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'''Clare Woods''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|RA}} is a British artist who lives and works in [[Hereford]] in the Welsh borders in the UK.<ref name="CASocbio">{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Artist member, Clare Woods, biography |url=http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/artist-members/clare-woods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/2024-02-27-015242/https://contemporaryartsociety.org/artists/clare-woods |archive-date=27 February 2024 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |work=[[Contemporary Art Society]]}}</ref> Originally trained as a sculptor, Woods career as a painter spans 30 years. Painting initially with gloss paint, the artist now works predominantly with oil based paint on aluminium, and creates smaller works on paper. Woods is well known for her large scale abstracts landscapes, more recently exploring themes with reference to historical art practice, including flowers in the tradition of [[memento mori]], and increasingly figurative subjects, including her first self-portrait.
'''Clare Woods''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|RA}} is a British painter who lives and works in [[Hereford]] in the Welsh borders in the UK.<ref name="CASocbio">{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Artist member, Clare Woods, biography |url=http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/artist-members/clare-woods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/2024-02-27-015242/https://contemporaryartsociety.org/artists/clare-woods |archive-date=27 February 2024 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |work=[[Contemporary Art Society]]}}</ref> Originally trained as a sculptor, Woods career as a painter spans 30 years. Painting initially with gloss paint, the artist now works predominantly with oil based paint on aluminium, and creates smaller works on paper. Woods is well known for her large scale abstracts landscapes, more recently exploring themes with reference to historical art practice, including flowers in the tradition of [[memento mori]], and increasingly figurative subjects, including her first self-portrait.


Woods completed an MA in Fine Art at [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths College]], London in 1999, following a BA in Fine Art at [[Bath School of Art and Design|Bath College of Art]] in 1994.<ref name="CWYorkP">{{cite web |author=Hastings |first=Sheena |date=21 October 2011 |title=A larger landscape... and an epic sense of place |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/a-larger-landscape-and-an-epic-sense-of-place-1918367 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227020413/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/a-larger-landscape-and-an-epic-sense-of-place-1918367 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |work=[[The Yorkshire Post]]}}</ref>
Woods completed an MA in Fine Art at [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths College]], London in 1999, following a BA in Fine Art at [[Bath School of Art and Design|Bath College of Art]] in 1994.<ref name="CWYorkP">{{cite web |author=Hastings |first=Sheena |date=21 October 2011 |title=A larger landscape... and an epic sense of place |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/a-larger-landscape-and-an-epic-sense-of-place-1918367 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227020413/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/a-larger-landscape-and-an-epic-sense-of-place-1918367 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |work=[[The Yorkshire Post]]}}</ref>


