Clare Kenny
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{{Infobox artist
| name = Clare Kenny
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1976
| birth_place = Manchester, United Kingdom
| field = installation
| alma_mater = Chelsea School of Art,
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts|
| website = https://clarekenny.com
}}
{{Short description|British-Swiss artist (born 1976)}}
Clare Kenny (born 11 January 1976, in Manchester) is a British-Swiss artist, best known for her use of building materials, neon lights, and photography in her contemporary art exhibitions and art installations. Based in Basel, she is a graduate of the Chelsea School of Art and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and has been the twice recipient of the Kunstkredit Prize of the City of Basel in 2013 and 2017. Her works have been displayed at the Kunsthaus Zürich, the Aargauer Kunsthaus, and at Touchstones Rochdale. In 2013, she was a resident at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris.{{cite news |author1=Kanton Basel-Stadt Präsidialdepartement |title=Entscheide der Kunstkreditkommission Basel-Stadt 2013 |url=https://www.medien.bs.ch/nm/2013-11-06-pd-001.html |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=pd.bs.ch |date=12 November 2013 |language=de}}{{cite news |author1=Kanton Basel-Stadt Präsidialdepartement |title=Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt und Stadtentwicklung Gundeli Plus: Kunst von Clare Kenny im Gundeldingerquartier |url=https://www.medien.bs.ch/nm/2016-06-08-pd-001.html |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=pd.bs.ch |date=8 June 2016 |language=de}}{{cite news |author1=Kanton Basel-Stadt Präsidialdepartement |title="Le vent nous portera…": Ausstellung Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt 2018 |url=https://www.medien.bs.ch/nm/2018-le-vent-nous-portera-ausstellung-kunstkredit-basel-stadt-2018-pd.html |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=Kultur.bs.ch |date=10 September 2018 |language=de}}{{cite web |title=Atelier Mondial Paris, Clare Kenny 2013 |url=https://ateliermondial.com/en/kuenstler/clare-kenny-2013 |access-date=27 August 2023 |website=Atelier Mondial}}{{cite web |title=Scanning the Blueprint: Clare Kenny research residency and exhibition programme |date=14 July 2015 |url=https://www.iprovoke.org/single-post/2015/07/14/scanning-the-blueprint-clare-kenny-research-residency-and-exhibition-programme |website=Institute for Provocation |access-date=27 August 2023}}{{cite web |title=Atelier Mondial New York, Clare Kenny 2018 |url=https://ateliermondial.com/kuenstler/clare-kenny-2018 |access-date=27 August 2023 |website=Atelier Mondial |language=de}}
Selected exhibitions
- 2014: Monolithic Water, Group, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich{{cite web |title=SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland, Clare Kenny, Exhibitions |url=https://recherche.sik-isea.ch/en/everything/in/sikart/exhibition/list?0.0.type=actor&0.0.@id=sik:person-13554554&0.type=actor |website=SIKART |access-date=27 August 2023}}
- 2016: DingDing, Group, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau{{cite web |title=Ding Ding Object Art from the Collection |url=https://www.aargauerkunsthaus.ch/en/exhibitions/review/2016/396%3f |website=Aargauer Kunsthaus |access-date=27 August 2023}}
- 2017: Industrial Romantic, Solo, Touchstones Rochdale, Manchester{{cite web |title=Clare Kenny: Industrial Romantic |url=https://www.yourtrustrochdale.co.uk/exhibitions/clare-kenny-industrial-romantic/ |website=Your Trust Rochdale |access-date=27 August 2023}}
- 2017: Arresting Fragments of the World, Group, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal{{cite web |title=Potentielle Normaliensammlung. Reto Müller Arresting Fragments of the World. | date=23 February 2022 |url=https://www.kunsthauslangenthal.ch/exhibitions/potentielle-normaliensammlung-reto-mueller-arresting-fragments-of-the-world-brigham-baker-judith-kakon-clare-kenny-maya-rochat/?lang=en |website=Kunsthaus Langenthal |access-date=27 August 2023}}
- 2019: If I was a Rich Girl, Solo, Kunst Raum Riehen, Riehen{{cite web |title=If I was a rich girl |url=https://www.kunstraumriehen.ch/2019/$/If-I-was-a-rich-girl/57 |website=Kunst Raum Riehen |access-date=27 August 2023 |language=German}}
- 2021: Put-To-Bed, Group, Last Tango, Zürich{{cite web |title=Put-To-Bed |url=https://www.lasttango.info/puttobed |access-date=27 August 2023}}
- 2022: Birthmark, Solo, Gallery Gisele Linder, Basel{{cite web |title=Galerie Gisèle Linder, Previous Exhibitions, 2022 |url=https://galerielinder.ch/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions/ |website=Galerie Gisèle Linder |access-date=27 August 2023}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book |title=Clare Kenny: Industrial Romantic |date=2017 |publisher=Touchstones Rochdale |language=en |oclc=1125344253}}
- {{cite book |last1=Hoffmann |first1=Claire |title=Monolithic water |date=2014 |publisher=Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft |location=Zürich |isbn=978-3-906574-98-1}}
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Category:Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts
Category:Artists from Manchester
Category:British contemporary artists
Category:Swiss contemporary artists
Category:20th-century British women artists
Category:21st-century British women artists
Category:20th-century Swiss women artists
Category:21st-century Swiss women artists
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