Raised in Macclesfield, North of England in the 1970s Claire Lambe acknowledges the complexity of leaving, a probing flirtation between transformation, hostility, and tenderness. Trained as a traditional sculptor and returning from Sydney in the late 1980s, Lambe obtained her MFA from Goldsmiths, London in 1995, moving to Melbourne in 2003. Lambe was awarded the Australia Council, ACME International Residency, London (2018) and the Edwards Trust award, ISCP, New York (2015/2016). Exhibitions include Melbourne Now, NGV Melbourne (2013 and 2023): The Body Electric, NGA, Canberra, curated by Shaune Lakin and Anne O’hehir (2020); From Will to Form, Tarrawarra Biennale, curated by Emily Cormack  (2018); and Mother Holding Something Horrific, ACCA, Melbourne, curated by Annika Kristensen and Max Delany (2017).