Claire Pestaille British, b. 1975
Claire Pestaille's work explores historical and contemporary iconography, examining the construction of femininity through the disruption of photographic imagery. Uncannily bewitching and intricately delicate, her artwork exudes dualities of beauty and horror, glamour and subversion. The source material for her work includes portraiture from the Golden Age of Hollywood incorporating film stills along with contemporary and vintage photography. These snapshot images containing memories of a past age fulfill a sense of nostalgia, identity and authorship which are transformed and re-imagined through the act of collage and painting. A new conversation or connection becomes established through the deconstruction of one image and its marriage with another. Pestaille adopts a variety of methods in order to produce these often, psychologically charged works. The final result questions the conceptual nature of the image and our relationship to it, offering an alternative way of seeing and understanding the collective memory of images pervasively part our cultural landscape.
Claire Pestaille lives and works in London, UK.
She graduated fron the Royal College of Art in 2000 and has since exhibited internationally, including France, Vienna, Switzerland, USA and Hong Kong. Her work is in private collections including The Saatchi Collection, The Zabludowicz Collection, Project New Art Netherlands, TI Group Art Collection, Kate Moss, Soho House, The Ned and Cafe Royal.
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Claire Pestaille, Angelica, 2020£ 350.00 -
Claire Pestaille, Hampton, 2020£ 250.00
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Claire Pestaille, Poison, 2020£ 300.00
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Claire Pestaille, Tempest, 2020£ 350.00
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Claire Pestaille, The Screenwriter, 2020£ 450.00
Claire Pestaille lives and works in London, UK.
She graduated fron the Royal College of Art in 2000 and has since exhibited internationally, including France, Vienna, Switzerland, USA and Hong Kong. Her work is in private collections including The Saatchi Collection, The Zabludowicz Collection, Project New Art Netherlands, TI Group Art Collection, Kate Moss, Soho House, The Ned and Cafe Royal.
Claire Pestaille
Born 1975, London, UK
Education
1998 - 2000
MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
1994 - 1997
BA(Hons)1st Chelsea College of Art, London
1993-1994
Art Foundation Camberwell Collage of Art and Design
Collections
The Zabludowicz Collection
The Saatchi Collection
Kate Moss
Project New Art, Netherlands
Kai van Hasselt
Gerrit Groen
Alex Kleinburger
Nick Crean
Royal College of Art
Laura Ashley Foundation
TI Group Art Collection
Soho House
The Ned
Hotel Cafe Royal, London
Commissions
2019
-Hotel Cafe Royal.
Photo collage, portrait/interior project for the corridors of Cafe Royal Hotel, inspired by my collection of work from the Femme Maison series.
-MoreYoga (Wembley Park)
Creating a hand painted wall mural for a new yoga studio. Inspired by the design of the mandala, hamsa and the colours of Mexico.
Exhibitions
2017
-Vault 100, The Ned, 27 Poultry, London
2015
-Brooklyn vs London, 12th-27th June
Carousel, 1st Floor, 71 Blandford Street W1u 8AB
2014
- Red Vatican, Shorditch, London, UK
- Signal 8, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
- Miami Biennale, Nina Torres Fine Art, Miami, USA
- Library, Private members club, Soho, London, UK
- Chinese Open, QPark, Chinatown Soho, London, UK
2013
- Wonderworks, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
- Lovin' it: Symbol and Contradiction, Bromer Art Collection, Switzerland
- The Looking Glass: Refraction Through The Female Gaze, Mirus Gallery,
San Fransisco, USA
2012
- Saatchi Gallery At The Hyatt: One Giant Leap,
Hyatt Regency Hotel London
- The Santorini Biennale of Arts, Santorini, Greece,
2011
- Saatchi Gallery, The Future Can Wait, Channel 4’s New Sensations,
Victoria House, London
- Charlie Sierra Lima, Charlie Smith Gallery
- Polemically Small, Klaipedia Center, Lithunaia
- Polemically Small, Torrance Museum, Los Angeles
- Polemically Small, Charlie Smith Gallery, London
2010
- La Belle Dans Sans Merci, Vegas Gallery, London
- The Term Reality, Paul Stolper Gallery, London
- Paprophillia, Charlie Smith Gallery, London
- Art Blitz, Transition Gallery, London
- Demonology, Charlie Smith Gallery, London
- The Future Can Wait, Shorditch Town Hall, London
2008
- Promenades Insomniaques, Sleeping/dreaming in contemporary art,
curated by Marie Shek, Passage de Retx, Paris.
- Same as it Ever Was, Painting at Chelsea 1990-2006, curated by Clyde Hopkins, Chelsea Future space, London
- Awopbopaloobop, Transition Gallery, London
- My Art, Collectors share their passion, Zuiderzeemuseum, Netherlands
2007
- Jerwood Contemporary Painters, touring exhibition
- Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna
- Claire Pestaille, solo exhibition, Rokeby, London
2006
- The Portrait, Ashwin Street, London
2005
- Necromancy, Rokeby, solo exhibition London
- Young Masters, St John Street, London, curated by Flora Fairbarn and Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton
- Acid Drops and Sugar Candy, Transition Gallery and FosterArt, London
- Hand in hand we walk alone, Clapham art gallery, London.
