Claire Morgan was born in Belfast. She attended University of Ulster and Northumbria University where she achieved a first class degree in Sculpture. She is now based in London.

Since graduating she has pursued a career solely as a visual artist. She has exhibited internationally, with solo shows in Belfast and London, residencies and commissions across the country, as well as exhibitions in Europe. At an early stage she developed a strong interest in the organic, in natural processes, and in the bodily connotations of natural materials. This formed the basis for her practice as an artist creating sculptural installations and continues to influence her work at present.

In 2004 Claire was awarded the Royal British Society of Sculptors Annual Bursary and Roy Noakes Awards for Come Fly With Me, a work that involved painstakingly repetitive and precise processes. She has continued to explore this way of working, and the challenges presented by her chosen materials and techniques have become an important part of her practice.

In 2006 she was awarded first prize for Red or Dead in the Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, International Competition for Young Sculptors, Milan (for artists under the age of 40), and in 2007 she was selected as one of the Courvoisier Future 500 (top 10 art and design), featured in The Observer.

Later this year she will have a major solo show at the James Hockney and Foyer Galleries, Surrey, and is also developing new work for Selfridges, London (July 08), and the Great North Run Cultural Programme at the Laing gallery, Newcastle (August 08). Claire is also currently working on temporary and permanent commissions for public spaces, as well as works for private collectors. Installations and drawings are in international private collections.

 

Photos taken by Sigrid Wilkinson and Anna Chiara Cimoli.