Clare Woods
Born in Southampton, 1972
EDUCATION
1997-1999 MA Fine Art, Goldsmith’s College, London
1991-1994 BA Fine Art, Bath College of Art, Bath
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Mira Dance, France-Lise McGurn & Clare Woods, Simon Lee Gallery, New York, United States
2019
Password Revolt, Simon Lee Gallery, New York, United States
Double Think, Simon Lee Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Solo Presentation, The Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, United States
2018
English Habits, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Reality Dimmed, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Center, Coventry, United Kingdom
Rehumanised, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2017
Victim of Geography, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, United Kingdom
2016
Lady Midnight, Pallant House, Stair Commission, Chichester, United Kingdom
Clean Heart, A Landscape Retrospective, Hestercombe Gallery, Somerset, United Kingdom
The Sleepers, Pallant House Gallery, exhibition with Des Hughes, Chichester, United Kingdom
The Shouters, Print Commission, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2015
A Rock, A Tree, A Cloud, On Tour, Oriel-y-Parc, Wales, with Graham Sutherland works from The National Collection of Wales 2015-2016, United Kingdom.
A Rock, A Tree, A Cloud, On Tour, Oriel-y-Parc, Wales, with John Piper works from The National Collection of Wales 2015-2016, United Kingdom.
The Drama Triangle, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014
A Rock, A Tree, A Cloud, A Cloud, a curated show with works from the Davies Collection, The National Collection of Wales, Oriel Davies, Wales, United Kingdom
Hanging, Hollows and Holes, Andre Buchman, Berlin, Germany
Monument, Large Scale Litho Prints, Mascalls Gallery, Kent, United Kingdom
New Works, Rebecca Chami Gallery, Athens, Greece
2013
Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? New Art Centre, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
New Works, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eve Rothschild/Clare Woods, New Works, The New Art Centre, Salisbury, United Kingdom
The Seven Eggs, Large Scale Litho Prints, Harewood House, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
2012
The Dark Matter, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
The Bad Neighbour, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, United Kingdom
The Dark Matter, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Carpenter’s Curve & Brick Field, Permanent Art Commission for London 2012 Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom
2011
The Unquiet Head, The Hepworth Wakefeld, Wakefeld, United Kingdom
Evenings Hill, Permanent Art Commission for Hampstead Heath Train Station, London, United Kingdom
2009
Cemetery Bends, Pilar Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain
Watercolours, André Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2008
The Prospect, The New Art Centre, Salisbury, United Kingdom
Monster Field, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, United Kingdom
The Dancing Mania, André Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2007
Jiri Svetska Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Art Basel – Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens, Greece
2006
Deaf Man’s House, the Chisenhale Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Pilar Parra Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
2004
Modern Art, London, United Kingdom
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
2003
The Walls Have Eyes, Eva Rothschild/Clare Woods Modern Art, London, United Kingdom
2002
Cohan, Leslie and Browne, New York, United States
2000
Modern Art, London, United Kingdom
1997
New Paintings, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
Recent Paintings, Habitat, Kings Road, London, United Kingdom
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
P is for Portrait, The Art Huse, University of Worcester, United Kingdom
2018
History in the Making, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Destroyed by Shadows, The Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom
2017
Summer in the City 12th edition, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
A Green and Pleasant Land: British Landscape and the Imagination: 1970’s to Now, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Poster Girls, A Century of Art & Design, London Transport Museum, London, United Kingdom
31 Woman, Breese Little, London, United Kingdom
New Beginnings, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Against Landscape, GSA – The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2016
Zeichnung, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, London, United Kingdom
Natural States, Three Person Show, Pier Art Centre, Orkney, United Kingdom
The Romantic Thread in British Art, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
2015
Happy Valleys, Three Person show of New works & Print Commission, Gallerie Simpson, Swansea, United Kingdom
Imagining A University, Fifty Years of The University of Warwick Art Collection, United Kingdom
2014
Detached and Timeless: Contemporary Artists inspired by nature and the spirit of place. The Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, United Kingdom
