Clare Burnett United Kingdom
Colourful sculptures and paintings inspired by the dilemmas of 21st Century life. Using found and salvaged materials, and multiple media and processes, I explore notions of value, power and the dilemmas that confront us all especially in relation to objects - what we buy and where, how we get rid of what we use, whether to watch or be watched and how we use new technologies.
I make strongly coloured sculptures inspired by issues, objects and spaces around me, using a wide range of materials and hand, machine and digital techniques. I scavenge from my surroundings then play with and transform my ‘finds’ in the studio. Recently I have been making work inspired by looted objects from the 19th century. After growing up in France and Belgium, I studied Architecture and Social/Political Studies at Cambridge University and Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art. Solo and group shows include Unit One Gallery and Workshop, London; Beckenham Place Mansion with BoLee Gallery; Hastings Contemporary; Leighton House Museum; William Benington Gallery; University of Leeds; Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer; Royal Academy; National Gallery; Jerwood Space; the RIBA; and the Royal Society of Sculptors; Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum Taiwan, Brooke Benington, Studio Block M74 in Mexico, Hengshui, China. For my recent exhibition at Electro Project Space, Hastings I was awarded a Project Grant by Arts Council, England. I have just completed a seven-year term as President of the Royal Society of Sculptors. This April I will have a major solo show at Art Seen in Nicosia, Cyprus, which will focus on the collection of artefacts looted by Cesnola and around which the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York was built. In the summer I will show large outdoor works in South Kensington inspired by the local surveillance systems.
Artwork
Cure3, Glass tiles on found foam base, 2022
Brooke Benington Residency, Mexico City, Plastic, 2019
At Sea (After John Behan's Ghost Boat), Mixed objects and painting, 2019, £3500
Coptic Echo and Adoration, Salvaged objects and jesmonite, 2019, £2200 each
In a Spin, Painted steel, 2019, £750 each
Lexicon, Coloured paper pulp, 2020, £4500
The Font of All Knowledge, Paperconcrete, ink, 2019
High Water Line, Found objects, fibreglass, eggshell paint, 2019, 2200
Bubbling Out, Bubbling Up, Copper, jesmonite, fibreglass, marine paint, 2020
and Stop, Foam, ecoconcrete, fibreglass, coloured glass, 2021, 2400
Standing Proud, Foam, ecoconcrete, fibreglass, coloured glass, 2021, 2900
Projects and exhibitions
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Interwoven11/05/2023 — 13/05/2023 A 'conversation' between painter, Claude Vergez and me about colour and space |
Hansard Studio, London | Details |
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Shapeshifters - Clouds of Conscience22/04/2023 — 24/05/2023 A solo exhibition of work by London artist, Clare Burnett, curated by Maria Stathi. The exhibition features brightly coloured groups of paintings and sculptures arranged in ‘conversation’ groups within the two-story space of Art Seen, Nicosia. The show is inspired by the artefacts removed from Cyprus by Cesnola in the 19th century and is... [Read more] |
Art Seen, Nicosia, Cyprus | Details |
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If I can see you, can you see me?01/11/2022 — 30/11/2022 A 'to scale' playground made from PLA 3D printing and painted in oil paint. The playground is designed to watch over children and references the cameras trained on them in nursery, on phones and even in their own gardens. |
One to Ten Gallery, Online | Details |
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Amulets21/10/2022 — 12/11/2022 A group show with Amikan Toren, Vicky Pericleous and Marina Genadieva |
Art Seen, Limassol, Cyprus | Details |
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Oceanic Feelings01/07/2022 — 31/08/2022 A residency and Arts Council supported exhibition in which I took apart three washing machines and re-constructed them. |
Electro Studios Project Space, Hastings | Details |
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Museum Series01/01/2021 — 28/10/2022 A collection of works made, during lockdown, with objects found in the local market on my daily walks. |
Bolee at Beckenham Place Mansion; Unit One Gallery/Workshop; Bloomsbury Design; Art Seen, London; Limassol, Cyprus | Details |
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Song of the Sun06/10/2019 — ongoing Large scale sculptures commissioned by Hengshui City Council, in which I examine the faultiness of industrial power. |
Hengshui City Park, Hengshui, China | Details |