Clare Newton FRSA is a Hackney-based photo-artist whose unique work transforms personal narratives into powerful visual statements. Newton holds a rare Double Guinness World Record for her innovative 2012 Cultural Olympics project; The creation of the longest photographic montage—a kilometer-long installation at the Indoor games venue ExCeL London. It involved 5,000 people getting ready for the Olympics. “Spirit of Legends” Portraits 52 Gold Medallist GB Paralympic athletes, to demonstrate achievement and replace adverse attitudes for disabled people to positive admiration, including top 8 athletes as Grecian God/goddess in renaissances held Prestigious Canary Wharf London, Stoke Mandeville Hospital for Spinal Injuries. Recognised by the AELTC who commissioned a permanent exhibition.
Biography
Education
Exhibitions
Artist Statement
Biography
Clare Newton FRSA is a Hackney-based photo-artist whose unique work transforms personal narratives into powerful visual statements. Newton holds a rare Double Guinness World Record for her innovative 2012 Cultural Olympics project; The creation of the longest photographic montage—a kilometer-long installation at the Indoor games venue ExCeL London. It involved 5,000 people getting ready for the Olympics. “Spirit of Legends” Portraits 52 Gold Medallist GB Paralympic athletes, to demonstrate achievement and replace adverse attitudes for disabled people to positive admiration, including top 8 athletes as Grecian God/goddess in renaissances held Prestigious Canary Wharf London, Stoke Mandeville Hospital for Spinal Injuries. Recognised by the AELTC who commissioned a permanent exhibition.
Education
- Middlesex University BA
- Graphic Design
- Central St Martins
- Photography Awards
- 2024 Awarded GlobalWIIN Special recognition
- 2018 Awarded Fellow Royal Society of Arts
- 2012 Cultural Olympics; Double Guinness World Record Longest Photograph
- 2010 Organiser & Director Vivacity Festival & Exhibition
- 2010 Mayor of Newham and CEO ExCeL Recognition of achievement.
Exhibitions
- Solo Shows
- 2025 Phoenix ArtSpace Brighton
- 2025 Marylebone Art Cathedral
- 2025 Well’s Cathedral
- 2021-23 RHS bursary
- 2023 RHS Wisley public exhibition & talks
- 2023 RHS HQ Victoria exhibition & talks
- 2023 Gilbert White Museum public exhibition & talks
- 2018-2020 AELTC Wimbledon Museum permanent collection, 200 works
- 2016 Canary Wharf Cross Rail Gardens public Exhibition
- 2019 Thames Memorial Permanent installation
Artist Statement
My work begins with a camera, but then I discover and recreate a whole new imaginary world. I am a photographic artist, not to be confused with an art-photographer. The journey starts where I visualise and photograph intricate images that are technically challenging. My current series explores close up details of decaying Sunflowers. A process that is constantly changing – wilting, new forms, shadows, textures – its fleeting. From a start I build panoramic composites from multiple focus-stacked exposures. Then reformed to build a giant flower. These images are not just photographs—they are engineered visions, layered with precision and intention. Each piece evolves through a fusion of mediums. I integrate my own artworks—collages, oil paintings, and other tactile expressions—into the photographic base.
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