==Collections==
==Collections==
Woods’ paintings are held in many major national and international collections including the [[Arts Council Collection]], London,<ref name="Arts Council Collection">{{cite web |title=Woods, Clare |url=https://www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk/explore/artist/woods-clare |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527150459/https://artscouncilcollection.org.uk/explore/artist/woods-clare |archive-date=27 May 2022 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Arts Council Collection]]}}</ref> British Council Collection, London,<ref name="British Council">{{cite web |title=Clare Woods |url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/woods-clare-1972 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630220503/https://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/woods-clare-1972 |archive-date=30 June 2022 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[British Council]] − Visual Arts}}</ref> [[Southampton City Art Gallery]],<ref name="Southampton City Art Gallery">{{cite web |date=2012 |title=Clare Woods: The Dark Matter |url=https://www.southamptoncityartgallery.com/whats-on/clare-woods-dark-matter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026175346/https://southamptoncityartgallery.com/whats-on/clare-woods-dark-matter/ |archive-date=26 October 2023 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Southampton City Art Gallery]]}}</ref> [[Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales|National Museum Wales]] Collection,<ref name="National Museum Wales">{{cite web |title=Art Collections Online - Woods, Clare |url=https://museum.wales/art/online/?action=show_works&item=1407&type=artist |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130034055/https://museum.wales/art/online/?action=show_works&item=1407&type=artist |archive-date=30 November 2022 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales|National Museum Wales]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Arken Museum of Modern Art]], Denmark,<ref name="Arken">{{cite web |title=Clare Woods |url=https://uk.arken.dk/samling/clare-woods/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002083151/https://uk.arken.dk/samling/clare-woods/ |archive-date=2 October 2023 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Arken Museum of Modern Art]]}}</ref> and the [[Buffalo AKG Art Museum|Albright-Knox Museum]], Buffalo, USA,<ref name="Albright-Knox">{{cite web |title=Clare Woods |url=https://buffaloakg.org/person/clare-woods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227025343/https://buffaloakg.org/person/clare-woods |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Buffalo AKG Art Museum|Albright-Knox]]}}</ref> also [https://www.ccandratx.eu CCA Andratx], Mallorca in Spain, University of Warwick, [[Mead Gallery]] and [[Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery|Tullie House]] in Carlisle.
Woods’ paintings are held in many major national and international collections including the [[Arts Council Collection]], London,<ref name="Arts Council Collection">{{cite web |title=Woods, Clare |url=https://www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk/explore/artist/woods-clare |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527150459/https://artscouncilcollection.org.uk/explore/artist/woods-clare |archive-date=27 May 2022 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Arts Council Collection]]}}</ref> British Council Collection, London,<ref name="British Council">{{cite web |title=Clare Woods |url=http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/woods-clare-1972 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630220503/https://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/woods-clare-1972 |archive-date=30 June 2022 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[British Council]] − Visual Arts}}</ref> [[Southampton City Art Gallery]],<ref name="Southampton City Art Gallery">{{cite web |date=2012 |title=Clare Woods: The Dark Matter |url=https://www.southamptoncityartgallery.com/whats-on/clare-woods-dark-matter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026175346/https://southamptoncityartgallery.com/whats-on/clare-woods-dark-matter/ |archive-date=26 October 2023 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Southampton City Art Gallery]]}}</ref> [[Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales|Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales]] Collection,<ref name="National Museum Wales">{{cite web |title=Art Collections Online - Woods, Clare |url=https://museum.wales/art/online/?action=show_works&item=1407&type=artist |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130034055/https://museum.wales/art/online/?action=show_works&item=1407&type=artist |archive-date=30 November 2022 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales|National Museum Wales]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Arken Museum of Modern Art]], Denmark,<ref name="Arken">{{cite web |title=Clare Woods |url=https://uk.arken.dk/samling/clare-woods/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002083151/https://uk.arken.dk/samling/clare-woods/ |archive-date=2 October 2023 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Arken Museum of Modern Art]]}}</ref> and the [[Buffalo AKG Art Museum|Albright-Knox Art Museum]], Buffalo, US,<ref name="Albright-Knox">{{cite web |title=Clare Woods |url=https://buffaloakg.org/person/clare-woods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227025343/https://buffaloakg.org/person/clare-woods |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Buffalo AKG Art Museum|Albright-Knox]]}}</ref> also [https://www.ccandratx.eu CCA Andratx], Mallorca in Spain, [https://serlachius.fi Serlachius Collection], Finland, University of Warwick, [[Mead Gallery]], [[Towner Eastbourne]] and [[Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery|Tullie House]] in Carlisle.
==Exhibitions==
[[File:Silent Spring, Clare Woods, Buchmann Galerie, 2023.jpg|alt=Exhibition view of Clare Woods: Silent Spring at Buchmann Galerie, Berlin 2023|thumb|Exhibition view of ''Clare Woods: Silent Spring'' at [[Buchmann Galerie]], Berlin 2023]]


[[File:Clare Woods 'Carpenters Curve'.JPG|thumb|Clare Woods 'Carpenters Curve' (2012) digitally printed ceramic tiles]]
[[File:Final Gesture.jpg|thumb|Clare Woods Final Gesture, 2022, oil on aluminium, 150 x 200 cm]]

[[File:Clare Woods, Lou, 2023.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Clare Woods, Lou, 2023, Oil on aluminium, 80 x 60 cm]]


