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Clare Wallis graduated from studying Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and has recently been selected for this year’s New Contemporaries. Having been brought up with a scientific background Wallis’s practice is grounded by a strong sense of research. Striking a playful balance between the didacticism that underpins her work with an aesthetic sensibility that captivates audiences, her work attempts to narrow the distance between art and science. Fascinated by geometry, the natural world and a sense of the sublime, Wallis studies the molecular structures of the chemicals present in the experience of what constitutes the sublime to form the basis for both of her sculptures presented here.
Drawing
41cm x 29cm
Watercolour pencils on paper
Inspired by the ephemeral nature of light passing through clouds and crystals much of her work physically represents a movement of energy and transience of form. Looking at thought processes and brain chemistry such as conditions like schitzo-affective disorder, many of Wallis’s works quickly move from concept to creation, subconscious decision making to planned procedures.