Wales Visitation: Poetry Romanticism and Myth in Art, The National Museum Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Leaping the Fence, Hestercombe House, Somerset, United Kingdom
2012/2013
A Fresh Look at Landscape, Oriel y Parc, St Davids, Wales, United Kingdom
Under the Greenwood, picturing British trees, Southampton City Art Gallery, United Kingdom
Creates Aber Communities, Arken Museum, Ishøj, Denmark
Contested Ground, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, United Kingdom
2010/2011
Creating the New Century, Contemporary Art from the Dicke Collection, The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, United States
Palm Paintings, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Exhibitionism: The Art of Display, East Wing Collection, Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
Topographies, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York, United States
The Dark Monarch: Magic and Modernity in British Art, Tate St Ives, St Ives; touring to: Towner Contemporary Art Museum, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Tell it to the Trees, Croft Castle (National Trust), Herefordshire, United Kingdom
2008/2009
Monuments with A Horizon Line II, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Superstratum, Galerie Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium
M25: Around London, curated by Barry Schwabsky, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Fringes of Abstraction, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2006/2007
Wood for the Trees and the Falling Leaves, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, United Kingdom
John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Esencias 11, Fundacion Municipal de Cultura, Vallaloid, Spain
2004/2005
Chambres à Part, Sezz Hotel,curated by Laurence Dreyfus, Paris, France
Extreme Abstraction, Albright Knox Art Gallery, New York, NY, United States
Stay Positive, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Painting Identities, La Galeria De Arte Pilar Parra, Madrid, Spain
New British Painting, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
Forest, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton (touring show), United Kingdom
2002/2003
The Walls Have Eyes, Modern Art, London, United Kingdom
Forever Young, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Group Painting Show, Cohan, Leslie and Browne, New York, United States
Painting as a Foreign Language, Centro Britânico Brasileiro, São Paulo, Brazil
Tailsliding, curated by Stephen Hepworth, British Council Touring Show, London Underground, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Group Show, curated by Pauline Karpidas & Sadie Coles, The Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece Beck’s Futures, ICA London (touring show), United Kingdom
Beyond, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, United Kingdom
2000
What Collectors Are Collecting, Exit Art, New York, United States
And if there were no stories, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Wooden Heart, Avco, London, United Kingdom
Paintings, Studio Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy
British Art 2 (Painting), Diehl Vorderwuelbecke 1998-1999, Berlin, Germany
Nature/Culture, Gimpel Files / Hales Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Glass Border, Danielle Arnaud, London, United Kingdom
Idle Wild, Approach Gallery, London Cluster Bomb, Morrison Judd, London British Council, Touring Print
Exhibition Printemps, Deutsch Britische Freundschaft 1996/1997, United Kingdom
Habitat Print Project, Habitat (England, France, Germany) Underworld, Australian Council Studios, London, United Kingdom
Fritz & Betty, Exmouth Market, London, United Kingdom
Die Yuppie Scum, Karsten Schubert, London, United Kingdom
1994/1995
Gothic, Lost in Space, London, United Kingdom
White Trash, Lost in Space, London Transmission Report, Curtain Road, London, United Kingdom
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017
The Times, Peering into the Underbelly of Murky Woods Proves Powerful, Giles Sutherland. 28 June
The Herald, Visual Art: Clare Woods: Victim of Geography, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Sarah Urwin Jones. 21 July
The Scotsman, Review Clare Woods Victim of Geography, Susan Mansfield. 15 July
Victim of Geography, Exhibition Catalogue, texts by Anouchka Grose and R.W. Patterson
Francis Bacon, La France et Monaco, Exhibition Catalogue, Rebecca Daniels
The 21st Century Art Book, Phaidon
2016
Strange Meetings, Monograph with forward by Andrew Marr and texts by Michael Bracewell, Jennifer Higgie, Simon Martin and Rebecca Daniels
2015
Emma Geliot, Semi-Detached, CCQ Magazine, Issue 5, April 2015
Imagining A University, Fifty Years of The University of Warwick Art Collection, Exhibition Catalogue
2014
A Tree A Rock A Cloud, Clare Woods touring exhibition Catalogue. 2014-2016
Brask Collection at Munkeruphus, Exhibition Catalogue.
Atmen unter der Landschafts-Maske, Feature in Berliner-Zeitug, November.
Metro, Art on the river, 2 September.
Evening Standard, TFL takes modern art on the river. 1 September.
Joe Nagle, How to Enjoy Contemporary Art, some explanations to help you. Elgan Publishers.