==Exhibitions==
[[File:Dead Spring.jpg|thumb|150px|Clare Woods 'Dead Spring' 110x75cm, Oil on Aluminium (2011)]]
Woods’ work has been the subject of solo exhibitions including,
Woods’ work has been the subject of solo exhibitions including,
* ''I Blame Nature'', [https://www.nightgallery.ca Night Gallery], LA (2024)
* ''Soft Knock'', [[Cristea Roberts Gallery]], London (2024)
* ''Silent Spring,'' [https://buchmanngalerie.com Buchmann Galerie], Berlin (2023)
* ''Still Here'', Print display, [[Royal Academy of Arts]], London (2023)
* ''Between Before and After'', [https://ccandratx.eu CCA Museum, Andratx], Spain (2023)
* ''Between These Words,'' [https://www.simonleegallery.com Simon Lee Gallery], Hong Kong (2022)
* ''Between These Words,'' [https://www.simonleegallery.com Simon Lee Gallery], Hong Kong (2022)
* ''After Limbo,'' [https://www.nightgallery.ca Night Gallery], LA (2022)
* ''After Limbo,'' [https://www.nightgallery.ca Night Gallery], LA (2022)
* ''Between Before and After'', [https://www.serlachius.fi Serlachius Museum], Finland (2021)
* ''Between Before and After'', [https://www.serlachius.fi Serlachius Museum], Finland (2022)
* ''What Difference Does It Make'', [https://www.martinasbaek.com Martin Asbaek Gallery], Copenhagen (2021)
* ''What Difference Does It Make'', [https://www.martinasbaek.com Martin Asbaek Gallery], Copenhagen (2021)
* ''The Great Unknown'', [https://www.cristearoberts.com Cristea Roberts Gallery], London (2021)
* ''The Great Unknown'', [https://www.cristearoberts.com Cristea Roberts Gallery], London (2021)
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* ''The Sleepers,'' [[Pallant House Gallery]], joint show with [[Des Hughes]] (2016)
* ''The Sleepers,'' [[Pallant House Gallery]], joint show with [[Des Hughes]] (2016)
* ''A Tree A Rock A Cloud,'' (On tour) [https://www.oriel.org.uk Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw], Wales (2015)<ref name="OPGGallery" />
* ''A Tree A Rock A Cloud,'' (On tour) [https://www.oriel.org.uk Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw], Wales (2015)<ref name="OPGGallery" />
* ''The Drama Triangle,'' Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (2015)<ref name="MMGallery">{{cite web |author= |year= |title=Clare Woods |url=http://www.martinasbaek.com/Artists/Clare-Woods |accessdate=27 October 2015 |work=martin asbaek gallery}}</ref>
* ''The Drama Triangle,'' Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (2015)<ref name="MMGallery">{{cite web |author= |year= |title=Clare Woods |url=http://www.martinasbaek.com/Artists/Clare-Woods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204195607/https://martinasbaek.com/artists/clare-woods/ |archive-date=4 December 2023 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |work=Martin Asbaek Gallery}}</ref>
* ''A Tree A Rock A Cloud,'' Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Wales (2014)<ref name="OPGGallery">{{cite web|url=http://www.oriel.org.uk/en/enwiki/w/clare-woods|title=Clare Woods|year=2014|accessdate=27 October 2015|work=Plas Glyn-y-Weddw|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085839/http://www.oriel.org.uk/en/enwiki/w/clare-woods|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''A Tree A Rock A Cloud,'' Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Wales (2014)<ref name="OPGGallery">{{cite web|url=http://www.oriel.org.uk/en/enwiki/w/clare-woods|title=Clare Woods|year=2014|accessdate=27 October 2015|work=Plas Glyn-y-Weddw|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085839/http://www.oriel.org.uk/en/enwiki/w/clare-woods|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''Hanging Hollow and Holes'', Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (2014)<ref name="Buchmann Galerie2">{{cite web |title=Clare Woods |url=https://buchmanngalerie.com/exhibitions/berlin/clare-woods/hanging-hollow-and-holes |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=Buchmann Galerie |language=en}}</ref>
*''Hanging Hollow and Holes'', Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (2014)<ref name="Buchmann Galerie2">{{cite web |title=Clare Woods |url=https://buchmanngalerie.com/exhibitions/berlin/clare-woods/hanging-hollow-and-holes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002073222/https://buchmanngalerie.com/exhibitions/berlin/clare-woods/hanging-hollow-and-holes/2014 |archive-date=2 October 2023 |access-date=29 August 2021 |website=[[Buchmann Galerie]] |language=en}}</ref>
*''New Works,'' [https://www.rebeccacamhi.com Rebecca Camhi Gallery], Athens (2014)<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Artists |url=http://www.rebeccacamhi.com/artists/#jp-carousel-828 |accessdate=24 February 2018 |website=Rebecca Camhi}}</ref>
*''New Works,'' [https://www.rebeccacamhi.com Rebecca Camhi Gallery], Athens (2014)<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Artists |url=http://www.rebeccacamhi.com/artists/#jp-carousel-828 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927080707/https://www.rebeccacamhi.com/artists/#jp-carousel-828 |archive-date=27 September 2023 |accessdate=24 February 2018 |website=Rebecca Camhi}}</ref>
* ''New Works,'' Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (2013)<ref name=":0" />
* ''New Works,'' Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (2013)<ref name=":0" />
* Eva Rothschild / Clare Woods, ''New Works,'' The New Art Centre, Salisbury (2013)<ref name="AofW">{{cite web |author=Jessica Lack |date=24 September 2008 |title=Artist of the week, No.8 Clare Woods |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/sep/24/clare.woods |accessdate=27 October 2015 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
* Eva Rothschild / Clare Woods, ''New Works,'' The New Art Centre, Salisbury (2013)<ref name="AofW">{{cite web |author=Lack |first=Jessica |date=24 September 2008 |title=Artist of the week, No.8 Clare Woods |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/sep/24/clare.woods |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419042250/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/sep/24/clare.woods |archive-date=19 April 2021 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
* ''Dark Matter'', [[Southampton City Art Gallery]], Southampton (2012)<ref name="Southampton City Art Gallery" />
* ''Dark Matter'', [[Southampton City Art Gallery]], Southampton (2012)<ref name="Southampton City Art Gallery" />
* ''The Bad Neighbour'', Modern Art, London (2012)
* ''The Bad Neighbour'', Modern Art, London (2012)
* ''Dark Matter'', Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (2012)
* ''Dark Matter'', Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (2012)
* ''Carpenter's Curve'' and ''Brick Fields'', permanent commissions for [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012 Olympic Park]] (2011-2012)
* ''Carpenter's Curve'' and ''Brick Fields'', permanent commissions for [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012 Olympic Park]] (2011-2012)
* ''The Unquiet Head'', [[The Hepworth Wakefield]], UK (2011)<ref name="CWYorkP" /><ref name="HepWake">{{cite web |author= |year=2011 |title=Clare Wood, The Unquiet Head |url=http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/what-s-on/clare-woods |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091741/https://www.hepworthwakefield.org/what-s-on/clare-woods/ |archive-date=1 October 2015 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |work=[[The Hepworth Wakefield]]}}</ref>
* ''The Unquiet Head'', [[The Hepworth Wakefield]], UK (2011)<ref name="CWYorkP" /><ref name="HepWake">{{cite web |author= |date=2011 |title=Clare Wood, The Unquiet Head |url=https://hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/clare-woods-the-unquiet-head/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227033027/https://hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/clare-woods-the-unquiet-head/ |archive-date=27 February 2024 |accessdate=27 October 2015 |work=[[The Hepworth Wakefield]]}}</ref>
* ''Watercolours'', Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (2009)
* ''Watercolours'', Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (2009)
* ''The Prospect'', The New Art Centre, Salisbury (2008)
* ''The Prospect'', The New Art Centre, Salisbury (2008)
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==Commissions==
==Commissions==
Woods received a major commission from Contemporary Art Society/ Olympic Delivery Authority to create two permanent pieces of work, ''Carpenter's Curve'' and ''Brick Field'', for the Olympic Park, London in 2012.<ref name="IndStudio">{{cite web |author=Karen Wright |date=18 August 2012 |title=In The Studio: Clare Woods, Artist |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/in-the-studio-clare-woods-artist-8053580.html |accessdate=16 October 2015 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>
Woods received a major commission from Contemporary Art Society/ Olympic Delivery Authority to create two permanent pieces of work, ''Carpenter's Curve'' and ''Brick Field'', for the Olympic Park, London in 2012.<ref name="IndStudio">{{cite web |author=Wright |first=Karen |date=16 August 2012 |title=In The Studio: Clare Woods, Artist |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/in-the-studio-clare-woods-artist-8053580.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814100601/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/in-the-studio-clare-woods-artist-8053580.html |archive-date=14 August 2022 |accessdate=16 October 2015 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>


