This information was last updated in June 2012
QUALIFICATIONS
2000-2003 First Class, BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture), University of
Northumbria
1999-2000 Distinction, Foundation Studies in Art and Design, University of Ulster
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Quietus, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris - Opens 8th September
2011Terminal, Centre for Recent Drawing, London
Under The Sun, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne
About Time, Hub National Centre for Craft and Design, Lincolnshire
2010
Life. Blood., Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
2008
Periphery, James Hockey and Foyer Galleries, UCA, Surrey
Gone With The Wind, Great North Run Cultural Programme, The Laing Gallery, Newcastle
Chasing Rainbows, Selfridges, London
The Fall, curated by Adventure Ecology, The East Room, London
2007
If you go down to the woods today, The Hospital, London
Head in the Clouds, Wooda Farm, Cornwall
2006
Crowdpleaser, Persistence Works Studios, Sheffield
2005
Hunter Gatherer, OMAC, Belfast
2004
"All that is solid...", Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London
Emotional Response, Lagan Lookout, Belfast
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2012
Death, SHOWstudio Shop, London
Making Waves: International Contemporary Art from the Saatchi Collection, Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill, London
Asthetik Der Natur, Sinclair Haus, Bad Homburg, Germany
100 Sculptures Animalieres: Bugatti, Pompon, Giacometti..., LM-A30, Paris
The Bones of My Hand, The Last Tuesday Society, London
2011
Nature - Contemporary Art from the collection of the Altana Cultural Foundation, Karl Ernst Osthausmuseum, Hagen
On Paper III, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
Anthro[physis], Rivera & Rivera Gallery, West Hollywood, LA
Bêtes Off, La Conciergerie, Paris
Bestes, Bestiaux, et Bestioles, Château D'Oiron, France
Monanism, MONA (The Museum of Old and New Art), Tasmania
Compulsive, Obsessive, Repetitive, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
Counterpoint, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Suspense, EX3 Centre for Contemporary Art, Florence
Lumiere International Light Festival, Durham, UK
Disconnected Everyday Tensions, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2010
Dead or Alive, Museum of Art and Design, New York
On&on, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (curated by Flora Fairbairn and Olivier Varenne)
Heart of Glass, 20 Hoxton Square, London
Enragés, Fondation Francès, Senlis, France
Resilience, Espace d'art contemporain La Tôlerie, Clermont Ferrand, France
Tracing Reality, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich
2009
Consumer, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (curated by COAL)
Editions, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Caught In A Moment, ROLLO Contemporary Art, London
Building With Colour, Gallery North, Newcastle upon Tyne
2008
Landscape, 18 @ 108, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
EchO wanted, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
Domestico, Ierimonti Gallery, Milan
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, touring to various venues nationally
2007
Radiance 07, Glasgow's International Festival of Light, Glasgow
Die Green, Live Pretty?, curated by Adventure Ecology, hosted by Pia Getty, London
Miniartextil 2007, Church of San Francesco, Arte & Arte, Como, Italy
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, Jerwood Space, London, touring nationally
Waste and The Natural World, The Gallery @ Adventure Ecology, London
2006
Your Gallery @ The Guardian, The Guardian Gallery in association with the Saatchi Gallery, London
Unnatural Selection, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shropshire
Inside Out at Cragside, Northumberland, works commissioned by National Trust
Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Prize for Young Sculptors, Fondazione Pomodoro, Milan
2005
Out There, (CAN 05), Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
Sculpture at Hebden Bridge, Hardcastle Crags, Yorkshire
Bolwick Arts 3, Bolwick Hall, Norfolk
2004
RBS Bursary 2004, RBS Gallery, 108 Centre, London
Exposure, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
2003
Shrewsbury Sotheby's Exhibition, Shrewsbury Art gallery, Shropshire
2002
Konturen, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany
RECENT 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, BURSARIES,
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 for 'Red or Dead'
2004
Roy Noakes Award, selected by Royal British Society of Sculptors
Royal British Society of Sculptors, Annual Bursary Award
2003
Short-listed for the Shrewsbury Sotheby's Prize & winner of the Peoples Choice Prize
RESIDENCIES
2011
Artist in Residence at Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, Rossendale
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
2012
No Match, Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, Lancashire, UK
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
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
100 sculptures animalieres, Bugatti, Pompon, Giacometti..., Somogy Editions d'Art 2012 (cat)
Erratic: Visual Impact in Current Design, Gestalten 2011
Betes Off, MEditions du Patrimoine 2011 (cat)
On&on, La Casa Encendida 2010 (cat)
Dead or Alive, Museum of Arts and Design 2010 (cat)
3D Typography, Mark Batty, Thames and Hudson 2010
Editions, Belfast Print Workshop 2009 (cat)
Periphery, James Hockey and Foyer Galleries 2008 (cat)
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, Wimbledon College of Art 2007 (cat)
Filare Il Tempo, miniartextilcomo 2007, Arte & Arte 2007 (cat)
8 Weeks, Yorkshire ArtSpace Residency Programme, Yass 2007
Die Green Live Pretty?, Arts Co and Pia Getty 2007 (cat)
Crowdpleaser, Art Editions North, Cornerhouse 2007 (monograph)
Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, 2006 (cat)
Sparks, Insite Arts 2006
COLLECTIONS
Installations and works on paper
are in numerous private collections in the UK, Europe and Australia, including
MONA, Altana, Guerlain
Claire Morgan is represented by GALERIE KARSTEN GREVE