Clare Woods RA (b. 1972, Southampton, UK) was elected a Royal Academician in 2022. She has presented solo shows at Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Simon Lee Gallery, London, United KIngdom; Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark; Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, United Kingdom; and Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany. In March 2022, Woods mounted a solo exhibition at The Serlachius Museums, Mänttä, Finland. She has had recent institutional solo exhibitions at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, United Kingdom; Mead Gallery, University of Worcester, United Kingdom; Dundee Contemporary Art, United Kingdom; Harewood House, Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Southampton City Art Gallery, United Kingdom; and Hepworth Wakefield, United Kingdom, and group exhibitions include Fernweh Space, Beijing, China; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales; ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark; Tate St. Ives, United Kingdom; and Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, New York. A monograph on Woods entitled Strange Meetings was published in 2016 by Art / Books, London, and her work has been featured in Frontrunner magazine, Studio International, The Art Newspaper, Frieze magazine, The Independent, and FT Magazine. Her work belongs in permanent collections of The Hepworth Wakefield, UK; National Museum, Cardiff; and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, among many others. In 2024 and 2025, Woods will present solo exhibitions at Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Towner Eastbourne, Eastbourne, United Kingdom; Norrtälje Kunsthal, Norrtälje, Sweden; Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, United Kingdom; and Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. Woods lives and works in Hereford, United Kingdom.
