Clare Kenny (born 11 January 1976, in

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) is a British-Swiss artist, best known for her use of

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, and photography in her

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exhibitions and art installations. Based in

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, she is a graduate of the

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and

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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

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, the

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, and at Touchstones Rochdale. In 2013, she was a resident at the

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in Paris.

Selected exhibitions

* 2014: ''Monolithic Water'', Group,

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* 2016: ''DingDing'', Group,

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* 2017: ''Industrial Romantic'', Solo, Touchstones Rochdale, Manchester * 2017: ''Arresting Fragments of the World'', Group, Kunsthaus Langenthal,

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

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* 2021: ''Put-To-Bed'', Group, Last Tango, Zürich * 2022: ''Birthmark'', Solo, Gallery Gisele Linder, Basel

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