Other major commissions include, Future City/Make Architects commission for a building, London (2005–07), Transport for London, Permanent Commission for Hampstead Heath Train Station London (2010–11),<ref name="DBownes">{{cite book|author=David Bownes|publisher=london transport museum|year=2018|title=Poster Girls |isbn=978-1-871829-28-0}}</ref> Worcester University/ Worcester County Council, Large Scale painting for the new Hive building (2012) Art on the Underground, River Services commission two new paintings for a poster commission (2014), Large Scale Painting Commission, VIA University College, Denmark (2015) and wallpaper commission for the [[University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|UCLH]] NHS Trust (2019). Woods most recent commission was a site-specific work title ''River Bend'' in Dallas USA (2019).
Other major commissions include, Future City/Make Architects commission for a building, London (2005–07), Transport for London, Permanent Commission for Hampstead Heath Train Station London (2010–11),<ref name="DBownes">{{cite book |author=Bownes |first=David |title=Poster Girls |publisher=[[London Transport Museum]] |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-871829-28-0 |language=en |oclc=1105586669}}</ref> Worcester University/ Worcester County Council, Large Scale painting for the new Hive building (2012) Art on the Underground, River Services commission two new paintings for a poster commission (2014), Large Scale Painting Commission, VIA University College, Denmark (2015) and wallpaper commission for the [[University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|UCLH]] NHS Trust (2019). Woods most recent commission was a site-specific work title ''River Bend'' in Dallas USA (2019).


