Claire Healy (born 1971) and Sean Cordeiro (born 1974) are a partnership of contemporary Australian artists best known for their large-scale installations. They have exhibited in Japan, the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany and across Australia. They won the 2022 Sir John Sulman Prize for Raiko and Shuten-dōji.
Career
Healy was born in Melbourne. She met Sean Cordeiro at the University of New South Wales while completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1997. They began exhibiting collaboratively in 2001 and both went on to complete a Master of Fine Arts in 2004. They were founding members of the artist-run space Imperial Slacks in Sydney which ran from 1999 to 2003. They currently live in the Blue Mountains.
Healy and Cordeiro are best known for their large-scale installations and site-specific works that often encompass found materials. Their work is held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Newcastle Art Gallery.
Awards
- 1996 The Union Steel Award
- 1997 Dr Gene Sherman Award, Sherman Galleries
- 2000 Australian Post Graduate Award
- 2022 Sir John Sulman Prize winners for Raiko and Shuten-dōji
References
- "Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro - Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery". www.roslynoxley9.com.au. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Archibald Prize Sulman 2022 work: Raiko and Shuten-dōji by Claire Healy, Sean Cordeiro". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- "Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro". NAVA. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- Shiel, Erin (2016). "Breathing in art, breathing out poetry: Contemporary Australian art and artists as a source of inspiration for a collection of ekphrastic poems" (PDF).
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