Biography
07870641861 claire.fried@zen.co.uk 64,Thoroughfare,Woodbridge Suffolk IP121AL
I was born in London in 1956. I am a figurative artist working mainly in Oils. I own a
gallery called Artspace Woodbridge. I am constantly experimenting with my process,
open to ideas and change. Father, Howard Sant, Architect and mother Audrey Sant born
Lewis, Illustrator at Vogue and Artist, continue to be a huge inspiration.
Royal Collage of Art Contemporary Art Summer School 2024
Painting shortlisted for RA summer exhibition 2024
Curator and Painter - ‘A Crow in the Snow” a group show in Artspace Woodbridge
Suffolk 2024
Painting selected by Claire Woods RA with her theme; Only Connect. ‘Portrait of a Fruit
Bowl’ in series ‘Things Fall Apart’ & Sold at Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2023
Curator and Painter ‘Celebrating 70” a show in Suffolk to mark the Queens Jubilee 70
portraits by various East Anglian artists incl. Anna Airy award students 2022
Landscape “Bay of St.Ives” pre-selected RSMA 2022
Private Commission of Three Oil Paintings of a garden in Suffolk 2022
Private Commission of family of 5, house and landscape in Essex 2021
Homerton Hospital - London 7 Portraits for the NHS Heroes in Covid times 2020
Residency in China invited by Nanxi Academy of Ink & Brush . “When London Meets
Wenzhou” 8 masters from regions in China with 8 artists around London 2019
Portrait “Leopardskin Loulou” Pre-selected for Royal Portrait Society 2019
Commission of 4 paintings for The Glebe, Chelsea - London Architect Tony Collet 2018
Claire founded Artspace Woodbridge, a white space gallery for artist’s hire and yearly
curated group shows. 2017 - Now
Created Sant Studio, a lifestyle emporium, with sisters Louise and Georgina, 2008-2015
Arrived back to UK after 30 years in France 2006
Teaching 1 day a week ‘Creating a Collection’ at Parsons school of Art, Paris 2004
Artistic Consultant for Fried Frères - Paris 1994-2006
Claire Fried Design Consultant for the Haute Couture - Paris. Christian Dior, Givenchy,
Junko Shimada, Sonia Rykiel 1982-1991
Textile designer fo Igea -Prato 1982-1985
Emmanuelle Khan - Paris Fashion/Textile Designer and Illustrator 1977-1982Education
Clare Howard, Online. Still Life under Clare Howard 2024
Dulwich School of Art, London. Still Life under Clare Howard 2023
Royal School of Drawing, London. Online. Narrative painting 5 wks 2022
St Ives School of Art, Cornwall. Online. Porthemeor Programme 1 yr. 2021
Norfolk School of Oil Painting. Diploma in Oils 1 yr. under M. Kinnear. 2015-2016
Charles Cecil studios, Florence. Summer course in Sight-Size Technique. 2012
St Martins School of Art, London. BA in Art and Design - 1st class Honours. 1975-1977
Ipswich Art School, Suffolk. 2yrs Foundation in Art and Art A Levels. 1973-1974
Languages spoken: French and English - fluent
Drawing, Painting, Watercolour, Oil painting,
Some printmaking
Embroidery, Knitting and pattern cutting & sewing
Photography
Pratt Award for Creativity 1977
RCA Alumna.
Member of Ipswich Art Society and Colchester Art Society.
Private Collections in UK, France, USA, China, Switzerland and Australia.