Claire Morgan (born 17 August 1980 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish artist. She lives and works in North East England.
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.
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.
Morgan started out working with temporary materials such as rotting fruit and other organic materials. She is known for suspended installations that often include taxidermy, and also for intricate works on paper.
Selected solo exhibitions 2021 – Claire Morgan: Joy in the pain, Saarlandmuseum Moderne Galerie, Saarbrücken, Germany 2019 – Claire Morgan: As I Live and Breathe, The Horniman Museum and Gardens, London, UK 2018 – Claire Morgan: Losses, Deyrolle, Paris, France 2018 – Claire Morgan: Here is the End of All Things, Kunstverein Emsdetten, Germany 2018 – Claire Morgan: Recent Lapses in Judgement, Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln, Germany 2017 – Claire Morgan: My God-shaped Hole, Fondation Francès, Senlis, France 2017 – Claire Morgan: Stop Me Feeling, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, US 2016 – Claire Morgan: The Sound of Silence, Het Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, Netherlands 2016 – Claire Morgan: Plenty More Fish In The Sea, , Angers 2015 – Claire Morgan: The Gathering Dusk, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, France 2014 – Claire Morgan: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany 2015 – Claire Morgan: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Stadtmuseum Jena, Jena, Germany 2015 – Claire Morgan: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. , Saint-Louis, France 2015 – Claire Morgan: Act of God // Höhere Gewalt, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln, Germany 2013 – Claire Morgan: Interference, Nässjö Konsthall, Sweden 2013 – Claire Morgan: Arresting, , Sweden 2012 – Claire Morgan: Gone to Seed, MAC, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2012 – Claire Morgan: Quietus, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France 2012 – Claire Morgan: Menagerie, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Germany 2011 – Claire Morgan: About Time, Hub: National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford, UK 2010 – Claire Morgan: Life. Blood, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France 2008 – Claire Morgan: Gone with the Wind, Great North Run Cultural Programme, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK 2008 – Claire Morgan: Chasing Rainbows, Selfridges (Wonder Room Windows), London, UK
Awards 2019 – Fondation Daniel et Florence Guerlain, Prix de Dessin 2019 FR 2007 – Wooda Arts Award, Cornwall UK 2006 – Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Prize for Young Sculptors, Milan IT 2004 – Roy Noakes Award, selected by Royal British Society of Sculptors UK 2004 – Royal British Society of Sculptors, Annual Bursary Award UK
Selected collections Centre Georges Pompidou MONA Museum of Old and New Art
Emerige ALTANA Kulturstiftung Renschdael Art Foundation Fondation Frances Ghisla Art Foundation ERES Foundation EIB Institute
References
External links Artist website Galerie Karsten Greve Madame Figaro Interview Environmental Graffiti