Woods also works in print and has had print commissions from Habitat, Counter Editions, Sidney Nolan Trust / The Hepworth Wakefield, Edition Copenhagen, Harewood House and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London. In 2014 Woods produced a poster design, ''Cranky'', part of a series commissioned by Art on the Underground for [[London River Services]].<ref name="DBownes"/>
Woods also works in print and has had print commissions from Habitat, Counter Editions, Sidney Nolan Trust / The Hepworth Wakefield, Edition Copenhagen, Harewood House and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London. In 2014 Woods produced a poster design, ''Cranky'', part of a series commissioned by Art on the Underground for [[London River Services]].<ref name="DBownes"/>
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Clare Woods RA
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Southampton, UK
Education
Websitewww.clare-woods.com

Clare Woods RA is a British painter who lives and works in Hereford in the Welsh borders in the UK.[1] Originally trained as a sculptor, Woods career as a painter spans 30 years. Painting initially with gloss paint, the artist now works predominantly with oil based paint on aluminium, and creates smaller works on paper. Woods is well known for her large scale abstracts landscapes, more recently exploring themes with reference to historical art practice, including flowers in the tradition of memento mori, and increasingly figurative subjects, including her first self-portrait.

Woods completed an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London in 1999, following a BA in Fine Art at Bath College of Art in 1994.[2]

Collections

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Woods’ paintings are held in many major national and international collections including the Arts Council Collection, London,[3] British Council Collection, London,[4] Southampton City Art Gallery,[5] Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales Collection,[6] Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark,[7] and the Albright-Knox Art Museum, Buffalo, US,[8] also CCA Andratx, Mallorca in Spain, Serlachius Collection, Finland, University of Warwick, Mead Gallery, Towner Eastbourne and Tullie House in Carlisle.

Exhibitions

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Exhibition view of Clare Woods: Silent Spring at Buchmann Galerie, Berlin 2023
Exhibition view of Clare Woods: Silent Spring at Buchmann Galerie, Berlin 2023
Clare Woods Final Gesture, 2022, oil on aluminium, 150 x 200 cm
Clare Woods, Lou, 2023, Oil on aluminium, 80 x 60 cm

Woods’ work has been the subject of solo exhibitions including,

Commissions

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Woods received a major commission from Contemporary Art Society/ Olympic Delivery Authority to create two permanent pieces of work, Carpenter's Curve and Brick Field, for the Olympic Park, London in 2012.[17]

Other major commissions include, Future City/Make Architects commission for a building, London (2005–07), Transport for London, Permanent Commission for Hampstead Heath Train Station London (2010–11),[18] Worcester University/ Worcester County Council, Large Scale painting for the new Hive building (2012) Art on the Underground, River Services commission two new paintings for a poster commission (2014), Large Scale Painting Commission, VIA University College, Denmark (2015) and wallpaper commission for the UCLH NHS Trust (2019). Woods most recent commission was a site-specific work title River Bend in Dallas USA (2019).

Woods also works in print and has had print commissions from Habitat, Counter Editions, Sidney Nolan Trust / The Hepworth Wakefield, Edition Copenhagen, Harewood House and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London. In 2014 Woods produced a poster design, Cranky, part of a series commissioned by Art on the Underground for London River Services.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Artist member, Clare Woods, biography". Contemporary Art Society. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b Hastings, Sheena (21 October 2011). "A larger landscape... and an epic sense of place". The Yorkshire Post. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Woods, Clare". Arts Council Collection. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Clare Woods". British Council − Visual Arts. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Art Collections Online - Woods, Clare". National Museum Wales. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Clare Woods". Arken Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Clare Woods". Albright-Knox. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Clare Woods: Reality Dimmed". Warwick Arts Centre. 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021.
  9. ^ Judah, Hettie (19 February 2018). "An English Murder: Clare Woods Has a Poisoner's Touch". Frieze. No. 194. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Clare Woods". Plas Glyn-y-Weddw. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Clare Woods". Martin Asbaek Gallery. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Clare Woods". Buchmann Galerie. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Artists". Rebecca Camhi. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  14. ^ Lack, Jessica (24 September 2008). "Artist of the week, No.8 Clare Woods". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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