Biography

Clare Nattress (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher and educator working in the UK. She is a senior lecturer in the School of the Arts at York St John University and is currently undertaking a practice-led PhD at Leeds Beckett University. Her work embraces interconnectedness across ecosystems, attuning to the environment and new ways of perceiving the world around us. Working within the intersection of art and science, the artist considers collaborations with scientists and other researchers to be a key element in her work.

In 2018 Clare sold all of her possessions and cycled in parts of the globe for a year, mainly living in a tent and carrying everything she needed on her bike. Having lived a minimalist lifestyle over the past few years, this year-long project raised further significant questions regarding the environment and air pollution. Cycling and air pollution have now become a basis for her art-making and practice-led research.

Clare became a recognised Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in 2016. She has been lecturing in Art & Design and Graphic Design for the past nine years. With strong interests in curation, Clare has also worked as a co-curator & writer for art galleries in the North of England. She has exhibited a large number of shows with artists sourced from all over the world including USA, Australia, Lithuania, Sweden, Spain and South America.

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Teaching & Learning 

Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design. York St John University, York, UK.

Past Teaching Positions; 
BA (Hons) Graphic & Communication Design. Programme Leader. York College University Centre, York, UK.
Programme Leader - Graphic Design Extended Diploma Level 3 (UAL) York College, UK. 
BA Hons Contemporary Craft - Contextual Integration Module. Access to HE Diploma in Art & Design- Digital Media Workshops (Adobe Suite). 
A Level Art & Design 
Level 1 Art & Design (UAL). 
International Summer School, China. 
Programme Leader- NCFE Level 2 Art & Design (UAL) York College, UK. 
Fine Art Digital Tutor (Cover) & Visiting Lecturer, York St John University York. 

Curatorial Practice & Digital Marketing 

Co-curator, digital marketing & social media assistant, events arts writer including all press releases for Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire.

Education 

PhD Candidate (2020-2026), Leeds Beckett University, Leeds. 
Fellow (2016) Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK (FHEA). 
PGCE (2014-2016) Postgraduate Certificate of Education (Lifelong Learning), Graded Outstanding. Huddersfield University. 
MA (2010-2012) Postgraduate MA Fine Arts, York St John University, York. 
BA Hons (2007-2010) Contemporary Fine Arts Practice York St John University Awarded 1st Class BA Hons.

Selected Works & Exhibition Record

2023 York Air Map, BrewYork Exhibition Space, York.
2023 Toxic Truths. Re-fill Micro Exhibition, York.
2022 Art-Science Interface. Blossom Street Gallery, York.
2021 York Creatives Winter Zine, York, UK.
2021 York Design Week, Cycle Heaven, York, UK.
2021 The Flux Review V1 Exhibition. London. UK
2021 Interim Arts. Online Virtual Gallery. UK.
2021 Artists Responding to….Issue 7 Zine Library. UK.
2015 Summer Studios Exhibition, York St John University Foyer York. 
2014 PINK COLLAR Exhibition, International Women's Week The Normal Rea Gallery, York University, York. 
2013 Saltburn Art's Fair, Weekend Exhibition Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar. 20 UK &International Artists.
2013 Parallel Exhibition, 6 Month Artist In Residence, The Gallery on the Corner, Battersea London. 
2012 'diary of a body' Online Broadcasting Performance. 
2012 'to begin' Exhibition, Bar Lane Studios, York. 
2011 Graduate Exhibition Bar Lane Studios York. 
2011 00:00:00:18 Exhibition Basement, Bar Lane Studios, York. 2011 York St John University MA Exhibition, York. 
2011 York Carnival Art3, York City Centre. 
2010 York St John University, Thinking Out Loud Conference Questions on Research, York. 
2010 Stone Soup (The Beautiful Meme) Artspace Exhibition, Stone Soup Offices York. 
2010 ReviewtheCube Exhibition The Guildhall York. 
2010 Create 10, Graduate Show, York St John University. 
2009 'a line of thought’, Participatory Event, York Art Gallery, York.
2009 Illuminating York Live Performance, Museum Gardens, York.
2009 Sketching Perceptions, Participatory Event Space 109 , Walmgate, York. 

