About the artist
Clare Burnett makes strongly coloured sculptures inspired by issues, objects and spaces around her, using a wide range of materials and hand, machine and digital techniques. She scavenges from her surroundings then plays with and transforms her ‘finds’ in the studio. Recently she have been making work inspired by looted objects from the 19th century and also by the proliferation of surveillance systems. The Piano Shop’s Played and Remade Project is particularly relevant to her – whilst not a musician herself she is married to one, Sandy Burnett, and lives in a house full of instruments.
Clare splits her time between studios in London and Berlin. She grew up in France and Belgium, studied Architecture and Social/Political Studies at Christ’s College, Cambridge and Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art. Last year solo shows included Art Seen, Nicosia and Royal Society of Sculptors Terrace Commission this year. She has shown in solo and group shows at 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 and Electro Project Space, Hastings (Project Grant by Arts Council, England). She was President of the Royal Society of Sculptors from 2015-22.Her work is part of the State Collection of Cypriot Art, Nicosia, Cyprus as well in various Private Collections in Cyprus, France, Germany, the UK and the USA.
Website: https://clareburnett.net/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clareeburnett/
