Born in Sydney, Clare Armitage has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Art History. For the last seven years Clare has worked in the Northern Territory, in public and private art galleries between Darwin and Katherine. In 2014 Clare was awarded an Australia Council Curatorial Fellowship at the Godinymayin Yijard Rives Arts & Culture Centre in Katherine where she currently works as the Curator. In 2017 Clare was named the Inaugural SPARK NT Curator, and her Exhibition, Fecund: Fertile Worlds has been touring the Northern Territory for the last year. Clare has a particular interest in Australian art and inter-cultural curatorial practice.