Claire Morgan (born 1980 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish artist. She lives and works in the North East of England.[1][2]

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Biography

Morgan was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She studied at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, graduating with a BA Hons in Fine Art Sculpture in 2003.[3]

Her work is inspired by the cycles of nature and the problematic relationships between humans and nature, as well as personal experiences and memories of trauma.[4][5]

Morgan started out working with temporary materials such as rotting fruit and other organic materials.[4] She is known for suspended installations that often include taxidermy,[6][7][8] and also for intricate works on paper.[9]

Selected solo exhibitions

• 2021 – Claire Morgan: Joy in the pain, Saarlandmuseum Moderne Galerie, Saarbrücken, Germany[10]
• 2019 – Claire Morgan: As I Live and Breathe, The Horniman Museum and Gardens, London, UK[11]
• 2018 – Claire Morgan: Losses, Deyrolle, Paris, France[12]
• 2018 – Claire Morgan: Here is the End of All Things, Kunstverein Emsdetten, Germany[13]
• 2018 – Claire Morgan: Recent Lapses in Judgement, Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln, Germany[3]
• 2017 – Claire Morgan: My God-shaped Hole, Fondation Francès, Senlis, France[14]
• 2017 – Claire Morgan: Stop Me Feeling, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, US[15]
• 2016 – Claire Morgan: The Sound of Silence, Het Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, Netherlands[16]
• 2016 – Claire Morgan: Plenty More Fish In The Sea, Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la Tapisserie contemporaine ^[fr], Angers[3]
• 2015 – Claire Morgan: The Gathering Dusk, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, France[3]
• 2014 – Claire Morgan: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany[17]
• 2015 – Claire Morgan: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Stadtmuseum Jena, Jena, Germany[1]
• 2015 – Claire Morgan: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Fondation Fernet Branca ^[fr], Saint-Louis, France[17]
• 2015 – Claire Morgan: Act of God // Höhere Gewalt, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln, Germany[17]
• 2013 – Claire Morgan: Interference, Nässjö Konsthall, Sweden[17]
• 2013 – Claire Morgan: Arresting, Växjö konsthall ^[sv], Sweden[17]
• 2012 – Claire Morgan: Gone to Seed, MAC, Belfast, Northern Ireland[17]
• 2012 – Claire Morgan: Quietus, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France[17]
• 2012 – Claire Morgan: Menagerie, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Germany[17]
• 2011 – Claire Morgan: About Time, Hub: National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford, UK[17]
• 2010 – Claire Morgan: Life. Blood, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France[17]
• 2008 – Claire Morgan: Gone with the Wind, Great North Run Cultural Programme, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK[17]
• 2008 – Claire Morgan: Chasing Rainbows, Selfridges (Wonder Room Windows), London, UK[17]

Awards

• 2019 – Fondation Daniel et Florence Guerlain, Prix de Dessin 2019 FR[9][18]
• 2007 – Wooda Arts Award, Cornwall UK[3]
• 2006 – Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Prize for Young Sculptors, Milan IT[3]
• 2004 – Roy Noakes Award, selected by Royal British Society of Sculptors UK[3]
• 2004 – Royal British Society of Sculptors, Annual Bursary Award UK[3]

Selected collections

• Centre Georges Pompidou[19]
• MONA Museum of Old and New Art[20][21]
• Fondation Guerlain ^[fr]
• Emerige[21]
• ALTANA Kulturstiftung[22]
• Renschdael Art Foundation[23]
• Fondation Frances[24]
• Ghisla Art Foundation[25]
• ERES Foundation[26]
• EIB Institute[27]

References

External links

• Artist website
• Galerie Karsten Greve
• Madame Figaro Interview
• Environmental Graffiti