About

Claire Yerbury is an artist from Northern Rivers NSW who works from her home and studio nestled in the trees on her rural property surrounded by nature.

Working on wooden panels using a combination of acrylic paint, Inktense pencils, oil crayon, print collage and paper, she builds layers that gently link, sometimes contrasting, sometimes blending but always flowing with a subtle unifying thread.

Her themes of life, death, beauty, decay, growth, joy, sorrow and impermanence stem from her interest in Zen Buddhism and her observations of the natural world. Often these themes are expressed using images that reflect her musical background as a cellist and her experience and studies in horticulture.

The smaller scale on which she prefers to work, intensifies her subject matter and gives each piece a feeling of intimate preciousness.

Claire has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Arts (Sydney University 1991) and an Advanced Certificate in Horticulture (2000). She has performed in string ensembles and with Byron String Trio at concerts, weddings and corporate events throughout the Northern Rivers for the past 25 years.

Her art is exhibited in galleries in Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmania, Byron Bay, Cabarita Beach and the Gold Coast and continues to develop and evolve as she expresses her unique and personal experience of life.

Representation:

Brenda Colahan Fine Art
78B Charles St, Putney NSW
0414 377 227
info@brendacolahanfineart.com
Instagram: @brendacolahan

19 Karen Contemporary Artspace
19 Karen Ave, Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast QLD
Instagram: @19karengallery

Made in Mullum
22 Burringbar St, Mullumbimby NSW
0407 579 378
Instagram: @madeinmullum

Education

1987 Graduated HSC St Ives High School, Sydney

1991 Graduated BA Degree in Fine Art, Sydney College of the Arts (Sydney University)

1993 Design Certificate Permaculture, Permaculture Institute Tyalgum NSW

1997-2000 Advanced Cert. Urban Horticulture, TAFE Wollongbar NSW

Exhibition History

Aug 2025 'If Only' Mini solo exhibition 19Karen Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland

June 2025 'Untold Eternities' Solo exhibition Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Putney, Sydney

Nov 2024 'Joie de Noel' Group exhibition Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Putney, Sydney

Mar 2024 Group exhibition Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Putney, Sydney

Dec 2023 ‘Postcard’ Exhibition C.A.S.E, Byron Bay, New South Wales

Dec 2023 Guest artist Thom Gallery, Byron Bay, New South Wales

Nov 2023 Group exhibition 19Karen Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland

Jul 2023 'Birds 3' Group exhibition Gallery 3, Byron Bay, New South Wales

May 2023 'Small Scale Art Award' Online finalist Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland

Apr 2023 'Nest' Group exhibition Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Putney, Sydney

Mar 2023 'Petite Pieces' Finalist Aspire Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland

Feb 2023 'Close to Nature' Solo exhibition Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, New South Wales

Aug 2022 ‘Through the Canopy' Solo exhibition NRCG, Ballina, New South Wales

June 2022 Guest artist Peek Gallery, Byron Bay, New South Wales

May 2022 Guest artist Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Putney, Sydney

May 2022 'Dare to Dream' Group show Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, New South Wales

Feb 2022 Guest artist Art Images Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia

Feb 2022 Guest artist Barebones, Swansea, Tasmania

Dec 2021 Guest artist Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Putney, Sydney

Dec 2021 Guest artist 19Karen Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland

Oct 2021 Guest artist Barebones, Swansea, Tasmania

Oct 2021 ‘The Nature of Things’ Group exhibition, Art Images Gallery, Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia

Sept 2021 ‘Mist’ Group exhibition, Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, New South Wales

Sept 2021 Guest artist Brenda Colahan Fine Arts, Putney, Sydney

July 2021 Guest artist Brenda Colahan Fine Arts, Putney, Sydney

May 2021 Guest artist Barebones, Swansea, Tasmania

May 2021 ‘Roam’ Group exhibition Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, New South Wales

April 2021 ‘Encore’ Group exhibition Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, New South Wales

2017 – 2022 Made in Mullum, Mullumbimby, New South Wales

2021 Guest artist Cube Gallery, Mullumbimby, New South Wales

2020 ‘Loom’ Group exhibition Side Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland

2020 Guest artist Martine Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales

2020 Guest artist Barebones, Tasmania

2019 ‘The Flesh and Bone Experiment’ Exhibitor, host and curator Forest Art Studio, Wilsons Creek, New South Wales

2019 ‘Enter the Bower’ Exhibitor, host and curator Forest Art Studio, Wilsons Creek, New South Wales

2019 ‘Smalls’ Exhibition C.A.S.E Byron School of Arts, Mullumbimby, New South Wales

2018 ‘Forest Comes Alive’ Exhibitor, host and curator Forest Art Studio, Wilsons Creek, New South Wales

2018 ‘Forest Art’ Exhibitor, host and curator Forest Art Studio, Wilsons Creek, New South Wales

2017 Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, New South Wales

2017 Barebones Gallery, Bangalow, New South Wales

2017 ‘Highly Commended’ Award Ocean Shores Art Expo, Ocean Shores, New South Wales

2015-2016 Moonrise Studios, Mullumbimby, New South Wales

2014-2015 Art Aspects, Lismore, New South Wales

1997 Easter Art Classic, Byron Bay, New South Wales

1994 Community Art Exhibition Tweed Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales

Publications

1994-1995 Book Illustration ‘Travels in Dreams’ Bill Mollison (1st Edition)

1998-1999 Book Illustration ‘Kokey Koala and the Bush Olympics’ Trixie Whitmore

Music/Performance History

2008-Present Lead Cellist Amatori Strings – Chamber Music concerts, Choral concerts, Northern Rivers NSW and Brisbane QLD

2005-2020 Cellist Byron String Trio - Weddings, Concerts, Exhibition Openings, Corporate Events, Northern Rivers NSW

2016 Lead Cellist ‘Pet Sounds’ live performance Beach Boys, Byron Bay Blues Festival NSW

2004-2019 Lead Cellist, Lismore Symphony Orchestra, Lismore NSW