While in Berlin Germany and New York City, you can’t help being aware that the culture is such a big part of people’s lives in both cities - with these fundamental elements forming common, repeated waves of life. The urban environments of both are constructed of layers of metal and human elements, developed into a vision of one inner layer. The seemingly anonymous spill into a mayhem matrix of moments.

These repetitive waves are more fundamental than I initially thought. Looking at the energetic and natural way of these western cities, I found such synchronicity between NYC and Berlin, between the wheels, in the way people communicated on the streets with a raw vulnerability.

Respect exists despite the decadence of the people and their madness. The indulgence moves intravenously down the streets, overlaying a synchronised motion that captures the connection between humans and the way they come alive within their environment.

I wanted capture the energy of street life: so much movement and hints of colour exist through the undertone of the grey winter.

Clare is a photographic artist with an unquenchable resolve to reveal her creativity through her work.

After studying Graphic Art at Swinburne University, Clare traveled the world, finding design and photographic opportunities in London, Europe and the USA. A successful exhibition instigated a professional liaison with photographer David Richmond, with whom she assisted on photo shoots such as Big Easy awards and for Gambit magazine.

Her mentoring from David and travels throughout the US led to leaving New Orleans and heading to New York, where in 2000 Clare staged her first solo exhibition, titled ‘The Character of Life’, at the Soho Lounge Gallery. The exhibition focused on people and the atmosphere in New York, and resulted in several sales of works.

In May 2003, Clare presented an exhibition at Blupols Gallery in Melbourne ‘The streets have no names”, which received an excellent response from gallery patrons. During this time Clare also ran her photographic studio Animal House Studios, Melbourne, and worked for Modelling agencies associated with Animal House.

Clare graduated in Degree in Fine Art Photography at RMIT University in Melbourne in 2007. Over the following decade, from that day onwards Clare has been exhibiting throughout the world. In April 2017 Clare participated in an international exhibition for the 500th anniversary of Luther, which also focussed on the music of Bach. Her works were exhibited in the Berliner Dom and are currently in the Bachhaus Museum in Eisenach, Germany.

She finds immense satisfaction in working with other creative people – perceiving immense benefit in synergies and fostering her growth as a visual artist. Her studio Clarefotografie, was established as a Artistic-oriented business that focuses on evoking inner beauty and spirit. The company is based in Sydney, Australia.

Join us for Opening Night of

D/O.85 Clare McShanag - Repetition

Thursday May 23rd from 5-7pm at Disorder Gallery

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Clare’s work will be on display from

May 23rd through June 8th at Disorder Gallery