CLAUDIA DAMICHI is an Australian artist currently living and working in Sydney.
Her practice encompasses two interconnected streams: ARTWALLS, site-responsive works created directly onto interior and public walls, and a more intimately scaled painting practice on canvas. Across both, Damichi explores the perceptual and spatial effects of colour, pattern and repetition, considering how these elements can transform, activate and “charge” both physical and imagined space.
Her colour ques come from artists such as Josef Albers and Bridget Riley, which she synthesises into a contemporary dialogue through a reviewed relationship to current architecture and textile design.
Claudia has exhibited in over 40 solo and group exhibitions in Australia and overseas. She has most recently participated in institutional exhibitions at The Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria and Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne. She has been shortlisted for the Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Art Award and has been a finalist for the Helen Lempriere Scholarship three times.
She has received numerous grants and awards such as Australia Council New Work Grant, The Ian Potter Foundation Grant and AGNSW Moya Dyring Studio Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris.
Her work is held in collections such as Artbank, Sydney Metro, The Gold Coast City Gallery and the University of Sydney Union Collection.
She has had her work reviewed and featured in publications such as Time Out London, Australian Art Collector, Art Monthly Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, Belle magazine, Marie Claire Lifestyle and Vogue Living Australia.
