About Clare Twomey

Clare Twomey is a British artist who works with clay in large-scale installations, sculpture and site-specific works. Over the past 10 years she has exhibited at the Tate- UK, Victoria and Albert Museum UK, Crafts Council-UK, Museum of Modern Art Kyoto-Japan.

She is actively involved in critical research in the area of the applied arts, including writing, curating and making. She has developed work, which expands the field s knowledge of larger scale installation.

Twomey s collaboration with Wedgwood and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, September 2006 saw an intervention that was made to create an interaction with the museum and the audience. The work "Trophy" filled the cast courts with 4000 Jasper Blue birds. The birds sitting amongst the classical sculptures created a three-dimensional landscape to walk within. The mystery of their arrival contrasts with the audience s choice to take one from the vast collection.

Sarah Weir, Executive Director, Arts Council England, London, said: "We are delighted to be supporting this innovative project at the V&A. Clare is challenging the boundaries of ceramic practice through a temporary installation which will allow the audience to take away their own personal piece of the art work".

Previously to this Consciousness/conscience, which required the production of 3000 units of porcelain to create a temporary floor at the Ceramic Biennial in Korea. The floor was crushed by the participation of the audience during the exhibition period. This work was also included in a major Exhibition at the Crafts Council in 2003, Approaching Content curated by Jonathan Parsons, saw Clare Twomey's work take a prominent roll contributing to contemporary discussions on clay. The work exhibited was Consciousness/conscience and it went on to tour at the Harris Museum. In 2004 the same work was exhibited at the TATE Liverpool s exhibition A Secret History of Clay from Gauguin to Gormley.

The themes of Clare s work are influenced by observations of human interaction and political behavior. Clare continues to develop work, which pursues her interest in space, architectural interventions and the gallery as destination.