Steve Marshall, Under the Greenwood, Picturing the British tree from Constable to Kurt Jackson. Sansom & Company.
2013
Teresa Levonian Cole, Built-In Art, FT Weekend, Saturday 12 /Sunday 13 October
Yvette Huddleston, Art on the Edges, Yorkshire Post, Saturday 17 August
Anna Moszynska, The Expanded Field Expands Still Further, Art Quarterly, Summer 2013
Dominic Lutyens, Artistic Freewheeling, Financial Times Magazine, 14 May
Torben Sangild, Review, Tildækkede Ansigter og naturscenerier, Politiken, 12 April
Bete Scavenivs, Review, Billedkunst, Børsen Weekend, 1 March
Wanderlust Catalogue, Contemporary Art Society
Karen Wright, Interview, In the Studio, Clare Woods, Independent, 18 August
Amira Hashish, Interview, Our design London, Olympic image makers, Evening Standard, 8 August
2012
Sanctuary, British Artisits in their studio, Thames & Hudson
The Roundel, 100 Artists Remake a London Icon, Art/Books
Industrial Art at 2012 site builds on its past, Metro, 23.01.12, p.27
The Hepworth Wakefield, Art Spaces, Scala Publishers Ltd.
2011
Bracewell, Michael & Stephens. Chris, The Unquiet Head, Hepworth Wakefield, exhibition catalogue.
Hastings, Sheena, A larger landscape…and a epic sense of place, Yorkshire Post Interview, 21.11.11 p.3 Farkas, Rebecca, The Unquiet Head, A-N Magazine Review, p.34
Osborne, Sarah, Spirits of the Landscape, A story for children inspired by the paintings of Clare Woods. Woods, Clare, Clare Woods on Graham Sutherland’s Black Landscape (1939-1940), Tate Etc, Issue 23, Autumn 2011 Woods, Clare, Artists on Burra, Pallent House Gallery, Number 25, 11 October – 12 February
2009
The Dark Monarch, Magic and Modernity in British Art, Tate St Ives exhibition catalogue
Bob Nickas, Painting Abstraction: New Elements in Abstract Painting. Phaidon
Dillion, Brian, Disc World, Guardian Review, 24 October, p.18
2008
Superstratum, exhibition catalogue, Koraalbery Gallery, Antwerp, Belguim
Hussey, Lauren. Interview: For Display Purposes, October 2008, p.13
2007
Colección VAC (Valencia Arte Contemporáneo), Catalogue of works, Valencia
2006
Schwabsky, Barry. Deaf Man’s House, Koenig Books – exhibition catalogue
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 Revew, 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
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 an 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, 25 October, 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, published by 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
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, United States
Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
Arts Council Collection, London, United Kingdom
British Airways Collection, London, United Kingdom
CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Colección VAC (Valencia Arte Contemporáneo), Valencia Dakis Joannou Collection Foundation, Athens, Greece
Goverment Art Collection, London, United Kingdom
Honart Museum, Tehran, Iran
The Nation Collection of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
The Ophiuchus Collection, Geneva, Switzerland
Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, United Kingdom
Tullie House Gallery, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Government Art Collection, London, United Kingdom
Harewood House, Leeds, United Kingdom
Mead Gallery, Warwick University, Warwick, United Kingdom
Nuffield College Collection, Oxford, United Kingdom
The British Council Collection, London, United Kingdom
The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, United Kingdom
The Hiscox Collection, London, United Kingdom
The Hive, Worcester, United Kingdom
The National Museum, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2015 – VIA University College, permanent large-scale painting, Denmark
2014 – Arken Museum & Edition Copenhagen print commission, Ishøj, Denmark
2014 – Transport for London, Art on the River, poster commission, London, United Kingdom
2012 – Worcester University, permanent large-scale painting, Worcester, United Kingdom
2012 – Contemporary Art Society/ Olympic Delivery Authority, Permanent Commission for London 2012 Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom
2012 – Much Wenlock School, wall commission, Shropshire, United Kingdom
2011 – Transport for London, permanent commission, Hampstead Heath Train Station, United Kingdom
2010 – Transport for London, poster commission, London, United Kingdom
2005/2007 – Make Architects, Residential Development, London United Kingdom
