Clare Woods
Clare Woods | |
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| Born | 1972 Southampton[1] |
| Nationality | British |
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Clare Woods RA (born 1972) is a British artist who lives and works in London and the Welsh borders. Some of her works are on a very large scale; one commissioned for the Olympic Delivery Authority in London is 83 metres long.[2]
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.[3]
Collections
Woods’ paintings are held in many major national and international collections including the Arts Council Collection, London,[4] British Council Collection, London,[5] Southampton City Art Gallery,[6] National Museum Wales Collection,[7] Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark,[8] and the Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, USA.[9]
Exhibitions
Woods’ work has been the subject solo exhibitions including,
- The New Art Centre, Salisbury, UK (2008)[10]
- The Hepworth Wakefield, UK (2011)[3][11]
- Harewood House, Leeds, UK (2013)[12][13]
- Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens (2014)[14]
- Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales (2014)[15][16]
- Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Wales (2015)[17]
- Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen (2015)[18]
- Clare Wooods, Hanging Hollow and Holes, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (2015)[19]
- Clare Woods, Reality Dimmed, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry UK (2018)[20][21]
- Clare Woods, If not now, then when, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (2020)[22]
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.[2]
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),[23] 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).
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 Alan Cristea Gallery, London. In 2014 Woods produced a poster design, Cranky, part of a series commissioned by Art on the Underground for London River Services.[23]
References
- ^ "Artist member, Clare Woods, biography". Contemporary Art Society. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ a b Karen Wright (18 August 2012). "In The Studio: Clare Woods, Artist". The Independent. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ a b Sheena Hastings (21 October 2011). "A larger landscape... and an epic sense of place". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Woods, Clare". Arts Council Collection. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Clare Woods | Artists | Collection |". British Council − Visual Arts. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Clare Woods: The Dark Matter". Southampton City Art Gallery. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "WOODS, Clare | Art Collections Online". National Museum Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "CLARE WOODS". Arken. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Clare Woods". Albright-Knox. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ Jessica Lack (24 September 2008). "Artist of the week, No.8 Clare Woods". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Clare Wood, The Unquiet Head". The Hepworth Wakefield. 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "The Seven Eggs by Clare Woods". Harewood House. 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ Harewood House (22 July 2013). "The Seven Eggs; New Works by Clare Woods" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Artists". Rebecca Camhi. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud". Oriel Davies Gallery. 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "CCQ 5".
- ^ "Clare Woods". Plas Glyn-y-Weddw. 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Clare Woods". martin asbaek gallery. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Clare Woods". Buchmann Galerie. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Clare Woods: Reality Dimmed - Warwick Arts Centre". Warwick Arts Centre.
- ^ "An English Murder: Clare Woods Has a Poisoner's Touch". frieze.com.
- ^ "Clare Woods". Buchmann Galerie. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ a b David Bownes (2018). Poster Girls. london transport museum. ISBN 978-1-871829-28-0.
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- 20th-century English women artists
- 21st-century English women artists
- 20th-century English painters
- 21st-century English painters
- Alumni of Bath School of Art and Design
- Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
- English contemporary artists
- English women painters
- Artists from Southampton