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Born 1945, Connecticut, USA
1956 Arrived Western Australia.
1962 Achieved Leaving Certificate - Year 12 High School.
1963 - 1966 Perth Technical College, Associate Diploma Fine Art, Diploma Graphic Design.
1968 - 1974 Bathurst Island NT - taught Aboriginal wood block and screen printing.
Started Tiwi Designs.
1975 - 1991 Art Lecturer with TAFE.
1991 - 1997 Member of Board of Management of Mundaring Arts Centre.
1996 Painting & Study in Florence, Italy.
1999 Central and Northern Australia - Painting/Study
2004 Research and painting trip in Paris and France
2006 Overseas travel: England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy (Venice)
2007 Five month painting trip through outback Northern Territory, Queensland, Ne w South Wales and South Australia


In 2012, West Australian artist Madeleine Clear marks 31 years of exhibitions at Greenhill Galleries, on top of many more as part of the Australian arts community.

With a strong local client base, several prestigious art awards under her belt and representation in numerous influential private and corporate collections, Madeleine continues her love affair with the Australian environment, using the minutiae she finds in her environment as a metaphor for her continuing exploration of the notion of fragility – emotional, psychological and physical, as well as environmental.

Clear's recent works are made up of numerous detailed graphite and charcoal drawings executed on small panels, which can be read independently or as a whole, whilst other works are produced on small canvasses using oils.

“Spending time in the Pilbara recently focussed my attention on spinifex – so rugged, yet so vulnerable and seemingly so inhospitable. Yet it dies from its centre and in doing so creates a nest for wildlife. Kangaroos, goats and birds all seek shelter there.”

Madeleine Clear enjoys working the detail in her drawings as she feel it reflects her central idea. “A certain abstract element comes into play when assembling the panels, which makes for a balance against the detail.”

Clear has produced a series of successful exhibitions in Australia since 1981, as well as receiving a number of prestigious awards. She is in some of the country’s most influential collections including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Holmes a Court Collection, Art Bank, Princess Margaret Hospital, BHP and the Lotteries Commission as well as numerous private collections internationally.

 

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Art Gallery of Western Australia
The Robert Holmes a Court Collection
Learmonth Duffy
Robinson Cox
Sedgewick
Joondalup Development Corporation
Shire of Armadale
Shire of Bayswater
Shire of Kalamunda
Shire of Swan
Shire of Mundaring
Art Bank
SGIO
BHP, Utah Collection
SECWA
Department for the Arts, La Salle College
Water Corporation WA
Sun Casino, Sydney
Swan Valley Tourism Council
Perth College
Minproc
CSBP (Wesfarmers)
Arthur Andersen
Skinner Collection
New Norcia Art Gallery
Lotteries Commission
State Director of Public Prosecutions’
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
Bar Chambers Perth
CRA Corporation
Ernst Young & Associates
Bureau of Census & Statistics, Perth
Princess Margaret Hospital
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
St John of God Hospital, Murdoch
City of Belmont
Numerous private collections nationally and internationally.

 

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Paintings by West Australian Artists, Access Press, 2 yr Calendar.
Fremantle 6160 catalogue published by Fremantle Society inc.
Mason, Murray, Surveying Styles of W.A. Painters, The West Australian, June 16, 1983.
Germaine, Max Artists and Galleries of Australia, 1984.
Artists and Galleries of Australia,1990.
Women Artists of Australia, 1991
Prott, Julie Art by , West Australian, July 15, 1987.
Davis, Annette, Ninety Years, catalogue for retrospective, (Illustrated).
Cochrane, Grace, The Crafts Movement in Australia, J.N. Adelaide Review, November 1993.
Green, Jean, Arts Effects, 1993.
Van Der Merwe, J. Mine Own Executioner
There was a Presence catalogue
Bromfield, David, Lust Takes over Temple of Beauty, The West Australian, October 29, 1988.
On Show , West Australian, April 11, 1992.
Discipline Marks Clear’s Work, West Australian, July 10, 1993.
Images Reflect the Fragments of Life, West Australian, July 2, 1994.
On Show, The West Australian, October 25, 1997.
Now and Then catalogue
McGrath, Judy, Art Seen, Hills Gazette, June 3, 1991.
Art Seen Hills Gazette, April 5, 1992.
Art Seen, Hills Gazette, May 10, 1992.
Talent that’s Clear, Sunday Times, June 27, 1993.
A Clear View , Arts Unlimited, November 1993.
Crystal Clear Portrait of Oz in all its Colourful Grandeur , Sunday Times, July 3, 1994.
Frost, Annabel, Time Exposure, Australian Country Style Magazine.
Scourfield, Steven, In Search of Light, The West Magazine.
Auty, Giles, Lines from Another Planet review, The Weekend Australian, 20 - 21 February, 1999.
Erikson, Dorothy (ed)
Art & Design in Western Australia, Perth Technical College 1900- 2000’
Rinske Carr Transpositions (exhibition catalogue), 2002
(curator)
Remembering: Women Working for Women (exhibition catalogue), The Artist’s Chronicle, Perth WA, 2003

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2009
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2006
Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide

2005
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2003
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2001
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2000
Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1998
North Shore Fine Art, Sydney.

