Clare Strand

Clare Strand is an artist based in Brighton, United Kingdom. During the past 25 years, Strand has worked with found imagery, kinetic machinery, web programmes, fairground attractions and most recently, large-scale paintings. Strand is also one-half of the collaborative partnership MacDonaldStrand. She has exhibited at The Museum Folkwang; The Centre Pompidou; Tate Britain; Salzburg Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her work is held in the collections of MoMA; SFMoMA; The V&A; The British Council; McEvoy Collection; The Arts Council; The Uni Credit Bank; and The Mead Museum. Strand has produced four publications to date, including Clare Strand Monograph (Steidl, 2009), Skirts (GOST, 2014), Girl Plays with Snake (MACK, 2017) and Negatives for Fun with Clare Strand Photography (Multipress, 2019). Strand was one of the four nominees for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize (2020).