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Claire Orme is an artist, curator and musician. After graduating with First Class Honours in Fine Art, Claire returned to her hometown of London where she began work as a freelance curator, graphic designer, illustrator, visual researcher and artist's assistant.
In 2016, Orme founded the creative agency Brains & Lip with Alice Steffen, which supports and promotes upcoming artists through curating exhibitions and hosting events. Having recently relocated to Margate, Claire has set up an intimate gallery and performance space in her own home, called Flat38. Moving to the seaside has also given Orme time and space to concentrate on her own practice.
Specialising in performance art and sound installation, Claire employs her skills as a pianist and violin player to investigate the narrative contours of spaces and objects. Much of Orme's work is research-led, utilising archive material and interviews to explore her interest in perhaps overlooked rural and urban histories.
She recently started the experimental music group 'Poor Clares', whose upcoming performances include Contrapop and It Came From The Sea in August 2019.
education <
2011 - 2014 / BA Fine Art (First Class Honours)
University of Kent
upcoming performances <
28 January 2020 / Galvanize Ensemble + Fretwork: Happenstance, Performance Space, University of London
2 February 2020 / Galvanize Ensemble + Fretwork: Happenstance, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
11 March 2020 / Moonfest, Theatre Royal, Margate
past residencies <
July 2019 / Talkie-Walkie Walkie-Talkie, Fructôse, Dunkirk
past curatorial projects <
July 2019 / Merz by Samuel Keyte, Flat38, Margate
April 2018 / Nothing from Nothing, LIMBO, Margate
March 2018 / Brains & Lip curate POW Thanet Opening Party
February 2018 / Why Am I Anywhere?, Flat38, Margate
October 2017 / fill me up, LIMBO, Margate
July 2017 / Brains & Lip, I'm gonna get cha, Bones & Pearl Studios, Tottenham
May 2017 / Flat38 Rainbow Roots, Obsession Salon, Ramsgate
April - May 2017 / Brains & Lip Takeover at HIX Art, Shoreditch
13 - 15 April 2017 / You Are Alone: Babak Ganjei Solo Show, Flat38, Margate
25-26 March 2017 / Flat38 Exhibition #2, Margate
March 2017 / Man! I feel like a woman!, Brains & Lip, POW Thanet, Margate Arts Club
28-29 January 2017 / Flat38 Exhibition #1, Margate
September 2016 / Miss Behaviour, Brains & Lip, Bones & Pearl, Tottenham
past performances <
24 August 2019 / It Came From The Sea, Elsewhere, Margate
18 August 2019 / Contrapop, Ramsgate Beach
9 March 2019 / Bonnacons of Doom, Ghost Fang & Moon Relay, Sebright Arms, London
8 March 2019 / Wink The Other Eye, Screaming Alley, Lido, Margate
16 February 2019 / Larsen, Lisle and Webster / Lunatraktors / Poor Clares, Stretch Outsider Gallery, Margate
7 December 2018 / AJA / God Speed You! Peter Andre / Pink Suits / Poor Clares, Lido, Margate
23 November 2018 / PoliRock Show, Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate
17 October 2018 / Thea Soti / Poor Clares (Claire Orme), 101 Social Club, Margate
6 October 2018 / Claire Orme & Sean Goldring, Margate Film Festival, Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate
20 September 2018 / Aeolian's Nocturne, NOW Gallery, London
7 September 2018 / 'The Ash Tree' Live Score with The Ash Project & SALT Festival, Folkestone Harbour Screen, Folkestone
12 July 2018 / The Sex Show, Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate
27 March 2018 / Criss Cross #3, LIMBO, Margate
February 2018 / Muster Station, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern
7 November 2017 / Criss Cross, LIMBO, Margate
29 July 2017 / Brains & Lip, I'm gonna get cha, Bones & Pearl Studios, Tottenham
28 July 2017 / Littoral Light, Ramsgate
June 2017 / Kit Records presents: Piano Music, Margate Arts Club, Margate
November 2016 / Art Party by Pop-Up Brighton, Tempest Inn, Brighton
April 2016 / The Cells, Old Police Cell Museum, Brighton
March 2016 / ArtSmart Contemporary Private View & Auction, Space W10
December 2015 / Of Improvisation Apiary Studios, Hackney
Collaborative performance with Simon Merrifield
August 2015 / [dis]place hARTslane, New Cross
February 2015 / Happenstance Limewharf, Hackney
November 2014 / Happenstance LV21, Gillingham
June 2014 / TÖNE Festival The Historic Dockyard, Chatham
March 2014 / Live 2014 Digital Arts Festival LV21, Gillingham
past exhibitions <
April - May 2017 / Brains & Lip Takeover at HIX Art, Shoreditch
28-29 January 2017 / Flat38 Exhibition #1, Margate
July 2016 / I got ur back JakBox Studio, Camden
5 - 12 June 2016 / Texture Narratives Viking Gallery, Margate
10 - 15 March 2016 / ArtSmart Contemporary Exhibition, Space W10
22 - 23 August 2015 / [dis]place hARTslane, New Cross
8 May - 3 July 2015 / Let Them Eat Steak CNB Gallery, Shoreditch
23 January - 21 March 2015 / The Inflatable Archive
Rochester Art Gallery
February 2015 / SNOG The Old Baths, Hackney Wick
October 2014 / 51 Zero Film Festival Chatham
September - November 2014 / Platform Graduate Award Turner Contemporary, Margate
July 2014 / Kent Degree Show 2014 Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks
May 2014 / University of Kent Degree Show 2014 The Historic Dockyard, Chatham
December 2013 / I AM Interim Show Rochester
August 2013 / Galvanize - Hack the Barbican Barbican, London
awards <
2014 / Recreate Bursary
Recreate: a EU project 2011 - 2015
2014 / Shortlisted for CVAN Platform Graduate Award