Claire Morgan
| Claire Morgan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1980 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Education |
University of Northumbria, University of Ulster |
| Known for | Sculpture and Drawing |
Claire Morgan (born 1980 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an internationally exhibited sculptor and artist[1] who lives and works in London, United Kingdom.[2]
Art Fairs
2011 - Salon du Dessin, Art Cologne, Art Basel, Fiac (with Galerie Karsten Greve)
2010 - Art Cologne, FIAC (with Galerie Karsten Greve)
2009 - FIAC (with Galerie Karsten Greve)
2008 - DNA @ Form Art and Design Fair, London
Awards
2007 - COURVOISIER® The Future 500 rising stars - ranked top 10 Art & Design in The Observer Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 - shortlisted
2006 - Your Gallery @ The Guardian, voted top 10 artists on www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, first prize of 10,000 Euro for 'Red or Dead'
2004 - Roy Noakes Award, selected by Royal British Society of Sculptors, Annual Bursary Award
2003 - Short-listed for the Shrewsbury Sotheby's Prize & winner of the Peoples Choice Prize
Residencies
2007 - Artist in Residence at Adventure Ecology // Wooda Arts Award, February - March, Wooda Farm, Cornwall
2006 - 8 week 'Art and the Public Realm' residency at Persistence Works, Sheffield // Artist in Residence, Belfast Print Workshop, Northern Ireland
2005 - Out There, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich // Bolwick arts 3, a site-specific art residency at Bolwick Hall, Norfolk
2003 - Fine Art Fellowship, Northumbria University, School of Art
2002 - Konturen, a 10-day international workshop, based in Bentlage, Germany
Selected Commissions
2010 - To Woo You, Town Hall Hotel, London
2009 - Canopy, The Big Chill Festival 2009, Herefordshire // Pressure Makes Diamonds, Assembly Square, Cardiff Bay
2008 - Untitled seasonal installations designed in collaboration with Selfridge's // Spooning, Sheffield Millennium Galleries, Sheffield // Re(a)d, HLC, Telford
2007 - Vital Signs, Cardiff University
2006 - A New Moon (below), toured to Bristol Broadmeads Rising Tide, Temporary Address, Blyth, Northumberland
2005 - A New Moon, Whitstable Harbour, commissioned by Canterbury Council // Shift, Tynemouth Station, Tyne and Wear, commissioned by Nexus
2004 - Leave, Westonbirt Festival of the Garden 2004 // Parallel, Grainger Market, Art in the Market, Newcastle upon Tyne
Collections
Installations and works on paper are in numerous private collections in the UK, Europe and Australia, including MONA, Altana, Guerlain
References
- ↑ "La primera exposición de arte efímero en España apela a los sentidos" (in Spanish). ABC.es. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ↑ "Overview: Claire Morgan: Chasing Rainbows and Fluid". Rollo Contemporary Art. 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2011.