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Irish artist
Claire Morgan
Born (1980-08-17 ) 17 August 1980 (age 43) 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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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Selected solo exhibitions
2021 – Claire Morgan: Joy in the pain ,
Saarlandmuseum Moderne Galerie , Saarbrücken, Germany
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2019 – Claire Morgan: As I Live and Breathe,
The Horniman Museum and Gardens , London, UK
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2018 – Claire Morgan: Losses ,
Deyrolle , Paris, France
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2018 – Claire Morgan: Here is the End of All Things , Kunstverein Emsdetten, Germany
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2018 – Claire Morgan: Recent Lapses in Judgement ,
Galerie Karsten Greve , Köln, Germany
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2017 – Claire Morgan: My God-shaped Hole , Fondation Francès, Senlis, France
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2017 – Claire Morgan: Stop Me Feeling ,
Frist Art Museum , Nashville, US
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2016 – Claire Morgan: The Sound of Silence ,
Het Noordbrabants Museum , Den Bosch, Netherlands
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2016 – Claire Morgan: Plenty More Fish In The Sea ,
Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la Tapisserie contemporaine [
fr ] , Angers
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2015 – Claire Morgan: The Gathering Dusk ,
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature , France
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2014 – Claire Morgan: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.
Osthaus Museum , Hagen, Germany
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2015 – Claire Morgan: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Stadtmuseum Jena,
Jena , Germany
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2015 – Claire Morgan: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.
Fondation Fernet Branca [
fr ] , Saint-Louis, France
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2015 – Claire Morgan: Act of God // Höhere Gewalt,
Kunst-Station Sankt Peter , Köln, Germany
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2013 – Claire Morgan: Interference , Nässjö Konsthall, Sweden
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2013 – Claire Morgan: Arresting ,
Växjö konsthall [
sv ] , Sweden
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2012 – Claire Morgan: Gone to Seed ,
MAC , Belfast, Northern Ireland
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2012 – Claire Morgan: Quietus ,
Galerie Karsten Greve , Paris, France
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2012 – Claire Morgan: Menagerie , Kunstverein Münsterland,
Coesfeld , Germany
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2011 – Claire Morgan: About Time ,
Hub: National Centre for Craft and Design , Sleaford, UK
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2010 – Claire Morgan: Life. Blood ,
Galerie Karsten Greve , Paris, France
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2008 – Claire Morgan: Gone with the Wind ,
Great North Run Cultural Programme ,
Laing Art Gallery , Newcastle, UK
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2008 – Claire Morgan: Chasing Rainbows ,
Selfridges (Wonder Room Windows), London, UK
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International National Artists Other