"art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable” - banksy
Australian born Clayton Blake is a multidisciplinary installation artist widely recognized for his large scale works that employ various elements of architecture and sculpture. Clayton uses a diverse range of materials to create large scale, contemporary installations that challenge and excite. He constructs expansive works that respond to or reflect their environments, whilst challenging and distorting the viewer’s preconceptions of structures and space. His art practice involves creating works that are interactive, inhabitable and participatory.
Clayton attempts to expand the definition of art to include new forms of social engagement. He uses his art to promote discussion, encourage debate, and raise awareness about injustice, inequality and social change.
Clayton is a student of contemporary sculpture and a creator of interesting & thought provoking objects. He draws inspiration from brutalist architecture and utilitarian modernism design principals.
He has been fortunate to have exhibited work globally including Burning Man (USA), Macau (China), Nipton California (USA), Moi Aussi (Italy), World Buskers Festival (NZ) and was a finalist for Arte Laguna (Italy). His Australian exhibitions include the Lorne Sculpture Biennale (VIC), Pitch Music & Arts Festival (VIC), Rainbow Serpent (VIC), Sand Safari (QLD) and Sculpture by the Sea (NSW). Clayton has exhibited at Swell Sculpture (QLD) several times and has been awarded the Kids Choice Award 2017, Bendigo Bank Artists Peer Award 2016, Neumann Foundation Award 2016 & Kids Choice Award 2016. He has also won the prestigious Stipend Award at Harbour Sculpture in Sydney 2015.
“Creativity is a drug I cannot live without” – Cecil B. DeMille
