Clare Woods
Clare Woods was born in Southampton, England, in 1972. She studied for her BA Fine Art at Bath College of Art 1991-94 and for her MA Fine Art at Goldsmith’s College, London 1997-99.
In 2012 Woods was commissioned by the Contemporary Art Society, London to create a permanent ceramic mural for the London Olympic Park, and in 2015 she created a 20 x 8 metre painting for Aarhus VIA University College, Denmark. Recent solo exhibitions have included Serlachius Museum, Finland (2022); Cristea Roberts Gallery, London (2021); Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre (2018); Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee (2017); Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (2016); Hestercombe Gallery, Somerset (2016); A Tree A Rock A Cloud which toured around museum venues in Wales from Oriel Davies (2014-2016); Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, (2015), Rebecca Chami Gallery, Athens (2014); André Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, (2014); Harewood House, Leeds (2013); Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (2012); The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire (2011).
In 2016 Art/Books published the artist’s first monograph. Entitled Strange Meetings it includes texts by Michael Bracewell, Rebecca Daniels, Jennifer Higgie and Simon Martin, with a foreword by Andrew Marr. Woods was elected a Royal Academician by The Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 2022.
Her work is held in numerous public collections including Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark; Arts Council Collection, London; CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain; Government Art Collection; The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Southampton City Art Gallery and Tullie House Gallery, Carlisle.
Cristea Roberts Gallery has been publishing Woods’ editions since 2016.
Clare Woods lives and works in Hereford, England.
Selected works
For a complete list of available works by Clare Woods please contact [email protected]
News, Events & Museum Exhibitions
Selected Press
Films
Clare Woods in conversation with Paul Hobson
Clare Woods: The Great Unknown Exhibition Film
Clare Woods Artists in Lockdown
Exhibitions at Cristea Roberts Gallery
Installations
See also
- Ali Banisadr
- Georg Baselitz
- Christiane Baumgartner
- Rana Begum
- Pablo Bronstein
- Gordon Cheung
- Rhys Coren
- Michael Craig-Martin
- Dexter Dalwood
- Ian Davenport
- Miriam de Búrca
- Jan Dibbets
- Jim Dine
- Joy Gerrard
- Antony Gormley
- Marie Harnett
- Yinka Ilori
- Idris Khan
- Langlands & Bell
- Richard Long
- Mick Moon
- David Nash
- Paul Noble
- Odili Donald Odita
- Julian Opie
- Mimmo Paladino
- Cornelia Parker
- Vicken Parsons
- Bridget Riley
- Francis Ruyter
- Yinka Shonibare CBE
- Emma Stibbon
- Joe Tilson
- Barbara Walker
- Paul Winstanley
- Richard Woods