claire hope
artist


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Biography
Claire works in Leeds and London.
Born in North Yorkshire, UK, 1977

Education
2010-13, PhD Fine Art (Practice-Led), University of Leeds
2003-04, MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
1996-99, BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Central Lancashire, Preston

Solo Exhibitions & Projects
2009, Solo Exhibition, Tank TV online gallery, http://tank.tv
2008, Complex Financial Instruments, Way East Project Space, London
2006-9, Open Enclosures, Website project.
2002, It’s not in our nature, Installation, Serviced office, Manchester
2002, Read me the right way, Installation, Tmesis Ltd, Manchester
2002, without a second thought, Installation, Palace Hotel, Manchester
2001, ten times two + one, Installation, Bankley House Studio Gallery, Manchester
2001, had it can’t believe you could, Billboard, Preston

Group Exhibitions & Screenings
2011, Public Display Video Programme, Public Screens, Stavanger, Norway
2010, Stones of Menace, St Paul’s Church, London
2010, Performance, Cremer Street Studios, London
2010, Complex Infrastructure, Cogcollective Screening, Melbourne
2009, Urban Research on Film, Medienhaus, Hannover, Germany
2009, S1/Salon09 Touring Programme - Outlet, Manchester/ Vivid, Birmingham/ CCA Glasgow/ Spike Island, Bristol/ FACT, Liverpool/ Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
2009, For Your Eyes Only, Group Exhibition, Mains D’Oeuvres, Paris
2009, The Politics in the Room – In Eight Chapters, LUX Associate Artist's Programme, 2008, http://www.thepoliticsintheroom.org/
2009, S1/Salon09, S1 Artspace, Sheffield
2009, Heterotopies, Places and the Psychology of Construction, Urban Research series, 5th Berlin International Director’s Lounge, Berlin
2007-8, transmediale.07 video selection screenings - India International Centre, New Delhi/ Japan Media Art Festival, Tokyo/ Amsterdam Film Experience, The Netherlands / Festival of Creativity, Firenze, Italy / 8th Biennial of Video and New Media, Santiago de Chile, Chile/ Full Pull, Malmo, Sweden/ Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany / Transit_07.by, Minsk, Belarus/ M_MULTIMEDIA, Amantes Art Space, Torino, Italy/ Futuresonic, Manchester, UK/ Multi-Media Arts International Lab & Forum, Beijing, China/ Athens Video Art Festival, Athens. 2007, Screening, Foldback Festival, Space Studios, London 2007, Unfinish, transmediale.07 festival of digital art & culture, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg, Berlin
2007, Video Calendar, Tank TV online gallery, http://tank.tv
2006, OMSK Event, London
2006, Private Press, Resonance FM
2006, Exploding Cinema, Hoxton Hall, London
2005, Limbo, SRc Radio, Sweden, http://sverigesradio.se
2005, Siege, Carpark, Commercial Rd/Sidney St, London
2004, MA Fine Art Show, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2004, Placard International Headphone Festival, State 51, London
2003, Artranspennine03, Manchester
2003, De-composing Philip Larkin, Poetry Society Café, London
2003, Eve of Destruction, International 3, Manchester
2002, 30X30X17.5X255.5X361.5X484X372X5X55.3X133.5cm, The Bassoon Club, Tmesis Ltd, Manchester
2002, Oncethemostdensleypopulatedplaceontheearth, Floating IP, Manchester
2002, Potential Hits, Chapman Gallery, Salford
2001, Record Collection, Espace d’art contemporain, Geneva/ International 3, Manchester
2000, Bloodstream, Islington Mill, Salford
2000, Lowry’s Living Room, From Space, Manchester

Awards
2010, AHRC Studentship Award (PhD Fine Art, University of Leeds)
2007/8, LUX Associate Artist, LUX, London
2003, AHRB Postgraduate Study Award (MA Fine Art, Chelsea College)
2002 & 2001, Individual Artists Awards, North West Arts Board (Installations in 2002)
2001, Grant from University of Central Lancashire (Billboard project, 2001)

Commissions (recent)
2011, Values, Efficiency and Commitment (video), as part of Public Display, Group Video Programme, LUX, London

Reviews/Commentary (recent)
2010, Artist of the Month for August, Axis, selected by Ben Cook, LUX http://www.axisweb.org
2009, Review ‘The Politics in the Room’ Frieze, Jun-Aug, by Dan Fox