Clare Kenny

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Clare Kenny (born January 11, 1976 in Manchester ) is a British photography and object artist who lives and works in Basel and Manchester.

life and work

Clare Kenny grew up in Manchester, England. She studied at the Chelsea School of Art in London (Bachelor in Fine Art) and at the HSLU in Lucerne (Master in Art in Public Space). She has lived and worked in Basel, Switzerland, since 2007. Clare Kenny received the Art Credit Prize of the City of Basel in 2013 and 2017/18. She took part in the Residency Unlimited program in New York in 2018 , worked at the Institute for Provocation in Beijing in 2015 with the support of ProHelvetia and in Paris in 2013 (IAAB cite des Artes).

In 2016 she won the competition of the city of Basel for art in public space for a wall painting in the Gundeldinger Quartier . Her wall painting Site Unseen on the west wall of the property at Gundeldingerstrasse 311 was implemented in June 2016.

Exhibitions

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SIKART Lexicon on Art in Switzerland. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Presidential Department of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, press release: Decisions of the Art Credit Commission Basel-Stadt 2013. November 12, 2013, accessed on June 11, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Presidential Department of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, media release: “Le vent nous portera…”: Exhibition Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt 2018. September 10, 2018, accessed on June 11, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Galerie Gisèle Linder, Clare Kenny. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  5. ^ Vitrine Gallery, Clare Kenny. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Presidential Department of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, media release: Art Credit Basel-Stadt and urban development Gundeli Plus: Art by Clare Kenny in Gundeldingerquartier. June 8, 2016, accessed June 11, 2019 .
  7. ↑ up & coming, digital catalog of young art: «Choice of images! Monolithic Water »at the Kunsthaus Zürich. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  8. ^ Aargauer Kunsthaus, Exhibitions Archive: Ding Ding, Object Art from the Collection. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  9. ^ Touchstones Rochdale Art Gallery: Clare Kenny: Industrial Romantic. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  10. ^ Art space Riehen: Clare Kenny: If I was a Rich Girl. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  11. ↑ KubaParis, magazine for young art: Clare Kenny - If I was a rich girl. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kenny, Clare
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British photography and object artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester