Clare Kenny (born 11 January 1976, in Manchester) is a British-Swiss artist, best known for her use of building materials, neon lights, and photography in her contemporary art exhibitions and art installations. Based in Basel, she is a graduate of the Chelsea School of Art and 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, the Aargauer Kunsthaus, and at Touchstones Rochdale. In 2013, she was a resident at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris.

Selected exhibitions

2014: Monolithic Water, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich

2016: DingDing, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau

2017: Industrial Romantic, Touchstones Rochdale, Manchester

2017: Arresting Fragments of the World, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal

2019: If I was a Rich Girl, Kunst Raum Riehen, Riehen

2021: Put-To-Bed, Last Tango, Zürich

2022: Birthmark, Gallery Gisele Linder, Basel

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1976 births

British contemporary artists

Swiss contemporary artists

20th-century British women artists

21st-century British women artists

20th-century Swiss women artists

21st-century Swiss women artists

Living people

Clare Kenny