Claire Morgan

Irish artist

Claire Morgan
Born	(1980-08-17) 17 August 1980 (age 43) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish, British
Education	University of Northumbria, University of Ulster
Known for	Visual Artist

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

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

^ ^a ^b "Claire Morgan". Galerie Karsten Greve. 2020. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ Figaro, Madame (28 August 2019). "Visite guidée dans l'atelier de Claire Morgan, l'artiste qui fait mouche". Madame Figaro. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Claire Morgan CV". www.claire-morgan.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "#ClaireMorgan - Interview mit der Künstlerin Claire Morgan". 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021.
^ Bardou, Florian. "Claire Morgan : "L'idée est de montrer les dégâts infligés au monde vivant"". Libération (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Art & Taxidermie". www.vice.com (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Quand artiste rime avec taxidermiste". Beaux Arts (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ Taxidermy. Thames & Hudson. 2013. pp. 230–231.
^ ^a ^b "Claire Morgan: Winner of the 2019 Drawing Prize – Announcements – art-agenda". www.art-agenda.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Stiftung saarländischer Kulturbesitz: Ausstellungen". www.kulturbesitz.de. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "As I Live and Breathe: New works by internationally exhibited artist Claire Morgan on display at the Horniman". Horniman Museum and Gardens. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "CLAIRE MORGAN – Losses – Deyrolle". www.deyrolle.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "CV". Claire Morgan. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "RESURGENCE – My god-Shaped Hole". Fondation Francès (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Claire Morgan: Stop Me Feeling". Frist Art Museum. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Claire Morgan The Sound of Silence – Noord Brabants Museum". www.visitholland.nl. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Claire Morgan". galerie-karsten-greve.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Claire Morgan, 12e Prix de dessin de la Fondation Daniel et Florence Guerlain". LEFIGARO (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Recherche". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Museum of Old & New Art (MONA)". ArchitectureAU. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Claire Morgan, entre légèreté et gravité". gazette-drouot.com (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Stiftung Kunst und Natur – Morgan, Claire". Stiftung Kunst und Natur (in German). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Claire Morgan, The Sound of Silence | Het Noordbrabants Museum". www.hetnoordbrabantsmuseum.nl. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Claire Morgan". Fondation Francès (in French). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "M.P. Ghisla Collection". Ghisla Art Collection Locarno. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Artists | ERES Foundation". eres-stiftung.de. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "BEYOND BORDERS, a dialogue based on masterpieces of the EIB's art collection". European Investment Bank. Retrieved 27 September 2021.