Claire Hooper (artist)

Claire Hooper (born 1978 in London) is a British artist based in London, England.

Hooper has shown in Europe and elsewhere, including shows at Lothringer 13, Munich; MUMOK, Vienna; Sketch, London; IT Park Taipei; Kunstwerke, Berlin, and various Serpentine gallery events.

[1][2] Hooper is known for her work with video, including Nyx (2010), Aoide (2011) and Eris[3] (2012), Hooper has also made large scale watercolour paintings including Clay as Bread and Dust as Wine[4] (2016), a 1:1 scale ‘copy’ of an imagined archaeological site in ancient Mesopotamia.

She is represented by Hollybush Gardens London [5] and her work is distributed by LUX.

[6] Hooper was the 2010 winner of the Baloise Art Prize Art Statements, Art Basel.