Bibliography & Featured Press 

12/08/2023 Ground-breaking new map of York air pollution reveals ‘shocking’ hotspots. York Mix, Published August 2023.
14/07/2023 York Air Map. Art meets Science to to reveal York’s air pollution. Air Quality News, Published July 2023.
12/07/2023 York Air Map reveals air pollution in the city at exhibition. York Press, Published July 2023.
25/04/2023 Artists responding to..Issue 6 Featured Artist. Published April 2023.
28/06/2022 “When art bonds with science and cycling meets pollution head on, a frontier-pushing exhibition results at Blossom Street Gallery” Charles Hutchinson Press.  
01/06/2022 ‘We aim to make York’s air pollution visible’ – Unique partnership to reveal unhealthy hotspots. YorkMix, UK.
01/04/2022 Featured in On Air. Performance Research Journal, Publication, UK.
28/03/2022 Art as a Catalyst for Scientific Discovery, YSJ Blog.
20/01/2022 NERC Discipline Hopping. University of York, UK.
02/11/2021 Airpocalypse - COP26 Blog. Institute for Social Justice. York St John University, UK.
25/10/2021 Coast-to-Coast Exhibition, Bikepacking.com
22/10/2021 York Design Week - Pollution Bike.
01/08/2021 Bikepacking - Exploring the Roads Less Cycled. gestalten.
16/06/2021 NorthRiding Magazine. Issue 1.
21/05/2021 Reader’s Rig. Clare’s Bombtrack Beyond. Bikepacking.com
25/03/2021 Artists Responding to….Issue 7 Zine Library. UK.
25/11/2020 Matty and Clare: Lost Captures. The Radivist. 
20/11/2020 Short Film: Lost Captures. Adventr.cc
19/11/2020 Film: Lost Captures. Pannier. The Travelling Cyclist. Pannier.cc 
19/11/2020 Lost Captures - A Generational Bikepacking Journey. Sidetracked Magazine. 
19/11/2020 Matty & Clare: Lost Captures. Full Movie. Bikepacking.com
15/1012020 Bikepacking.com 1Last Captures Film Trailer' Bikepacking.com.
18/02/2020 Sidetracked Magazine Volume 17. Featured article Lost Captures' - A Generational Journey. 
20/11/2019 Kendal Mountain Festival. Bike Night Film Screening. Kendal. 
03/10/2019 Home of Millican. Returning Home to North Yorkshire.
01/02/2019 Treadlie - The Touring Artist. Treadlie Magazine Issue 25 Australia. 
01/05/2019 Bikepacking Journal. Seat Projections. Environmental awareness of the routes we take as cyclists. Tasmania. 
07/12/2018 Bumbling Through Bikepacking Bikepacking.com. 
01/11/2017 Off the Grid. The Scottish Highlands. Ramble Guides.
24/09/2015 Art Vs. Science: Summer Studios Celebration One&Other Magazine Website. 
17/09/2015 Summer Studios Celebration, York St John University Website 
24/03/2014 Clare Nattress -The Body in Contemporary Art Review of Artist Talk, One&Other Magazine. 
12/03/2014 PINK COLLAR: Reviewthecube A New Exhibition of Contemporary Art. One&Other Magazine 
06/01/2014 Selby College Visiting Lecturing Press Article Selby College Website 
14/02/2014 Oui Performance Sandra Johnston Article. Written by myself. 
04/06/2013 Business Briefing: Getting Creative York Press. 
06/08/2013 York St John Creative Business Case Studies Clare Nattress. YSJ Online 
08/07/2013 Artwork Featured in: Lessons from the stylish Tamara Rojo The Telegraph & The Telegraph Online. 
01/06/2013 Saltburn Art1s Fair Profile. Saltburn Arts Fair Website.
22/04/2013 York St John Alumni Profile York St John Alumni Online Profile. 
15/04/2013 Working In Parallel One&Other Magazine 2013. 
25/03/2013 Parallel Exhibition Show The Gallery on the Corner Website, 2013. 
23/02/2013 Artists meet Agencies, The Literary Platform Online, 2013. 
20/09/2012 Conceptual Art Goes Digital One&Other Magazine, York 2012.
01/05/2012 Neutral Magazine, York. Turner Prize Article 2012. 
01/05/2012 'to begin1 Bar Lane Studios, Till 5th May. York Press
04/06/2011 York Carnival Cubes Art -SASSY Curated Event Article. SASSY Website 2011. 
02/09/2010 'Clare Nattress's Drift Installation, Stone Soup, York Until October 8th York Press. 
26/11/2009 'Stringing along in the name of art' Exhibition, York Press. 

Residencies 

08/10/2012 -12/04/2013 Artist In Residence, The Beautiful Meme, York/London. 

