Lucy Skaer (born 1 January 1975) is a British artist.
Skaer was born in Cambridge and studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1993 to 1997, graduating with a BA Hons in Fine Art. She currently lives and works in Glasgow and London.[1]
Much of her work consists of her interacting with, and changing, public spaces. In one piece, she took up a paving stone on Glasgow's Buchanan Street and then had the Earl of Glasgow ceremoniously lay down a replacement, while in an Amsterdam-based piece, she left a nd and a scorpion side-by-side on a pavement. She has also secretly hidden moth and butterfly pupae in criminal courts in the hope that they will hatch in mid-trial.
Skaer has also exhibited drawings and is a member of the Henry VIII’s Wives collective of artists.[2]
In 2003, Skaer was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures prize.[3]
In 2008 Skaer was the subject of a mid-career retrospective at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland which included newly commissioned work. There was a comprehensive monograph published to accompany the show. Her most recent major solo exhibition is ‘A Boat Used As A Vessel’, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland (April 2009 - June 2009).[1]
In April 2009, she was shortlisted for the Turner Prize for the sculptures Black Alphabet and Leviathan Edge.[4] (She lost out to Glasgow-based artist Richard Wright).
Lucy Skaer is represented by doggerfisher, Edinburgh.