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| birth_date = 18 May 1980 (age 37)
| birth_date = 18 May 1980 (age 37)
| birth_place = [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland
| birth_place = [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland
| nationality =
| nationality = Irish
| field = Sculpture and drawing
| field = Sculpture and drawing
| training = University of Northumbria,<br>University of Ulster
| training = University of Northumbria,<br>University of Ulster

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Claire Morgan
Born18 May 1980 (age 37)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
EducationUniversity of Northumbria,
University of Ulster
Known forSculpture and drawing

Claire Morgan (born 1980 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an internationally exhibited sculptor and artist[1] who lives and works in London, England.[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

  1. ^ "La primera exposición de arte efímero en España apela a los sentidos" (in Spanish). ABC.es. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Overview: Claire Morgan: Chasing Rainbows and Fluid". Rollo Contemporary Art. 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2011.