Clare Jaque Vasquez

Brave new world II

2023, Acrylic, oil and impasto on canvas, 100 x 100cm

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Brave new world II exhibited in Clare’s first solo exhibition Weaving with Paint at Umbrella in early 2023. The exhibition specifically captured her stories and memories of being surrounded by three generations of Gomeroi/Kamilaroi women, navigating the complexities and journey of the modern world. Weaving with Paint takes viewers through a timeline of diverse memories and moments–including experiencing the effects of the multinational fast-food industry on Country and the roles of women as they traverse from community to cities. Clare gently encourages the viewer to think about the shifting roles between contemporary society and First Nations practices and how traditional practices have evolved to occur in the modern world.

Clare Jaque Vasquez is an Indigenous artist from Gomeroi and Kamilaroi Nation. Born to a Gomeroi mother and Welsh father, Clare grew up in Sydney and moved back on Country in community in a small town near Tamworth. Clare now works from a studio based on Bindal & Wulgurukaba Country in north QLD. Clare’s works capture stories and weaving practices in a raised textural form leveraging natural art tools to apply texture. These tools include different natural brushes, branches and sticks through to palm tree fibres and are specifically used to connect the works with country. Clare works in layers to embed and protect stories by weaving with paint and uniquely concocted textual mediums which appear to be etched, embedded and scarred onto the canvas. The process of creating the mixed-media, textural works is timely and can take up to 7-12 weeks to complete.

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