Claudia Fitch
County: King County
Website: http://www.claudiafitch.com
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Awards
Twining Humber Award 2014
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About
Claudia Fitch was born in Palo Alto, CA, and grew up in Seattle, WA. She received her BFA in Painting from the University of Washington in Seattle and an MFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, and Rome, Italy. Claudia has exhibited at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City, the Seattle Art Museum and the Portland Art Museum. Honors includes an NEA Fellowship Grant in Sculpture, Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant, and the international Art + Architecture Fellowship at the European Ceramics Works Center. Public art commissions include Quest Field in Seattle.
Featured Works
The Edge of the World, pencil, oil pastel on paper, 45.5"x37", 2010. photo: Richard Nicol.
Helena, porcelain, gold leaf, aluminum, 21.5"x16"x13", 2011. photo: Richard Nicol.
Host, low fire ceramic, acrylic paint, steel, aluminum, 26"x132"x15", 2012.
Cloud Morph, porcelain, metal leaf, aluminum, 48"x31"x26", 2012. photo: Richard Nicol.
Floating Mechanism (Journey), ceramic, paint, wood, steel, plastic, 48"x132"x180", 2012.
Colossal Heads (Girl Next Door) (detail), fiberglass, steel, paint. Qwest Field, Seattle, 78”x48”x36”, 2002.