As a Visual Artist, best described as an enthusiast with an inquiring nature, I am fascinated by the process of making. I use traditional and digital media to explore real and perceptual change through repetition, re-evaluation and reduction. Observation is central to my work and I use repeating images to look again at what may have been overlooked to produce layers of dialogue creating a visual narrative. I am exploring several ideas for using virtual reality technology.

I am a member of  AxisWeb and Blue Monkey Network. Prints are available to buy from SaatchiArt. I use social media to share and discuss my work and exchange ideas on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

You can contact me by email at cliff@cliffcrawfordart.co.uk

Exhibitions 2024

LINES IN THE HIGHWOODS 31 Aug – 28 Oct 2024
Bexhill Highwoods, Peartree Lane, Bexhill, TN39 4RA

An art trail in Bexhill Highwoods explores the woods sharing sculptural pieces that illustrate the history of the woodland as a working and managed environment. The artwork blends into the environment at key points along two main pathways. Part of Coastal Currents Festival 2024 and supported by Arts Council National Lottery Funding

SIGHT UNSEEN 3 – 30 October 2024 The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, 279-281 High Street, Glasgow

An international photographic exhibition in which I am showing a photograph of Groyne 57, photographed 4 September 2023

SPRING AWAKENING 10 – 23 May 2024 at Fox Yard Studio, Stowmarket

I am delighted to be showing two pieces of digital work The Grave of William Langridge and Virtual Eye

REGENERATE Online 23 March – 21 July 2024

Online at Blue Monkey Network

Then at VOLT 67-69 Seaside Road, Eastbourne from 13 – 21 July 2024

REGENERATE reflects the diverse range and talent of  Blue Monkey Network.  The exhibition includes sculpture, painting, illustration, drawing, ceramics, animation, collage and more, revealing the distinctive art practices of the members. 

2023

PATH4CROYDON

4th Oct – 24th Nov 2023 – Museum of Croydon, Temporary Exhibition Gallery

The Croydon System Change Project brings together immersive arts and representatives of local civil society groups to explore positive visions of deep social, environmental and economic change. My role was as a senior artist mentor to work with the artist in residence Meitao Qu, who worked on the project at Turf Projects (Whitgift Centre).

2022

Yoolysees, The Electro Studios Project Space, June 2022 As part of the Yoolysees Exhibition, curated by Lucy Brennan Shiel, I produced three pieces of work exploring Proteus, the third episode of Ulysses, which looks at shifts in sensory perception in an exploration of reality.
Virtual Eye
WDT 2:1 February 2022 – WDT 2:1 Exhibition – The WetDovetail Virtual Gallery is an online gallery that you can visit at wetdovetail . There you can explore my 3D digital animation Virtual Eye

2021

A Town Explores A Book – April 2021. Cliff produced illustrations and animations as part of the annual literature and art festival in response to a heritage book. 2021 explored Edward Lear’s Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets.
Music For Rooftops – August 2021. Clive Whitburn and Cliff Crawford presented their collaborative music and VR art piece, Music for Rooftops. Performed by the Onyx Brass Quintet joined by 3 further trumpets on top of The Welcome Building and Congress Theatre, Eastbourne,
ALT Pitch Arts & Technology Festival – April 2021. Exhibited a Virtual Reality development piece `Line, Shadow, Movement’

2020

2019

HIDDEN PATHS – as part of Systems Change HIVE

2018

Waveworn
If We Were Houses
Summer Salon