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Claire Mc Dermott

London, uk
Mc Dermott uses sculpture, and photographs to make connections between plumed seeds, glass, and air. Her interest in the biophysics of a spent flower is based on its morphology, and how its mechanism functions during senescence.

 Mc Dermott's photography research influences her sculptures to envision a planet that shares and represents all cultures within a community.  Her transdisciplinary thinking creates futuristic, nonsensical and abstract plants and uses imaginary concepts to define her social and environmental concerns.

Mc Dermott's microscopic illustrations are held at Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ireland; her public sculpture ‘The Meeting Tree’ is installed at Newton Farm Ecology Park. She has exhibited at Tate Exchange, Watford Museum, Cooke Latham Gallery, Beaconsfield Contemporary Gallery, and Headstone Manor and Museum.  Her artwork was featured in Phi Magazine whilst her poetry was published in The Pluralists (RCA) and the Earthwise book.  She graduated with a Masters in Art and Science from Central Saint Martins in 2020 and a Master of Research in Art and Humanities from the Royal College of Art in 2023. Her thesis titled "Happenings, Sightings, and A Plumed Seed" explored Allan Kaprow's art happenings while comparing them to the same enlightenment of her field sightings and observations.

 

 

 

For Life

Solo exhibition title Translucent

Title Segment Firring No2

Not Quite

Segment Furring

Notebook drawings

A Play, with Light - No 2

A Play, With Light - Wardain Case No1

Burnt

Dust

Construct and Support No 2

Tri Angle

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