For over a decade Claire Loder has been making bodiless heads that, through the eyes, explore the interior world of their subject. Memory, contemplation and melancholy are perpetual undercurrents. Narrative plays a significant role in her work: spoken and written language and the transgressive role of comedy offer up many starting points. This is her framework, around which are woven themes that come and go. 

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 In the last two years Claire's childhood on a windy paper flat plot in East Anglia has been pushing its way through the concrete of her city existence. In 2017 she devised and established a community gardening festival on the estate where she lives, exploring links between narrative, growing and creativity.  This work has given the artist a new perspective on her practice - the clay and earth and seeds are coalescing.

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EDUCATION 

2006 | MA Ceramics
Cardiff Metropolitan University

1993 | BA Graphic Design/Illustration
Bath Spa University


AWARDS 

Arts Council Grants for the Arts, 2009 
Crafts Council ‘Next Move’ residency at Bath Spa University, 2007-09

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MEMBERSHIPS

 

Professional Member of CPA

 

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

Ceramic Collection and Archive, Aberystwyth University.

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SELECTED VENUES

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Bath Spa University, Sentinel Gallery-Wivenhoe, Portrait Society Gallery-Milwaukee, Swindon Museum & Art Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Helmuth Gallery-San Diego, New Brewery Arts-Cirencester, Pangolin Gallery London, The New Craftsman-St Ives, Ceramic Art London, RCA-London, Origin-London

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