Clare Kenny

Biography

• 1976

  born in UK
  lives and works in Basel

• 1996

  Foundation course, Art and Design, Manchester University
• 1997 – 99

  HND Photography and Contemporary Imaging, Stockport College, UK
• 1999 – 02

  BA Fine Art

  Chelsea School of Art and design, London

• 2008 – 10

  MA Fine Art in Public Spheres

  Hochschule für Kunst und Gestaltung Luzern

• 2013

  Kunstkredit Werkbeitrag, Basel, Switzerland

  IAAB Residency Cité des Arts, Paris
• 2014

  Fachausschuss, Baselland
• 2015

  Pro Helvetia Residency, Beijing
• 2017

  Kunstkredit Werkbeitrag, Basel, Switzerland
• 2018

  Atelier Mondial Residency New York
• 2020

  A-N artists Grant UK

  Artscouncil artist’s grant

Solo exhibitions

• 2011

  Your truth is my Lie, ABBT Projects, Zürich

  Odds and Ends, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel

• 2012

  The Frame, DOLL Espace d’Art Contemporain, Lausanne
• 2013

  Inside Edge Outside Space, Bureau Gallery, Manchester

  Yesterday’s Labour is the future’s folly, Vitrine Gallery, London

• 2014

  Scanning the Blueprint, Black Sesame, Beijing
• 2015

  Let them eat pies, Schwarzwald Allee, Basel
• 2016

  Kunst im öffentlichen Raum – Wandmalerei, Gundeldingerquartier, Basel

  enough rope to hang emselves, VITRINE Gallery,London

  Let them eat pies, Schwarzwaldallee, Basel

• 2017

  Industrial Romantic, Touchstones Museum, Rochdale (Manchester)
• 2018

  Shifting Perspectives (with Manon Bellet), Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel
• 2019

  If I was a rich Girl, Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen

Group exhibitions

• 2009 – 10

  des mondes voisins, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel
• 2010

  Artfair Supermarket, Stockholm       

  The Amazone Conversation, Raum zur Kunst, Basel

  F#, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

  Swiss Art Awards, Basel

  The Artist and the Photograph, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

  ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  Art Forum Berlin, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  Regionale, Kunstraum Riehen, Riehen

• 2011

  Das wandernde Bild, Coalmine Fotogalerie, Winterthur

  The forgotten bar project, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg

  The Travelling Artist, Artachment, Basel

  The Travelling Artist, Das weisse haus, Vienna

  The Travelling Artist, Artist Studio Gallery, Budapest

  Memory of a Hope, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool

  Editions-Ready to Print, White space, Zurich

  We Are All In This Together, Bureau Gallery, Manchester

• 2012

  The Thing itself, ABBT Projects, Zürich

  Swiss Art Awards, Basel

  ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  Have you seen Dante?, Vitrine, London

  No man is an island, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel

  Splitting Metaphors (duo with Natasha Rees), Vitrine, London

  Off The Beaten Track, VON BARTHA GARAGE, Basel

• 2013

  dé-fil-é, FABRIKculture, Hégenheim

  Fait et à Faire, La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Mulhouse

  Pretty Vacant, Accélérateur de particules, Strasbourg

  Catch of the Year 2013, Dienstgebäude, Zürich

  Jam Session, SAKS Gallery, Geneva

  System, painting, construction, archive, Lion+Lamb Gallery, London

  Ernte, Kunsthaus Palazzo, Liestal

  Lapses, SAKS Gallery, Geneva

  Time, Oslo10, Basel

  ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

• 2014

  ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  IAAB Going Places, Oslo10, Basel

  Ping Pong Basel, M54, Basel

• 2015

  Kunstplattform AKKU, Emmenbrücke

  Monolithic Water, Kunsthaus, Zürich

  Artgenève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  Diamonds always come in small packages, Kunstmuseum Luzern

  Jahresausstellung Zentralschweizer Kunstschaffen, Kunstmuseum Luzern

• 2016

  Artgenève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  SCRIPT, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel

  ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  A Journey from a sweeping gesture to a lasting effect, VITRINE, Basel

  Allover Magazine, Vienna Secession, Vienna

  Ding Ding, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau

• 2017

  Artgenève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  Arresting Fragments of the World, Kunsthaus, Langenthal

• 2018

  Le vent nous portera…, Kunsthalle, Basel

  Lucid Haze, Sketch London, UK

• 2019

  ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  If it’s not meant to last then it’s performance, VITRINE, Basel

  Artgenève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  Marfa Invitational, Marfa, USA

• 2020

  Kunst Kabinett, Kunstmuseum Olten

  K3 Studios, Zürich

  ART Basel, Gisèle Linder Galerie, Basel

  Artgenève, Galerie Gisèle Linder

• 2021

  Kunst Kabinett, Kunstmuseum Olten

  Gonna get cray cray, Royal Society of Sculptors, London

  ART Basel, Galerie Gisèle Linder

  Put to bed, Last Tango, Zürich

Public collections

• 2012

  Kulturelles BL, Baselland Sammlung, Schweiz

• 2017

  Artfund UK

Publications