Clare Woods Explained

Clare Woods
Birth Place:Southampton, UK

Clare Woods is a British painter who lives and works in Hereford in the Welsh borders in the UK.[1] Originally trained as a sculptor, Woods career as a painter spans 30 years. Painting initially with gloss paint, the artist now works predominantly with oil based paint on aluminium, and creates smaller works on paper. Woods is well known for her large scale abstracts landscapes, more recently exploring themes with reference to historical art practice, including flowers in the tradition of memento mori, and increasingly figurative subjects, including her first self-portrait.

Woods completed an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London in 1999, following a BA in Fine Art at Bath College of Art in 1994.[2]

Collections

Woods’ paintings are held in many major national and international collections including the Arts Council Collection, London,[3] British Council Collection, London,[4] Southampton City Art Gallery,[5] Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales Collection,[6] Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark,[7] and the Albright-Knox Art Museum, Buffalo, US,[8] also CCA Andratx, Mallorca in Spain, Serlachius Collection, Finland, University of Warwick, Mead Gallery, Towner Eastbourne and Tullie House in Carlisle.

Exhibitions

Woods’ work has been the subject of solo exhibitions including,

Commissions

Woods received a major commission from Contemporary Art Society/ Olympic Delivery Authority to create two permanent pieces of work, Carpenter's Curve and Brick Field, for the Olympic Park, London in 2012.[17]

Other major commissions include, Future City/Make Architects commission for a building, London (2005–07), Transport for London, Permanent Commission for Hampstead Heath Train Station London (2010–11),[18] Worcester University/ Worcester County Council, Large Scale painting for the new Hive building (2012) Art on the Underground, River Services commission two new paintings for a poster commission (2014), Large Scale Painting Commission, VIA University College, Denmark (2015) and wallpaper commission for the UCLH NHS Trust (2019). Woods most recent commission was a site-specific work title River Bend in Dallas USA (2019).

Woods also works in print and has had print commissions from Habitat, Counter Editions, Sidney Nolan Trust / The Hepworth Wakefield, Edition Copenhagen, Harewood House and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London. In 2014 Woods produced a poster design, Cranky, part of a series commissioned by Art on the Underground for London River Services.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artist member, Clare Woods, biography . live . https://archive.today/2024-02-27-015242/https://contemporaryartsociety.org/artists/clare-woods . 27 February 2024 . 27 October 2015 . Contemporary Art Society.
  2. Web site: Hastings . Sheena . 21 October 2011 . A larger landscape... and an epic sense of place . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240227020413/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/a-larger-landscape-and-an-epic-sense-of-place-1918367 . 27 February 2024 . 27 October 2015 . The Yorkshire Post.
  3. Web site: Woods, Clare . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527150459/https://artscouncilcollection.org.uk/explore/artist/woods-clare . 27 May 2022 . 29 August 2021 . Arts Council Collection.
  4. Web site: Clare Woods . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630220503/https://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/collection/artists/woods-clare-1972 . 30 June 2022 . 29 August 2021 . British Council − Visual Arts.
  5. Web site: 2012 . Clare Woods: The Dark Matter . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231026175346/https://southamptoncityartgallery.com/whats-on/clare-woods-dark-matter/ . 26 October 2023 . 29 August 2021 . Southampton City Art Gallery.
  6. Web site: Art Collections Online - Woods, Clare . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221130034055/https://museum.wales/art/online/?action=show_works&item=1407&type=artist . 30 November 2022 . 29 August 2021 . . en.
  7. Web site: Clare Woods . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20231002083151/https://uk.arken.dk/samling/clare-woods/ . 2 October 2023 . 29 August 2021 . Arken Museum of Modern Art.
  8. Web site: Clare Woods . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240227025343/https://buffaloakg.org/person/clare-woods . 27 February 2024 . 29 August 2021 . Albright-Knox.
  9. Web site: 2018 . Clare Woods: Reality Dimmed . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210119191223/https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/2018/clare-woods/ . 19 January 2021 . Warwick Arts Centre.
  10. News: Judah . Hettie . 19 February 2018 . An English Murder: Clare Woods Has a Poisoner's Touch . limited . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231130170850/https://www.frieze.com/article/english-murder-clare-woods-has-poisoners-touch . 30 November 2023 . 26 February 2024 . . 194.
  11. Web site: Clare Woods . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231204195607/https://martinasbaek.com/artists/clare-woods/ . 4 December 2023 . 27 October 2015 . Martin Asbaek Gallery.
  12. Web site: Clare Woods. 2014. 27 October 2015. Plas Glyn-y-Weddw. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085839/http://www.oriel.org.uk/en/w/clare-woods. 4 March 2016. dead.
  13. Web site: Clare Woods . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231002073222/https://buchmanngalerie.com/exhibitions/berlin/clare-woods/hanging-hollow-and-holes/2014 . 2 October 2023 . 29 August 2021 . . en.
  14. Web site: Artists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230927080707/https://www.rebeccacamhi.com/artists/#jp-carousel-828 . 27 September 2023 . 24 February 2018 . Rebecca Camhi.
  15. Web site: Lack . Jessica . 24 September 2008 . Artist of the week, No.8 Clare Woods . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210419042250/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/sep/24/clare.woods . 19 April 2021 . 27 October 2015 . The Guardian.
  16. Web site: 2011 . Clare Wood, The Unquiet Head . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240227033027/https://hepworthwakefield.org/whats-on/clare-woods-the-unquiet-head/ . 27 February 2024 . 27 October 2015 . The Hepworth Wakefield.
  17. Web site: Wright . Karen . 16 August 2012 . In The Studio: Clare Woods, Artist . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814100601/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/in-the-studio-clare-woods-artist-8053580.html . 14 August 2022 . 16 October 2015 . The Independent.
  18. Book: Bownes . Poster Girls . . 2018 . 978-1-871829-28-0 . en . 1105586669.

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