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Claire Morgan

Claire Morgan is a visual artist with a strong interest in the organic, in natural processes, and in the bodily connotations of natural materials. This forms the basis for her practice as an artist creating sculptural installations and continues to influence her work at present. Her installation, entitled ‘A New Moon’, involves a giant bulb suspended from a tower crane and illuminated by hundreds of miniature lights mapping the contours of a four metre bulb. The aspiration for this artwork was to generate a unique contrast against the winter sky, and to provoke and stimulate the audiences that came into contact with the site. Previously, Claire’s work has been exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery in October as part of a ‘reader-curated’ contemporary art show, after being voted as one of the UK’s leading emerging artists by Guardian readers. Claire is preparing her first solo international show, currently in development with PIAC in Sicily. Other recent commissions includes an aerial artwork for HLC, Telford; ‘Vital Signs’, an installation for Cardiff University Optometry Building; design for light work for the Leicester Cultural Quarter Commissions Programme; and ‘Melt Down’ a site-specific work in Blyth, Northumberland.

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InSite Arts projects

Cabot Circus, Bristol

Artists: Neville Gabie, Nayan Kulkarni, Susanna Heron, Timorous Beasties, Vong Phaophanit & Claire Oboussier, Esther Rolinson, Ralph Hoyte, Claire Morgan, Blackout Arts

At the heart of Cabot Circus is an ambitious and innovative series of site-specific public art works, the result of one of the largest and most diverse public art programmes of its kind in Europe.

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Cabot Circus temporary programme

Artists: Ralph Hoyte, Claire Morgan, Blackout Arts

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Sparks - Make It Real (2005-2006)

Artists: Vong Phaophanit & Claire Oboussier, Claire Morgan, Heinrich & Palmer

Sarah Collicott curated and managed 3 light-based, new media commissions in Herne Bay, Whitstable and Canterbury. Other artists shortlisted included London Fields, Jane Prophet, Robin Blackledge, Andrew Stonyer, Jim Hamlyn and Jim Buckley, and Greyworld. Publication Available.

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