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Clare Woods

Born in Southampton 1972
Lives and works in London

Education

  • 1997 – 1999 MA, Goldsmith’s College, London
  • 1991 – 1994 BA, Bath College of Art, Bath

Solo Exhibitions

2008
  • The Prospect The New Art Centre Salisbury, England
  • Monster Field, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
  • The Dancing Mania, André Buchmann Gallery, Berlin
2007
  • Jiri Svetska Gallery, Prague
  • Art Basel – Art Unlimited
  • Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
  • Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens
2006
  • The Chisenhale Gallery, London
  • Pilar Parra Galeria de Arte, Madrid
2004
  • Modern Art, London
  • Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
2002
  • Cohan, Leslie and Browne, New York
2000
  • Modern Art, London
1997
  • New Paintings, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
  • Recent Paintings, Habitat, Kings Road, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
  • Monuments With A Horizon Line II, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
  • Fringes of Abstraction, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
  • M25: Around London, curated by Barry Schwabsky, CCA Andratx, Mallorca
  • Superstratum, Galerie Koraalberg, Antwerp
2007
  • Wood for the Trees and the Falling Leaves, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London
2006
  • John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
  • Esencias 11, Fundacion Municipal de Cultura, Vallaloid
2005
  • Chambres à Part, Sezz Hotel, Paris. Curator: Laurence Dreyfus
  • Extreme Abstraction, Albright Knox Art Gallery, NY
2004
  • Stay Positive, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan
  • Painting Identities, La Galeria De Arte Pilar Parra, Madrid
  • New British Painting, John Hansard Painting, Southampton
  • Forest, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Touring Show
2003
  • The Walls Have Eyes, Modern Art, London
  • Forever Young, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2002
  • Group Painting Show, Cohan, Leslie and Browne, New York
  • Painting as a Foreign Language, Centro Britanica Brasilliero, Sao Paulo
2001
  • Tailsliding, curated by Stephen Hepworth, British Council Touring Show
  • London Underground, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
  • Group Show, curated by Pauline Karpidas & Sadie Coles, The Hydra Workshop, Hydra
  • Beck’s Futures, ICA London (travelling)
  • Beyond, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
2000
  • British Art 2 (Painting), Diehl Vorderwuelbecke, Berlin
  • What Collectors Are Collecting, Exit Art, New York
  • And if there were no stories, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
  • Paintings, Studio Massimo De Carlo, Milan
  • Wooden Heart, Avco, London
1999
  • Nature/Culture, Gimpel Files / Hales Gallery, London
  • Glass Border, Danielle Arnaud, London
  • Idle Wild, Approach Gallery, London
1998
  • Cluster Bomb, Morrison Judd, London
  • British Council, Touring Print Exhibition
  • Printemps, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft
1997
  • Habitat Print Project, Habitat (England, France, Germany)
  • Underworld, Australian Council Studios, London
1996
  • Fritz & Betty, Exmouth Market, London
  • Die Yuppie Scum, Karsten Schubert, London
1995
  • Gothic, Lost in Space, London
  • White Trash, Lost in Space, London
1994
  • Transmission Report, Curtain Road, London

Selected Bibliography

2007
  • Colección VAC (Valencia Arte Contemporáneo), Catalogue of works, Valencia
2006
  • Sherwin, Skye. Review: Chisenhale Gallery, Something Wicked This Way Comes: Clare Woods, Art Review, Issue 03, September
  • Sumpler, Helen. Review: Chisenhale Gallery, Time Out London, 13 September
  • Hogg, Clare Dwyer, Review: Chisenhale Gallery, Living Colour, Independent Newspaper, 9 September, p. 47-48
  • Coomer, Martin. Review: Deaf Man’s House at Chisenhale Gallery, Art Review, Issue 05, November
  • Williams, Gilda. Review: Deaf Man’s House at Chisenhale Gallery, Artforum, Issue XLV, No. 4, December, p. 325-326
  • Townsend, Chris. New Art from London, Thames and Hudson
  • ESENCIAS 11, exhibition catalogue, Coleccion Ernesto Verntos, Arte Internacional
  • Schwabsky, Barry. Deaf Man’s House, Koenig Books
  • Wright, Karen. Review, Modern Painters, February
  • Review, Neo 2, February
  • Modern Painters, February, p. 120
2005
  • Shuttleworth, Extreme Abstraction, “Make 2’ ” exhibition catalogue, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
  • Herbert, Martin. Feature, Ambient Landscapes, Tate etc, Summer 2005
2004
  • Monument to Now, exhibition catalogue, Deste Foundation of Contemporary Art
  • Tufnell, Rob and Saskia Bos. Printed Project, letters from five continents
  • Forest, exhibition catalogue, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
  • Failed Back, exhibition catalogue, Modern Art
  • Stay Positive, exhibition catalogue, Marella Arte Cantemporanea, Italy
  • New British Painting, exhibition catalogue, John Hansard Gallery
  • Herbert, Martin. Review, Time Out, London, March 17-24, p. 47
2003
  • Ogilvie, Jen. Review, Time Out, 12 August – 20 August
  • Review, Art Review, July – August
  • 40 Views of and Icon, Comme des Garcons
2002
  • Painting as a Foreign Language, exhibition catalogue, Edificio Cultura Inglesa
  • Hill, Joe. Review. New York: Cohan, Leslie & Browne, Contemporary, December p. 90-91
  • Smith, Roberta. Review. The New York Times, October 25, p. E37
2001
  • Greece, Hydra. The Hydra Workshop, exhibition catalogue
  • Tail Sliding, touring exhibition catalogue, The British Council
  • London Underground, exhibition catalogue, Sungkok Art Museum, Korea
  • Beck’s Futures, exhibition catalogue, ICA
  • McFarland, Dale. Review, Frieze, issue 58
  • Ratnam, Niru. Review, Painting is Dead, Long Live Painting, The Face, April
  • Masters at Work, Review. I-D Magazine – The Aesthetic Issue, May.
2000
  • British Art Paintings II, exhibition catalogue, Diehl Vorderwuelbecke, Berlin
  • The Art Newspaper, Review, no. 108, November
  • Review. Art, Clare Woods, Evening Standard, 26 October
  • Allfree, Claire. Review. Art, Clare Woods, Metro Life, Metro, 27 October
  • Gleadell, Colin. Review. The Power of Paint, Telegraph Magazine, 16 September, p.37
  • Review. And if There Were No Stories, Evening Standard, 8 March
  • Review. Cluster Bomb at Morrison Judd, Flash Art, January – February
  • Bolton, Wil. Review: Modern Art, Clare Woods, What’s On, January, p. 7
  • i-D, The Aesthetic issue, no. 197, May

Collections

 
  • Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
  • Dakis Joannou Collection Foundation, Athens
  • The Ophiuchus Collection, Geneva
  • British Council, London
  • Honart Museum, Tehran Colección
  • VAC (Valencia Arte Contemporáneo), Valencia
  • Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
  • Arts Council Collection, London