# Clare Kenny

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{{Infobox artist
| name             = Clare Kenny
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = 1976
| birth_place      = [Manchester](/source/Manchester), United Kingdom
| field            = [installation](/source/Installation_art)
| alma_mater       = [Chelsea School of Art](/source/Chelsea_School_of_Art),
[Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts](/source/Lucerne_University_of_Applied_Sciences_and_Arts)|
| website          = https://clarekenny.com
}}
{{Short description|British-Swiss artist (born 1976)}}

'''Clare Kenny''' (born 11 January 1976, in [Manchester](/source/Manchester)) is a British-Swiss artist, best known for her use of [building material](/source/building_material)s, [neon lights](/source/neon_lights), and photography in her [contemporary art](/source/contemporary_art) exhibitions and [art installations](/source/art_installations). Based in [Basel](/source/Basel), she is a graduate of the [Chelsea School of Art](/source/Chelsea_School_of_Art) and [Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts](/source/Lucerne_University_of_Applied_Sciences_and_Arts) and has been the twice recipient of the Kunstkredit Prize of the City of Basel in 2013 and 2017. Her works have been displayed at the [Kunsthaus Zürich](/source/Kunsthaus_Z%C3%BCrich), the [Aargauer Kunsthaus](/source/Aargauer_Kunsthaus), and at [Touchstones Rochdale](/source/Touchstones_Rochdale). In 2013, she was a resident at the [Cité internationale des arts](/source/Cit%C3%A9_internationale_des_arts) in Paris.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Kanton Basel-Stadt Präsidialdepartement |title=Entscheide der Kunstkreditkommission Basel-Stadt 2013 |url=https://www.medien.bs.ch/nm/2013-11-06-pd-001.html |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=pd.bs.ch |date=12 November 2013 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Kanton Basel-Stadt Präsidialdepartement |title=Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt und Stadtentwicklung Gundeli Plus: Kunst von Clare Kenny im Gundeldingerquartier |url=https://www.medien.bs.ch/nm/2016-06-08-pd-001.html |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=pd.bs.ch |date=8 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Kanton Basel-Stadt Präsidialdepartement |title="Le vent nous portera…": Ausstellung Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt 2018 |url=https://www.medien.bs.ch/nm/2018-le-vent-nous-portera-ausstellung-kunstkredit-basel-stadt-2018-pd.html |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=Kultur.bs.ch |date=10 September 2018 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Atelier Mondial Paris, Clare Kenny 2013 |url=https://ateliermondial.com/en/kuenstler/clare-kenny-2013 |access-date=27 August 2023 |website=Atelier Mondial}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Scanning the Blueprint: Clare Kenny research residency and exhibition programme |date=14 July 2015 |url=https://www.iprovoke.org/single-post/2015/07/14/scanning-the-blueprint-clare-kenny-research-residency-and-exhibition-programme |website=Institute for Provocation |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Atelier Mondial New York, Clare Kenny 2018 |url=https://ateliermondial.com/kuenstler/clare-kenny-2018 |access-date=27 August 2023 |website=Atelier Mondial |language=de}}</ref>

== Selected exhibitions ==
* 2014: ''Monolithic Water'', Group, [Kunsthaus Zürich](/source/Kunsthaus_Z%C3%BCrich), [Zürich](/source/Z%C3%BCrich)<ref>{{cite web |title=SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland, Clare Kenny, Exhibitions |url=https://recherche.sik-isea.ch/en/everything/in/sikart/exhibition/list?0.0.type=actor&0.0.@id=sik:person-13554554&0.type=actor |website=SIKART |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>
* 2016: ''DingDing'', Group, [Aargauer Kunsthaus](/source/Aargauer_Kunsthaus), [Aarau](/source/Aarau)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ding Ding Object Art from the Collection |url=https://www.aargauerkunsthaus.ch/en/exhibitions/review/2016/396%3f |website=Aargauer Kunsthaus |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>
* 2017: ''Industrial Romantic'', Solo, [Touchstones Rochdale](/source/Touchstones_Rochdale), Manchester<ref>{{cite web |title=Clare Kenny: Industrial Romantic |url=https://www.yourtrustrochdale.co.uk/exhibitions/clare-kenny-industrial-romantic/ |website=Your Trust Rochdale |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>
* 2017: ''Arresting Fragments of the World'', Group, Kunsthaus Langenthal, [Langenthal](/source/Langenthal)<ref>{{cite web |title=Potentielle Normaliensammlung. Reto Müller Arresting Fragments of the World. | date=23 February 2022 |url=https://www.kunsthauslangenthal.ch/exhibitions/potentielle-normaliensammlung-reto-mueller-arresting-fragments-of-the-world-brigham-baker-judith-kakon-clare-kenny-maya-rochat/?lang=en |website=Kunsthaus Langenthal |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>
* 2019: ''If I was a Rich Girl'', Solo, Kunst Raum Riehen, [Riehen](/source/Riehen)<ref>{{cite web |title=If I was a rich girl |url=https://www.kunstraumriehen.ch/2019/$/If-I-was-a-rich-girl/57 |website=Kunst Raum Riehen |access-date=27 August 2023 |language=German}}</ref>
* 2021: ''Put-To-Bed'', Group, Last Tango, Zürich<ref>{{cite web |title=Put-To-Bed |url=https://www.lasttango.info/puttobed |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>
* 2022: ''Birthmark'', Solo, Gallery Gisele Linder, Basel<ref>{{cite web |title=Galerie Gisèle Linder, Previous Exhibitions, 2022 |url=https://galerielinder.ch/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions/ |website=Galerie Gisèle Linder |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book |title=Clare Kenny: Industrial Romantic |date=2017 |publisher=Touchstones Rochdale |language=en |oclc=1125344253}}
*{{cite book |last1=Hoffmann |first1=Claire |title=Monolithic water |date=2014 |publisher=Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft |location=Zürich |isbn=978-3-906574-98-1}}

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