Coat /  Ironlak workshop, Toowoomba QLD 2017
    Bench Talk podcast, 2017
    Careers ArtFest Keynote, Art Gallery of South Australia 2017
    Street Prints workshop, Mount Maunganui, NZ 2017
    Community mural, Townsville QLD 2018
    International Women's Day talk, St Joseph’s High School,  Albion Park NSW 2018
    St Marys school workshops, Wollongong NSW 2018
    On Process podcast episode 2019
    Liverpool Girls High 3-day mural workshop, Liverpool NSW 2019
    Make It Made It Conference talk, Newcastle 2019
    Stuartholme School mural workshops and talks, Brisbane QLD

Photo: Kiera Chevell

Photo: Kiera Chevell

Photo: Mark Newsham

Photo: Mark Newsham

Photo: Eleisha Maddison Photography

Photo: Eleisha Maddison Photography

Photo: Kiera Chevell

Photo: Kiera Chevell

Photo: Trystan Sinnott

Photo: Trystan Sinnott