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Claire Morgan is a visual artist working primarily in the area of sculpture and installation, though drawing forms an important part of her practice. She exhibits internationally, with numerous solo and group shows in the UK and Europe.

At an early stage she developed a strong interest in the organic, in natural processes, and in the bodily connotations of natural materials. This formed the basis for her practice as an artist creating sculptural installations and continues to influence her work at present.

In 2004 Claire was awarded the Royal British Society of Sculptors Annual Bursary and Roy Noakes Awards for Come Fly With Me, a work that involved painstakingly repetitive and precise processes. She has continued to explore this way of working, and the challenges presented by her chosen materials and techniques have become an important part of her practice.

In 2006 she was awarded first prize for Red or Dead in the Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, International Competition for Young Sculptors, Milan (for artists under the age of 40), and in 2007 she was selected as one of the Courvoisier Future 500 (top 10 art and design), featured in The Observer.

In 2008, a new body of work entitled Periphery formed a major solo exhibition at the James Hockey and Foyer Galleries, UCA Farnham, and Gone With The Wind, a commission for the Great North Run Cultural Programme exhibited at the Laing Gallery, Newcastle, received great acclaim.

Claire is currently working on temporary and permanent commissions for public spaces, as well as installations for private collections. She is also preparing for international group and solo exhibitions that will include new installations and drawings.

Installations and drawings are in international private collections.

Making A Killing

2007
Dead butterflies and crows, nylon thread
butterflies 100 x 100cm, height variable

Machine Says No

2007
Nylon threads, lead, torn polythene from white shopping bags, black bin bags, and translucent pink recycling bags, a brown rat
200 (w) x 150 (d) x 250 (h) not including threads

Captive

2008
Torn polythene, owl, five mice, nylon threads, lead
100 x 100 x 100 with threads extending to ceiling height

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

2008
Nylon threads, lead, dead insects (bluebottles, greenbottles, house flies, wasps, bees, moths etc, and one peacock butterfly)
110 (w) x 115 (d) x 120 (h)

Tracing Time

2007
Dandelion seeds, nylon threads, a taxidermied wren, dead leaves, lead
30 x 60 x 400 cm to top of cuboid of seeds, threads extending upwards to ceiling

A New Moon

2005
A polycarbonate structure lined with 822 low voltage lights, suspended from a 30m tall tower crane
Crane 30 metres tall, bulb 4.3 metres tall

Water on the Brain

2006
5,304 paper boats, yacht varnish, nylon threads, steel supporting structure
900cm (l) x 170cm (h) x 300cm (w) with threads extending to around 600cm