Funding Awards & Certificates 

20/08/2023 QR Funding York St John University, York, UK.
24/03/2023 Participation Research Fund, University of York, UK.
24/03/2023 YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows Scheme. University of York, UK.
01/01/2022 NERC Funding Award. The art-science interface in collaboration with the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, York University, UK.
24/06/2017 Welcome to Yorkshire White Rose Awards Finalist for 'Arts & Culture' Kunsthuis Gallery Yorkshire. 
01/06/2016 Welcome to Yorkshire White Rose Awards Finalist for 'Arts & Culture' Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire. 
4-6/4/2016 2 Day Conference, Delivered paper on 'The Art of integrating Employability skills in Art & Design Education' Introducing effective strategies for developing the professional toolkit for adult learners. Huddersfield University. Huddersfield.
29/12/2015 Sign Language Level 1, Signature Course.
01/03/2015 HE Certificate in Painting & Drawing Skills, Obtained at York College, York.
20/09/2013 Nominated Self Promotion -The Beautiful Meme Artist Residency for Parallel Exhibition The Fresh Awards, Manchester, UK.
01/07/2013 Business Growth Funding Award, Creative Business York St John University York.
01/07/2013 Present Attending CidaCo. Mentoring for Self Employed Creative Businesses.


Professional Service Conferences & Talks 

06/08/23 Interviewed on BBC Radio York, Leeds, Humberside & Sheffield. Available on BBC Sounds 1h 15 minutes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g019bb
22/04/2023 Delivered Talk & Q&A. Re-fill. York.
23/05/2022 Delivered Talk & Abstract. EGU General Assembly 2022. Vienna, Austria.
28/03/2022 doing-reflecting-reading-articulating-doing: RESEARCH Lisa Stansbie and Clare Nattress in Conversation, Leeds Beckett University.
01/04/2022 Featured in On Air. Performance Research Journal, Publication, UK.
28/03/2022 In conversation with Professor Lisa Stansbie.‘doing-reflecting-reading-articulating-doing: RESEARCH’ Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
2022 Delivered Talk. Leeds School of Arts Doctoral Student Symposium. Leeds Beckett University, UK.
23/03/2022 Delivered Talk & Abstract. Trauma & Cycling Symposium. Lancaster University, UK.
01/03/2022 Delivered Talk. Ph.D. Research. Postgraduate Students. York St John University, UK
05/02/2022 Attended Talk. Kate Fletcher. Fashion & Nature. In & Out Lecture Series
24/01/2022 Attended Talk. Following The Breath Panel Discussion. Barbican, UK.
17/11/2021 Ecological Research Group Symposium presentation. York St John University, UK.
22/10/2021 York Design Week, Cycle Heaven, York, UK.
01/10/2020 Art & Adventure. York College University Centre. York, UK.
29/06/2019 Pannier Solstice Weekend. Bumbling through Bikepacking Talk. Kettlewell, UK. 
15/05/2016 York St John Degree Show Awards Evening. Presenting the award on behalf of Kunsthuis Gallery. York St John University York.
4-6/4/2016 2 Day Conference Delivered paper on 'The Art of integrating Employability skills in Art & Design Education' Introducing effective strategies for developing the professional toolkit for adult learners. Huddersfield University. Huddersfield.
10/03/2016 -Lectures regarding Networking to current Degree Students, York St John University York.
20/04/2015 -Present Writer, Co-Curator Events & Marketing, Kunsthuis Contemporary Gallery York.
23/02/2015 -Artist Talk ‘Life after Graduation' to current Degree Students at York St John University. The Tetley Leeds.
24/03/2014 -Artist Talk to current MA students on my own practice-based research inquiry. York St John University, York.
18/03/2014 -Artist Talk Clare Nattress, Salt&Powell's Artspace. York.
06/01/2014 -Artist Talk and Workshop. Selected Yearly Artist. Selby College, Selby.
01/10/2013 -01/10/2014 ACES Mentoring. Mentoring Fine Art Students at York St John University.
01/08/2013 -01/08/2014 MIMA Modern Art Gallery, Middlesbrough
08/10/2012 -12/04/2013 Parallel Exhibition, 6 Month Artist In Residence, The Gallery on the Corner, Battersea London.
13/09/2012 -Social Media Talk Duckett and Jeffreys Gallery Malton.
05/05/2012 -York St Mary's Exhibition Review Aesthetica Magazine Blog, York.
01/05/2012 -Turner Prize Article Written for Neutral Magazine.
02/04/2012 -On Kawara Live Performance (Reading 2.15pm-3.45pm Female Slot) The Baltic, Gateshead.
11/11/2011 - Present Art Correspondent for One&Other Magazine.
01/09/2011 -31/12/2011 Dissertation guidance to students.
10/09/2010 -York St John University, Thinking Out Loud Conference Opening speaker presenting Questions on Research, York.
01/09/2010 -31/12/201 O Dissertation workshops offering guidance to students.
01/02/2008 -1/10/2008 Art related employment at Space 109, York. Holding workshops and assisting with local art events.

Academic Papers

Cherrington, J. (2024) Mountain Biking, Culture & Society. “Air Pollution as slow violence during multi-day mountain bike trips. Chapter 10. London: Routledge. doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003361626

Nattress, C. & Bryant, D., (2023) “Discipline Hopping for Environmental Solutions: An Art-Science Collaboration”, Active Travel Studies 3(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.16997/ats.1398 Traditional Copyright © All rights reserved.

