Claire Tindale at Bankley Studios

With an interdisciplinary practice, Claire Tindale utilises the media and format most appropriate to the ideas and concepts being expressed with outcomes varying from 2D work through to video and installation. Thematically the work is predominantly concerned with exploring the machinations of the human mind, in all its guises, whether it is an examination of the idiosyncrasies of the English language or an interpretation of psychological or neurological disorders such as obsessive behaviour or dementia.

At times found objects with their inherent resonance act as the catalyst for a piece of work, as is the case with 'Memory Loss', a limited edition artist book based on a found photograph album. This piece of work provoked further research into dementia and galvanised ideas for a new and expanding body of work, recently shown in the solo exhibition, 'Going Nowhere' in Bank St Arts Gallery, Sheffield.

With the collection of works for 'Going Nowhere', ideas and concepts are explored through the considered juxtaposition or manipulation of objects to investigate the potential of emerging narratives. The piece 'Forget-me-not' combines the symbolic references of the flower design with scientific references to the network structures of the brain and factors interupting its function in cases of Alzheimers.

A copy of 'Memory Loss' is held in the Tate Special Collection in London.

Claire Tindale is an artist, designer and educator. Exhibitions include: The Surface Gallery, Nottingham; MoDA (Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture), Middlesex; Bank Street Arts Gallery, Sheffield and the Dostoyevsky Museum, St Petersburg.

Further professional experience includes commissioned work for public spaces, workshops with adults and children together with lecturing at the University of Leeds and a range of colleges across the North West.


Artist's Email Address : clairetindale@hotmail.com