Clare Strand

A new multimedia solo exhibition made for Belfast Exposed opens on the 27th April.

Artists include Rachel Maclean, Julian Opie, Ed Atkins, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Toby Ziegler, Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead, Alan Currall, Brian Griffiths, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Michael Fullerton, Dryden Goodwin, Gary Perkins, Marcus Coates, Clare Strand, Ryan Gander, Edwin Li, Stefan Gec, Daria Martin, Shezad Dawood, Fiona Rae, Cao Fei, Paul Pfeiffer, Aleksandra Mir, John Gerrard, Tony Oursler, Eddy Kamauango Illunga, Massinissa Selmani, and William Blake.

Yossi Milo Gallery is pleased to exhibit the work of Clare Strand and Marco Breuer, two artists who each investigate photography’s origins, uses, and limitations. While distinct in their respective practices, what unifies these two artists is their acute understanding of how photography functions and their dedication to examining the medium rather than relying on its conventions for the affirmation of truth telling.

Bridget Smith, Laurent Grasso, Suzanne Treister, Clare Strand and Zoe Beloff. Opens 20th March 2017.

 PV. 24th March CLARE STRAND / SARA VANDERBEEK / UNITED VISUAL ARTISTS / SOOKOON ANG /  ANOUK KRUITHOF / SERGEI SVIATCHENKO / PATTERNITY Curated by Faye Dowling Install image:  ‘Material’ by Clare Strand 

Illustrated Interview for Unspoken Dialogues with Ana Teresa Vicente.

Over the years Clare Strand has developed a range of projects and books and had a consistent output of her work nationally and internationally in exhibitions. Passionate about photography, she has been keen to interrogate its boundaries and limits. As with most contemporary art it can be hard to pin down Strand’s oeuvre as she adopts a heterogeneous style. Her work is always a project and exploration, and it seeks to provoke intelligent debate.

7 Basic Propositions and Conjuration Films are showing in Unspoken Dialogues as part of the PostScreen Festival, Lisbon .

with Parrotta Contemporary 

Photo Eye review Adam Bell,  The Strange Beauty and Horror of Girls Playing with Snakes Interview with I-D online , Quand le Serpent Se Mord la Queue article by Jean Paul Savard Perret, Funny and Eerie Vintage Images of Women Handling Snakes by Hettie Judah for New York Times . Charming, Financial Times article , Personal Archives, by Simon Bainbridge BJP. Le Monde, Photos du pass, histories en devenir.  Signed copies available at Claire De Rouen Books and MACK.

Ran until the 12th November at LHGWR Gallery - thank you to all who played. All That Hoopla will be returning to a venue near you soon.

click through HERE for all Autumn activity.

All That Hoopla an Installation by  Clare Strand with LhGWR Gallery at Unseen Art Fair. 21st - 25th Sept.   September 2016

Launches at Clare De Rouen Books on the 26th October 6.30 - 8.30 with an introduction by myself and Natalie Rigg Editor of Another Magazine. Signed copies available. Book signing on the MACK Booth, Grand Palais 4pm Saturday 12th November.

Photography jury. Hyeres 21st-15th April 2016.‪With Chris Littlewood,Lesley Martin,Clare Strand,Jean Paul Goude ,Gareth Pugh,Pierre Louis Denis,Chantal Webber,Jean-Michel Bertin,Susan Bright andHeval Okcuoglu

As of March 2016, the 10 works entitled Skirts are housed in the MoMA NewYork collection .

To book click through here  Clare Strand is a photographic artist who has exhibited worldwide. Her work shifts between the mysterious and the absurd whilst inviting the serendipitous and the illogical. Strand joins us for the March edition of Photoforum for an in-conversation talk with independent curator, educator and writer Camilla Brown.

The Chance Operations Workshop devised by Clare Strand in collaboration with PhotoEspana Masterclass Students 9th- 12th Feb 2016. Foto: Jonás Forchini. Alumos Máster PHE 2015-2016: Emilio Correia, Gema Polanco, Cecilia Lutufyan, Daniel Martín Maestro, Oliva María Rubio (Directora del Máster), Bilal Touzani, Silvia Griglio, Juan Cano. Xia Zhengfei y Jonás Forchini.

Material, The Entropy Pendulum and Control In Motion.

 Many of your works are inspired by the forms and codes of vernacular photography, as used in the fields of police, science, magic or esotericism. What fascinates you about vernacular photography?

From series Signs of A Struggle A black and white photograph of a parked car at night. One of the front doors is open, the front seat is covered with foil and there are large dark stains on the ground in front of the car. The print is mounted onto a slightly yellowed cardboard.

Seminar, Sotheby’s, London. 16th June 2016. In conversation with LCC MA Students,London  2nd June 2016. Juror for 31st International Festival of Fashion and Photography in HyèresApril 21 - 25, 2016 (Hyeres). In conversation with Camilla Brown, Format, Photoforum, Derby. 8th March 2016 In conversation with Manchester Scool of Art University Students. 3rd March, 2016. Reviewier for the Dusseldorf Portfolio Review 14-15th Feb 2016 Workshop Master Class,  Master PHotoEspaña of the PIC.A School , Madrid. Feb 9th - 11th 2016. In Conversation with Portsmouth University Students. 2nd Dec, 2015.  In Conversation with Duncan Wooldridge, Camberwell College of Arts, London. 23rd November. (pictured)  ALS Charity Auction, Museum Folkwang, Essen. 30th November 2015. In Conversation with Helen Sear ,  Chapel Lecture Theatre. Penryn Campus. Falmouth. Tuesday 10th November (pictured) In Conversation with Fergus Heron, Wednesday 14th October University of Brighton.

previews at Centre Pomipdou as part of A History of Art, Architecture, Design from the 1980’s until Today. Curated by Christiane Macel. Pictured here with Clement Cheroux senior curator of photography, Centre Pompidou.

“A black and white photograph of a humble dining room, the window curtains are closed, one of the chairs at the dining table lies on the floor. The print is mounted onto a slightly yellowed cardboard.”

“There is always something odd – in a good way – about Strand’s work. That oddity rests in the tension between her often personal, always playful take on conceptualism and her wilfully old-fashioned methods – the archive images, black-and-white tones and kinetic machines here are a case in point.”