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Claire Maxfield (b.1967) is an artist based in the South West of England. Working primarily with photography, alongside drawing and mixed media, her practice explores interpersonal relationships and the dynamics of action, inaction, and reaction. Her work is process-led and often developed through long-form projects.

Alongside her artistic practice, Maxfield has professional experience in photographic archiving, including work with analogue collections at Autograph ABP, Rivington Place, and the Sunil Gupta + Charan Singh Archive, which includes work by Tessa Boffin.

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MFA (Photography) University of the Creative Arts, Farnham,

BA (Hons) Fine Art (sculpture) West Surrey College of Art and Design 

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Continued Learning, Exhibitions, Residencies & Publications

Ongoing learning is central to my artistic development, enabling me to expand my skills, deepen my understanding, and remain open to new ways of making and thinking. It supports both creative growth and the confidence to develop work with greater ambition and clarity.

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Upcoming / Current

Open Eye Stories. There is still light now. More here

Griffin Museum. Material Work: Toil & Grace 'waiting for doctor green' April 20 – May 20, 2026 
Chester Photo Festival, Making Voices Heard, 16–29 October 2026
Domestic Histories, Colin Pantall, April–June 2026
Shutter Hub, Feeling Seen, See Here  2 April–3 July 2026

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Courses / Professional Development
Global Histories, Colin Pantall, October–December 2025
Project Development Course, Colin Pantall, January–March 2025
Work Show Grow, 2024 Cohort Expansion Accelerator Programme
The Letting Go Workshop with Laura Hynd, May–June 2023

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Awards / Grants
Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust, Grant Awarded, December 2023

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Exhibitions
Raising the Roof, The Lightbox, Woking, October 2023–January 2024
Time to Think, Festival Pil’Ours, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France, 1 July–30 November 2019
Everything I Ever Learnt, Cambridge University, The Old Schools, Cambridge, April 2019
Lightworks, Foyer Gallery, UCA Farnham, February 2019
MA and Other Postgraduates, The Atkinson Gallery, Somerset, 2019
Graduate Show, The Lightbox, Woking, January 2019
Graduate Show, The Lightbox, Woking, January 2018
Documents/Portraits, Sherfield School Art Gallery, Hook, February 2014
Documents/Portraits, Harvey Gallery, Guildford, September 2007
Documents/Portraits, Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim, April 2005

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Residencies
Dartmoor Summer School of Photography, Positive Light Projects, England, August 2019

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Publications
Best of Source, archive selections by Susanna Galbraith
Abridged Magazine, in collaboration with Belfast Photo Festival, Claire Maxfield / Anna D’Alton, Apocrypha, 2021
Portfolio published in Source, Issue 102, Autumn 2020, The Unsayable Beyond Words
The Photographers’ Gallery, Photo Farnham Showcase, publication launch, 2019
Fleur and Arbor, Claire Maxfield, An Unkindness of Ravens, 2019

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