The art-science interface: making York's air pollution visible.
Written in March 2022 by Daniel Bryant, Clare Nattress, and Jacqui Hamilton. Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK & Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK. [EGU General Assembly 2022] https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-5038 © Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Airpocalypse: How can cycling be used as a performative art methodology to investigate, reveal, and disseminate the problem of air pollution?
Written in May 2021 [Performance Research Journal] On Air Volume 26 Issue 7. Issue editors: Evelyn O'Malley & Chloe Preedy. Published 18th June 2022 by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd. © Centre for Performance Research Ltd.

An enquiry into how the body can perform beyond the boundaries of its skin and beyond the local space that it occupies presenting its physical presence elsewhere (online). 
Written in September 2012 [York St John University] Traditional Copyright© All rights reserved. 

Practice and Dissemination Critical Journal ‘From Traditional Portraiture to Active Presence’
Written in April 2012 [York St John University] Traditional Copyright © All rights reserved. 

An essay exploring the relationship between arts practice and arts knowledge with specific reference to visual and multi-sensorial experiences. An analysis of a multi-sensory art encounter via a case study of Miroslaw Balka’s How It Is. 
Written in January 2011 [York St John University] Traditional Copyright © All rights reserved. 

An exploration on how Conceptual Art deals with language and space with specific reference to the works and writings of Sol LeWitt and Mel Bochner. 
Written January 2010 [York St John University] Traditional Copyright © All rights reserved.

Permanent Collections

2023 The Bodleian Library Oxford University.
2023 Cambridge University Library.
2023 National Library of Scotland.
2023 National Library of Wales.
2023 Trinity College Dublin.
2023 Hull Zine Library Collection.
2022 The British Library Collection.

Curated Projects & Events 

2023 Curated York Air Map, BrewYork, Walmgate, York, UK.
2022 Curated Art Science Interface, Blossom Street Gallery, York, UK.
2021 Curated ‘Coast to Coast’ Cycle Heaven, York, UK.
2017 Co-Curated 'Shades of Clay 17' Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire.
2017 Co-Curated 'A Wash of Energy’ Kunsthuis Gallery Yorkshire.
2017 Co-Curated ‘100 Artists -11 Countries' Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire. 
2017 Co-Curated 'At A Glance’· Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire. 
2017 Co-Curated ‘KH Revealed Printmakers Collective’ Kunsthuis Gallery Yorkshire. 
2016 Co-Curated 'Shades of Clay’, Kunsthuis Gallery Yorkshire.
2016 Co-Curated ‘The Balance in Abstraction’ Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire.
2016 Co-Curated 'Kelurvelden' Kunsthuis Gallery Yorkshire.
2016 Co-Curated ‘A Vision of Dimensions’, Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire. 
2016 Co-Curated 'Surface, Colour, Description’, Kunsthuis Gallery Yorkshire. 
2016 Co-Curated 'Zwart-Wit’ Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire. 
2015 Co-Curated ‘Shades of Clay' Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire.
2015 Co-Curated ‘Toe Broken Toys Reassembled' Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire. 
2015 Co-Curated 'Adventures into Abstration’, Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire. 
2015 Co-Curated ‘Creation from Corrosion', Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire. 
2015 Co-Curated ‘Atmosphere & Emotion’ - An Irish Journey by Lesley Birch Kunsthuis Gallery Yorkshire. 
2015 Co-Curated 'A Yorkshire Bike Ride through The Netherlands’ Kunsthuis Gallery, Yorkshire. 
2014 PINK COLLAR Exhibition as Reviewthecube for International Women’s Week exhibiting alongside Susanne Davies and Charlie Barnes, The Norman Rea Gallery, York University. 
2013 Saltburn Art's Fair, Weekend Exhibition Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar. 20 UK and International Artists showcase work. 
2013 Parallel Exhibition, Artist in Residence, Battersea London. Advice and guidance from Lotte Inch. 
2012 ‘to begin' Exhibition, Bar Lane Studios, York. 
2011 York Carnival, Art3, York City Centre. Article on SASSY website. 
2011 York St John University MA Exhibition York. 
2011 00:00:00:18 Exhibition, Basement, Bar Lane Studios, York. 2011 York Carnival Art3, York City Centre. 
2010 B-Sides Non Art Awards York St John University Fine Art Graduates, York. 
201O Stone Soup (The Beautiful Meme) Artspace Exhibition, Stone Soup Offices, York. 
2010 ReviewtheCube Exhibition, The Guildhall, York. 
2009 Sketching Perceptions Participatory Event Space 109, Walmgate York.