1997
Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1997
Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide.

1996
Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1995
Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney.

1994
Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1993
Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide.

1993
Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1992
Houghton's Winery in association with Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1991
Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1990
Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide.

1989
Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1987
Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1985
Alexander Galleries, Perth.

1983
Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1981
Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

 

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1963
Jackson’s Art Prize

1964
Jackson’s Scholarship

1964
Commonwealth 2 Year Scholarship for Tertiary Study.

1981
Gosnells Prize for Painting.

1982
Shire of Kalamunda Art Purchase Exhibition.

1982
Floreat Forum Art Award.

1987
Bayswater Shire Award.

1987
Houghton's Art Award - Darlington Art Festival.

1989
Perth College Acquisitive Award.

1991
Shire of Mundaring Acquisition Award.

1991
Shire of Swan Purchase Award.

1993
Department for the Arts Travel Grant

1995
Shire of Mundaring Acquisition Purchase.

1995
La Salle College Acquisition Award.

1997
Christos ‘97 - First Prize.

2000
Arts WA Travel Grant.

2001
City of Armadale Prize.

 

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Numerous corporate and private commissions undertaken since 1983 including:

BHP - Boardroom work
Learmonth Duffy
Robinson Cox
Sedgewick
Joondalup Development Corporation
SGIO, SECWA, Minproc
Arthur Anderson
State Director of Public Prosecutions
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
CRA Corporation
Oceaneering Australia.
Swan Valley Tourism Council
Matilda’s Estate, Denmark WA
Designed commemorative stained glass window for Sacred Heart School, Mundaring. Made by Judy Kotai & Joannah Luscombe.

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2012
Greenhill Galleries 40th Birthday Exhibition

2011
SQUARED, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

2010
Shire of Mundaring Open Art Acquisition WA
Contemporary Art Gallery, New Norcia WA
Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
Mandorla Prize For Religious Art
SQUARED, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

2009
SQUARED, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

2008
Opening Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries, Dalkeith
SQUARED, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

2007
SQUARED, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Mandorla Prize For Religious Art, Finalist
Maxwells Gallery of Fine Art, WA

2006
SQUARED, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

2005
SQUARED, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

2003
Remembering: Women Working for Women, Moores Building Fremantle

2003
Living on the Edge, WA Maritime Museum

2002
Mandorla Art Award – Finalist

2002
Transpositions- Museum of WA - Art on the Move

2001
Australian Women Artists - Vanessa Wood Fine Art, Sydney

2000
Fleurieu Biennale - South Australia - selected as finalist.

2000
Still In 2000 - Mandorla Art Awards - selected as finalist.

2000
‘100 Years of Art & Design; Perth Tech to Central TAFE’, curated by David Bromfield, PICA, Perth

2000
Vast - Max Lawson Gallery, Sydney

1999
Eclectic Selectives - Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1998
Art Exchange International - London.

1998
Fleurieu Biennale - South Australia.

1998
Spiritus ‘98 - Highly Commended.

1998
There was a Presence - Mundaring Arts Centre.

1997
Fremantle 6160- Fremantle Arts Centre.

1997
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Sydney.

1997
Fears & Fantasies of the Middle Aged - Mundaring Arts Centre.

1997
Unearthed - Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1996
Mandorla Prize for Religious Art - selected as finalist.

1995
Landscape as Metaphor - Claremont School of Art.

1995
Mine Own Executioner - Self Portraits, Mundaring Arts Centre.

1994
ACAF Melbourne.

1994
Junction - Kalla Yeedip Gallery.

1993
10 Women Artists - Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1992
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition - Gomboc Gallery, WA.

1992
Alexander Library, WA.

1992
Ninety Years: A Retrospective Exhibition of Art from Perth Technical College.

1992
Gallery Braun, Mundaring, WA.

1991
La Salle College Invitation Exhibition.

1991
Perth College Invitation Exhibition.

1991
The Postcard Exhibition - Mundaring Arts Centre.

1991
Shire of Swan Acquisition Exhibition.

1991
Shire of Mundaring Acquisition Exhibition.

1991
Views and Visions - Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide.

1991
From a High Place - Allendale Square, Perth.

1990
Green is a Hot Colour - Greenhill Galleries, Perth.

1989
WA Agricultural Society Invitation Prize.

1989
ACTA Maritime Art Award Travelling Exhibition.

1988 - 1991
Invitational Exhibition, Darlington Arts Festival.

1988
Figures of Eight - Fremantle Art Centre.

1988
Burswood Resort Exhibition, WA.

1987
Observation City - America’s Cup Exhibition, WA.

1986
Mixed Exhibition - Gomboc Gallery, WA.

1986
Art from the Hills - Invited WA Artists - Gomboc Gallery, WA.

1985
Christmas Exhibition - Gomboc Gallery, WA.

1983
Christmas Exhibition - Mundaring Arts Centre, WA.

1983
One Hundred Years of WA Art, Austmark, Perth.

1982
Fremantle Art Gallery: 30 Western Australian Painters.

1982
Hills Artists Exhibition.

1966
Perth Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of WA.