CLARE KENNY
Clare Kenny is a British / Swiss artist and has exhibited internationally at galleries and institutions, including: Kunsthaus Zürich, CH; Kunsthalle Basel, CH; KunsthausBaselland, Muttenz, CH; Kunstmuseum Luzern, CH; Contemporary Forward, Rochdale, UK; AargauerKunsthaus, CH; KunsthausLangenthal, CH; AKKU Emmenbrücke, CH; DOLL espace d’art contemporain, Lausanne, CH; Contemporary Arts Society UK; La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, FR; commercial galleries such as Von Bartha Gallery, Basel; Wilde Gallery, Basel; VITRINE Gallery, London and Giséle Linder Galerie, Basel, with whom she shows regularly at ART BASEL. She has also been presented at Artissima, Turin, IT; Artgenève, Geneve, CH; Artforum Berlin, DE; The Manchester Contemporary, UK; and Marfa Invitational, Texas, US.
She is listed in SIKART, Lexikon zur Kunst, CH, is a member of the Royal Society of British Sculpturs (MRSS); has twice been shortlisted for the Swiss Art Awards; and was awarded the Kunstkredit Prize from the city of Basel in Switzerland in 2013 and 2017. She was artist in residence at Residency Unlimited in New York, USA (2018), at the Institute for Provocation in Beijing, ProHelvetia, (2015) and the IAAB cite des Artes, Paris (2013).
Kenny’s large permanent public commission 'Site Unseen' launched in July 2016 and is on view in Basel Switzerland. Her work has a place in many public collections such as ArtUK and internationally renowned private art collections.