- Awopbopaloobop, Transition Gallery, London
- Faltering Flame, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, curated by David Thorp, Sheffield, UK
2004
- Forever Beautiful, Clapham Gallery, London
- Short Stories About Glamour, Hiscox projects, London
- Gothmoth, Transition Gallery, London
- The Great Unsigned at Izo Gallery, curated by Soraya Roderiguez and David Thorp, London
- The Great Unsigned, The Zoo Art Fair, London
- Aftershock, A1 Gallery, Hong Kong,
- Faith, Transition Gallery, London
- Faith, C.A.S Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2003
- A Portrait of Francis Bacon as a Corpse Exquisite, Mitchell st, London
- Bad Touch, International drawing show, Keith Talent Gallery, London
2002
- State of the House, curated by Sadie Murdoch, Korean Ambassadorial Residence, London
- The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2001
- Assembly, Stepney City, Jubilee Street, London
2000
- Be Faithful to your dreams, TI Group, London
- Ante chamber, Cite Internationale des Artes studio, Paris
Solo Exhibitions
2007
- Claire Pestaille, Rokeby
2005
- Necromancy, Rokeby, London
1998
- Borderline, Duncan Cargil Gallery, London
Reviews / Publications
2018
-Imago Mundi project with Francesca Gavin and Pernilla Holmes.
2017
-Moon Man Magazine, London
2016
-Pine Magazine, New York
2015
- Eyemazing Susan, Annual Pictorial.
www.stedelijk.nl/en/calendar/events/book-fair
2011
- The Future Can Wait and Charles Saatchi Gallery 2011 Catalogue
- Glam Cult Magazine, issue 4, Netherlands
- Marie Antionette, Italy
- LeCool, www.lecool.com, Spain
2010
- The Term Reality at Paul Stolper by Lauren romano
- http://colormute.com/claire-pestaille/
- http://www.robotlibre.com/2011/02/27/claire-pestaille/2007
2008
- Promenades Insomniaque, Sleeping/dreaming in contemporary Art with writing by Julia Kristeva, Peretz Levine, Marie Shek, (exhibition catalogue)
2007
- Jerwood Contemporary Painters, (exhibition catalogue)
2006
- Project 17, Dream-Screen, Talith Mariposa's Journal, Kilimanjaro Magazine
2005
- Faltering Flame (catalogue), Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, David Thorp
artists included the Chapman Brothers, Tracy Emin, Christian Ward, Stuart Brisley, Jeremy Deller and Gilbert and George
- Necromancy, A book of short stories,written by Claire Pestaille with essay by David Thorp and forward by Beth Greenacre
- The Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Prince, Miser & Now, Edition 7
- Claire Pestaille, Martin Herbert, Time Out, 7-12 September
- Ghostly Gallery, Helen Sumpter, The Big Issue, 5-11 September
- Raising The Dead, Rowan Kerek, BBC Collective, 1 September
- Claire Pestaille: Necromancy, Fisun Güner, Metro Life, 31 August
- Claire Pestaille, Jessica Lack, The Guardian Guide, 20 August
- Necromancy, Hephzibar Anderson, The Evening Standard, 15 August
- The Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Prince, Miser & Now, Edition 7, 2005
2004
- The Artists Studio, Garageland Magazine edition 4
2000
- Be Faithful to your dreams, TI Group Art Collection
Scholarships \ Grants
2000
- Cite Des Arts International, Paris
1999
- RCA Study Scholarship
Hoschule de kust, Berlin
1993
- Laura Ashley Foundation
- Julia Gompert Memorial Scholarship, Italy
Teaching/ Experience
Acland Burghley secondary school, PGCE A-level and GCSE student teaching assistant
Sunderland University Arts Faculty, visiting lecturer
Chelsea College of Art and Design, visiting student lecturer
- 1997 Studio assistant, Chris Ofili
The Age of Collage vol. 3, with a text by Francesca Gavin, Published by Gestalten, October 2020, 24 x 30 cm. hardcover, stitch bound, 320 pages, ISBN: 978-3-89955-110-5
England: Talking of Art, Imago Mundi, Contemporary Artists from England. Francesca Gavin and Pernilla Holmes 2018 Published 2020-11-09 978-88-8435105-0
Promenades Insomniaques. Sleeping and dreaming in contemporary art , curator Marie Shek. Exhibition July 11- September 11, 2008. Catalogue produced by Michael Gordon, text by Julia Kristeva, Peretz Lavie and Marie Shek.
Eyemazing Susan, Annual Pictorial 2014. Published 2018 by Eyemazing Edtions. ISBN 978-90-822754-0-7
Necromancy by Claire Pestaille. Short stories by Claire Pestaille to accompany her solo exhibition, Necromancy at Rokeby Gallery. Essay by David Thorp. Cover Image, The Swallow Song, from the Saatchi Collection, London, Published by Rokeby. ISBN 0-9550501-2-x.
Kilimanjaro Magazine, edition 'When I was 17' (2005). Short story by Claire Pestaille titled 'Dreamscreen (Talisha Mariposa's Journal, August 5, 1864)' editor Olu Michael Odukoya.
Moon Man 'Edition E' (2017). Published by Moon Man studios ltd, editor Anna Peftieva. ISSN 2515-7019
Tallulah Magazine, Published by Gold Key Media.
Same as it ever was, painting at Chelsea, 1990-2007. Edited by Clyde Hopkins and Chris Wainwright. ISBN 978-1-906203-15-3.
Miser&Now Magazine. Edited by Andrew Clarkin and Simon Pittuck. Including a short story and art work by Claire Pestaille entitled 'The Prince, Chaper IV". ISBN 1742-5166.
Faltering Flame. Aspects of the human condition in contemporary art., curated by David Thorp. Catalogue to accompany the exhibition at Graves Art Gallery and museums trust, Sheffield February 9- May 7 2005. ISBM 0-9546913-2-6
Pine Magazine 'Brazen' (2016) essay by Sarah Sharp ISBN74470-29704