2000-2003 First Class, BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture), University of Northumbria
1999-2000 Distinction, Foundation Studies in Art and Design, University of Ulster
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Periphery (working title), University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey The Fall, curated by Adventure Ecology, Shoreditch (venue to follow), London
2007 If you go down to the woods today, The Hospital, London Head in the Clouds, Wooda Farm, Cornwall (see awards)
2006 Crowdpleaser, Persistence Works Studios, Sheffield (see residencies)
2005 Hunter Gatherer, OMAC, Belfast
2004 "All that is solid...", Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London Emotional response, Lagan Lookout, Belfast
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Radiance 07, Glasgow's International Festival of Light, Glasgow
Die Green Live Pretty?, curated by Adventure Ecology and hosted by Pia Getty, London
Miniartextil 2007, Church of San Francesco, Arte & Arte, Como, Italy
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, Jerwood Space, London, touring to other venues nationally Waste and The Natural World, The Gallery @ Adventure Ecology, London
2006 Your Gallery @ The Guardian, The Guardian Newsroom 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, Competition for Young Sculptors, Fondazione Pomodoro, Milan
2005 Out There, (CAN 05), Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (see residencies) Sculpture at Hebden Bridge, Hardcastle Crags, Yorkshire (see residencies) Bolwick Arts 3, Bolwick Hall, Norfolk (see residencies)
2004 RBS Bursary 2004, RBS Gallery, 108 Centre, London Exposure, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
2003 12X12, University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne Shrewsbury Sotheby's Exhibition, Shrewsbury Art gallery, Shropshire 40nine, University of Northumbria Fine Art Degree Show, Newcastle upon Tyne
2002 Konturen, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany
BURSARIES AWARDS AND RELATED ACHIEVEMENTS
2007 COURVOISIER® The Future 500 rising stars - ranked top 10 Art & Design in The Observer Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 - shortlisted Wooda Arts Award, Wooda Farm, Cornwall www.woodafarm.co.uk
2006 Your Gallery @ The Guardian, voted into an exhibition of the top 10 artists on www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, first prize of 10,000 Euro for 'Red or Dead' Arts Council England, North East, Grants for the Arts
2004 Roy Noakes Award, selected by Royal British Society of Sculptors Royal British Society of Sculptors, Annual Bursary Award Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts Arts Council England, North East, Graduate Placement Scheme Bursary
2003 Lisburn Arts Advisory Committee, Grants for Individual Artists Short-listed for the Shrewsbury Sotheby's Prize & winner of the Peoples Choice Prize
FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
2007 Artist in Residence at Adventure Ecology (online) Wooda Arts Award, February - March, Wooda Farm, Cornwall (see awards)
2006 8 week 'Art and the Public Realm' residency at Persistence Works, Sheffield Artist in Residence, Belfast Print Workshop, Northern Ireland
2005 Sculpture at Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire Out There, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich Bolwick arts 3, a site-specific art residency at Bolwick Hall, Norfolk
2004 ACE Graduate Placement with Nexus, Art in Transport
2003 Fine Art Fellowship, Northumbria University, School of Art
2002 Konturen, a 10-day international workshop, based in Bentlage, Germany
COMMISSIONS (* : ongoing)
2008 PUSH, Great North Run Cultural Programme Commission, in planning * 2007 (Curently untitled) light-based work for Arc [Architecture Centre], Hull (RKL) * WEEEBOTS, ecological collaborative commission for RKL consultants (RKL) Re(a)d, HLC, Telford (Impact Arts) * Vital Signs, Cardiff University Optometry Dept (Artworks Wales)
2006 A New Moon (below), toured to Bristol Broadmeads (InSite Arts) Rising Tide for Temporary Address, Blyth, Northumberland (Rednile Projects)
2005 A New Moon, large-scale light installation for Canterbury Council (InSite Arts) Shift, a temporary installation for Tynemouth Station, Tyne and Wear (Nexus)
2004 Threshold, commissioned by Shrewsbury Advisory Service for Climate Change Leave, a temporary installation for Westonbirt Festival of the Garden 2004 (InSite Arts) The Coquet, a collaborative, community-linked project for County Life Houses Parallel, commissioned for Art in the Market (Newcastle City Council)
COMMISSIONED PROPOSALS (* : ongoing, **: successful)
2007
Proposal for a permanent commission for Lakeshore, Bristol *
Proposal for a permament commission for The Tannery, Canterbury Proposal for a light based work for Arc (Architecture Centre), Hull ** Proposal for Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre * Proposal for Great North Run Cultural Programme 2008 **
2006 Proposal for light installation for Leicester CQIP Commissions Programme Proposal for artwork for Haughton Road Bridge, Darlington (Comms North) ** Proposal for installation for Cardiff Uni Optometry Dept (Artworks Wales) ** Proposal for installation for Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre (InSite Arts) Proposal for installation for Hadley Learning Community (Impact Arts) **
2005 Sparks, Commissioned Design for a temporary light installation (InSite Arts) **
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Crowdpleaser, 2007, published by Art Editions North, funded by YASS, distributed by Cornerhouse Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, exhibition catalogue Inside Out at Cragside, exhibition catalogue Sparks, publication published by Insite Arts documenting A New Moon and other works 2006 Out There, exhibition catalogue produced by Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 2005 RBS Bursary 2004, an in-house exhibition catalogue produced by RBS Leave, Official Festival Guide 2004, Westonbirt Festival of the Garden Threshold, a limited edition publication produced by Climate Change in June 2004
SELECTED REVIEWS, PREVIEWS, ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS
Work in Progress, Culture Magazine, Oct 2006 (The Journal monthly supplement) Your Gallery @ The Guardian, The Guardian G2, 6th Sept & 19th Oct 2006 A New Moon, The Guardian Guide, 3rd Dec 2005 (preview) Bolwick Arts 3, [a-n], August 2005 Out There (CAN 05), The Guardian Guide, July 2005 (preview) Bolwick Arts 3, The Guardian Guide, May 2005 (preview) RBS Bursary 2004, [a-n], January 2005 UK’s Sculptural Newcomers, NY Arts Magazine, January/February 2005, Vol. 10, No. 1/2 Claire Morgan takes prestigious art prize, Circa (online), www.recirca.com. 28 Oct 2004 The Changing Hut, [a-n], July 2004 Claire Morgan at Lagan Lookout, Circa Art Magazine, Summer 2004 ...and not a watercolour in sight, Belfast Telegraph, 16th Feb 2004, pg 8 Underground Art, The Irish News, 14th Feb 2004, pg 49
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
Arts Extra, BBC Radio Ulster, 18th Sept 2006 (discussing Saatchi Guardian competition) UTV live, UTV, 6th February 2004 (discussing Emotional response) Arts Extra, BBC Radio Ulster, 6th February 2004 (discussing Emotional response)
COLLECTIONS
At present several works on paper and installation are parts of private collections in the UK