About

 born in Canberra to migrant parents from India and England, Claire was primarily raised by her mother, a photographer and human‑rights lobbyist for Tibet. Her childhood revolved around art and activism, shaped more by travel than classrooms. 

At eight, she lived in a caravan travelling through Europe and Africa where she wandered galleries and witnessed remarkable events, including Salvador Dalí’s funeral. In her teens, she spent a year in India deepening her connection to her father’s heritage. 

At seventeen, after being hospitalized, she left school but remained determined to become an artist or a lawyer. She chose law and moved to Sydney in 2008, continuing to paint. In 2018, she began a Master of Art at UNSW, and in 2019 relocated to NYC where she studied at the Art Students League. Since then, her work has been reviewed in Forbes and shown in over 30 exhibitions, mostly around NYC., where she also continues to practice law.

  Claire Hashman is a surrealist whose practice spans painting, sculpture, and moving images. Her earlier oil painting series, “Incandescence and Plastics,” uses bright, playful imagery, particularly a hybrid cactus‑lightbulb form, to examine overconsumption, environmental degradation, and wastefulness. This work evolved into “Hashman Bites,” jewelry and sculptures made from upcycled teeth aligners, merging beauty, humor, and sustainability.

Her more recent work, “Viscera and Light,” turns inward, often using symmetry and mandalas to explore the physical and spiritual dimensions of the human experience and interconnectedness.

She also  uses AI to transform her paintings and sculptures into vibrant, hypnotic moving images. Her work is visually striking and often playful. Once engaged, Claire encourages reflection on deeper, and sometimes difficult, topics that can feel especially heavy within the context of art.

Artistic influences include Salvador Dalí, Magritte, M.C. Escher, Brett Whiteley, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Marisol.

2023 - Claire’s work was reviewed by Natasha Gural in Forbes.

2024 - Claire was included in Bleucalf Magazine. See below for links to the magazines.

2025 - The Relentless Women Show at the iconic Theater for the New City in the Lower East Side was covered in AMNY.

2025 – Claire was profiled in the Sparke Helmore Alumni Spotlight Series.

2026 

• May - The Locker Room, UpMag Fashion Art Show, Tribeca, New York
• April - Tagliatella Gallery, UpMag Fashion Art Show, Chelsea, New York
• March - Artel Fest, All Women Art-Fest, Bushwick, New York
• Studio6 Gallery, Lower East Side, New York
• Feb - Theater for the New City, Lower East Side, New York 

2025

• December - The Great Jones Street Salon , Noho, New York (Solo Show) 
• September - The Great Jones Street Salon , Noho, New York (Solo Show)
• August - Beyond Art Space - Hamptons Summer Art Gala, Southampton
• July - Theater for the New City, Lower East Side, New York
• July - Love Binetti with Maison Ten, Sag Harbor, The Hamptons 
• June - 185 Varick Street, Tribeca, New York
• June - National Arts Club, Gramercy, New York
• May - Maison Ten, Nomad, New York
• April - The Great Jones Street Salon , Noho, New York (Solo Show)

2024 

• July - Tenri Cultural Institute, Japan Contemporaries Series 8, West Village, New York
• July - Gallery Max, Japan Contemporaries Series 8, Soho, New York
• June - Up Magazine 5th Anniversary Art Show, Williamsburg, New York
• May - National Arts Club, Gramercy, New York
• April – Rivian Showroom, Meatpacking District, New York
• March – Arteria Gallery, Barcelona
• March – The Buren, Brooklyn, New York
• March – Loft 39, Midtown, New York
• March – Theater for the New City, Lower East Side, New York 
• January – The Myth, Financial District, New York
• January – Gallery MC, Hell’s Kitchen, New York

2023 

• November – Lavan Gallery, Chelsea, New York
• August – Lavan Gallery, Chelsea, New York
• July – Galo Space, Soho, New York
• June – 188 Allen Street Gallery, Lower East Side, New York
• June – National Arts Club, Trask Gallery, Gramercy Park, New York
• May – Art Students League of New York, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Midtown, New York

2022

• May – Art Students League of New York, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Midtown, New York (Honorable Mention)