Contact Info:
claire.f.duquesne@gmail.com
claire.f.duquesne@gmail.com
As a French Mexican, born in 1990’s Portland, Oregon, Claire’s photographic practice has always been grounded in her upbringing across multiple cultures. Her first photograph was taken at age 6 under the weight of her father’s Nikon on a camping trip to the Redwood forest. You can just see her parents’ hands making it into the frame. She visited Scotland some 13 years ago and fell in love with the folk scene, warm people and familiar green spaces. She spent years saving up and emigrated to Aberdeen, then Skye. She is now based in Glasgow.
Claire is first and foremost a photographer; a collector of moments. Inspired by early 20th century photographers such as Robert Doisneau and Vivian Maier, she sees moments best through film photographs. Taking note of Rinko Kawauchi’s careful narration of her life, she captures the senses that make up her own. Cinema and music have played an instrumental role in her upbringing and now in how she expresses herself. When asked what time period she would travel back to, her first answer has always been 1968 when Bob Dylan went electric and Patti Smith was on the brink of her first album. Music, sound and imagery is a language through which she intuits and communicates. She uses it to explore people, how they are defined by the spaces they live in physically, culturally and historically as well as the way they express themselves through the material world.
Contact Info:
claire.f.duquese@gmail.com
Education
2021-2025 BA (Hons) Fine Arts Photography
Glasgow School of Art
2019-2021 HND - Photography
North East Scotland College
2012-2015 Certificate Program in Film
Northwest Film Center School of Film
Solo Exhibition
Under the Hammer, Aberdeen, Scotland, January, 2018
Red Square, Portland, Oregon, May, 2015
Group Exhibitions
Salon des Exchangistes, Annex Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland 21.03-04.04, 2025
Art School Show, Pinsent Masons, Glasgow, Scotland 08.01.24 -08.01.25
Sugar Sells, Govan Project Space, Glasgow, Scotland 27.11-29.11, 2024
Salon des Inclusions, Annex Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland 21.03–30.03, 2024
In Stock, Studio Plant, Glasgow Scotland 22.03-24.03, 2024
Momentum, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow, Scotland 24.05–31.05, 2023
From Workbench to Wall, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Scotland 25.03-30.03, 2023
First Contact, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland 18.01-19.01, 2022
Awards
Scottish Portrait Award 2022, Longlisted
Great Exposure Photography Competition, Winner