Claudia Panatti is a contemporary visual artist and maker currently living and working in Oxford, UK. Working across a range of disciplines her work explores the complexity and fragility of the human mind, illness, wellness, exploring how these changing states inform her artistic practice.
Her work is explored through a lens of cognitive semantics, figurative speech, lyrics, poetry and commonplace domestic objects that bring together new and unseen narratives and stories.
Knitted and and embroidered textiles feature in her work bringing belonging , balance and groundedness to her practice.
Emotions and observations are recorded throughout her work as a way of making sense of personal lived experience, both familiar and unfamiliar.
Group Exhibitions
2022 - Secret Sketchbook, Archie Education Bursary, OVADA Gallery, Oxford.
2018 - The Uninvited Guest, MA Final Show, Glasgow Room, Oxford Brookes University.
2017 - Beyond Surface, Glass Tank, Oxford Brookes University.
2017 - Artist Teacher Collective, Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, Oxford.
2016 - Evolving Forces, Harcourt Hill, Oxford Brookes University.
2016 - Realisation, Artist Teacher Pop-up show, Harcourt Hill, Oxford Brookes University.
2016- Resistant Forces, OVADA Gallery, Oxford.
2015 - Artist Teacher Scheme, End of year show, Harcourt Hill, Oxford Brookes University.
2010- PGCE (Secondary Art), End of year show, Harcourt Hill, Oxford Brookes University.
1992 - Department of Fashion Degree Show, University of Central Lancashire, Preston.
Artist Residencies
2023 - Dark Skies, Wild Seas, Ancient Places: Cot Valley Group Artist Residency, Mayes Creative.
Research
2018 - Sense-making: How can general inductive coding be used as a tool for generating a sense of purpose in art production? MA Dissertation, Oxford Brookes University.
2018- Understanding the barriers to creating artwork: An artist teacher action research project. Get Published Conference, 2018, Oxford Brookes University.
Education
2017-2018 MA Education (Artist Teacher Scheme), Oxford Brookes University.
2015-2016 PGDip Education (Artist Teacher Scheme), Oxford Brookes University.
2014-2015 PGCert Artist Teacher Scheme, Oxford Brookes University.
2010-2011 PGCE (Secondary Art), Oxford Brookes University.
1988-1992 BA(Hons) Fashion, University of Central Lancashire.