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Claire Orme is an artist, curator and musician. She is founder of Flat38 Gallery, and a co-Director of Margate Festival.
Her work is driven by research and archive material, resulting in a practice that spans multiple mediums including performance, sound & sculpture.
education <
2011 - 2014 / BA Fine Art (First Class Honours)
University of Kent
past performances <
January 2021 / The Metalization of a Dream, sound festival
11 March 2020 / Moonfest, Theatre Royal, Margate
12 February 2020 / Galvanize Ensemble + Fretwork: Happenstance, Lit & Phil, Newcastle
28 January 2020 / Galvanize Ensemble + Fretwork: Happenstance, Performance Space, University of London
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 residencies <
July 2019 / Talkie-Walkie Walkie-Talkie, Fructôse, Dunkirk
past curatorial projects <
July 2018 / 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 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