Claire Mc Dermott

Lives and works in London, UK

Artist statement

Claire Mc Dermott uses sculpture, photographs, drawings and poems to make connections between plumed seeds, glass and the air. Her interest in the biophysics of the Asteraceae family of plants and its plumed seed are based on the morphology of how its mechanism functions during senescence and interacts with our atmosphere as it floats. She uses a vibrant colour palette and, incorporates sustainability into her artwork by using recycled materials and repurposing objects from her London base community. She graduated with a Master 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 2022/3. Her thesis, titled Happenings, Sightings and a Plumed Seeds was based on her field-observation where she re-named them as ‘sightings’, she made comparisons with her field observations (which she renamed as ‘sightings’) and Allan Kaprow's development of art happenings, as both phenomena could provide moments of enlightenment capable of transforming one’s perspective of the world. She has exhibited at Tate Exchange, Watford Museum, UCLH, Cooke Latham Gallery, Beaconsfield Gallery, South Park Galleries, Safehouse, with a current solo exhibition at Headstone Manor and Museum, London. Mc Dermott has been awarded residencies with SLoAS, AA2A, Sculpture Symposium 2016 and Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ireland where her microscopic illustrations are held in their collection and her public sculpture titled ‘The Meeting Tree’...

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