Claire Carew



Education:

2005 Master in Fine Arts Instituto Allende, Mexico 
2003 Reading Specialist, University of Toronto 
1995 Dramatic Arts Education, University of Toronto
1988 Primary Education, University of Toronto
1987 Diploma in Education, Visual Arts Specialist, Elementary and Secondary School Practicum, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec 
1984 B.A., Fine Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (First Class Standing) *enabled one semester’s study in England




Solo Exhibitions: (selected)
1988- 2021

· Portraits ……. ………………………….. Pages Books Store, Toronto
· Scenes of Beauty…………….…….…… Coffee Tree, Toronto
· Landscapes ………………………..…… Angel Gate Winery, Beamsville Ontario 
· Arawaks……………. ………….....……. Holguin,Cuba
· ‘The Healing Wisdom of Mexico’ …....…Franklin Carmichael Art Centre 
· “Amongst the living there is love”……....Studio, Toronto 
· ...Then Mexico Came a Calling…….........Third Rail Festival, Toronto
· “I Remember You”……………………... Women’s Art Resource Center, Toronto
· Transitions………………………………..Partisan Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
· Restless Carriers……………………...… Gallery 203, Toronto, Ontario
· Celebration of Life………………………Fraser Hickson Library, Montreal
· Renewal………………………………....Studio 26
· Vibrancy………………………………....Coffee Tree Roastery
· Holiday Soirée……………………………Art Gallery of Ontario (Art Social Room)



Group Exhibitions: (selected)
1981-2021

· Connections  …. Women’s Art Assoication of Canada Dignam Gallery
· Emancipation … Halton Hills Black History Awareness Society. Helson Gallery
· Saatchi Online Gallery…… London, England
· CARIFESTA……………….Guyana, South America
· Arts and Crafts Fair……….Oakville Ontario
· Gifts that Fit……………..…A Space Toronto
· Masks………………………. Colour Blind International (traveling exhibition)
· Harriet Tubman …………. Colour Blind International (traveling exhibition)
· Our Gift to you mural……... Athens Greece Summer Olympics 
· Human Rights ………………Ontario Human Rights Commission
· Art/Books on the Fence …….Mexico City and Veracruz, Mexico
· Greetings to Taniperla………Scarborough Town Mission
· Spiritual Awakening…………North York Studio
· Black and Beautiful…….........Burke’s Gifts, Toronto
· Art in Motion……………….. Gallery 306 Toronto
· “By Any Means Necessary”…..Harbourfront Community Gallery, Toronto
· The 9th, 8th, & 4th International Exhibition of Miniature Art …..Dell Bello Art Gallery, Toronto
· Circa 200 leaves ………………Partisan Art Gallery, Toronto
· Oka at the Barricades……........Partisan Art Gallery, Toronto
· Weapons of Culture……………A Space, Toronto
· Fem Fest…………………………Gallery 940, Toronto
· Multicultural Day……………… Malton, Ontario




Published: (selected)
1981- 2021

· Nathaniel Turner online magazine USA ( reviews and poems are published)
· Harcourt Canada (art work included in two issues of college textbook)
· Pearson Canada (art work included in one issue of college textbook)
· Political Affairs (art work on front cover of three issues) Manhattan, New York
· AIDS Prevention (art work included in special production) Vancouver, B.C
· Race & Class Magazine (poetry in honour of Dr. Jan Carew) London, England




Reviews and Interviews on my Art and Poetry:
1988- 2017

· Political Affair
· Financial Abundance Online magazine
· Romerias de Mayo Festival News Holguin, Cuba 
· CFRB Toronto Radio Station 
· Guyana Chronicle 
· Caribbean Camera 
· Word Magazine
· Contrast Newspaper
· Share Magazine