Claire Undy

Biography

Claire Undy is an artist, curator and lecturer, whose research incorporates performance, collaboration and the dismantling and dissemination of the moving image. Since 2016, Claire has been curating and programming Skelf, an online platform that works with artists to reimagine art practice in a non-physical space at skelf.org.uk. Skelf has worked with more than 200 artists and writers to present 50 exhibitions and has been supported by public funding by Arts Council England.

Within her wider art practice, Claire plays with the idea of value and ownership, finding context-specific ways for her work to be collectively activated and shared. The interplay between analogue and digital modes of image-making are employed to hand the agency of the performative act to the viewer. Absurdity, futility and the suspension of disbelief are regular themes. Claire’s work has been exhibited at Five Years Gallery, Brighton Photo Fringe, One Minute Moving Image Festival and the ICA, amongst others.