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. I use repeating images to revisit what may have been overlooked, creating layers of dialogue and a visual narrative. I am exploring several ideas for using virtual reality technology.
I am a member of the Blue Monkey Network and PhotoHastings. 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 2025
Mythology Reimagined
Curated by Louise Whitham
A Myth of Coppiced Oak Dance
by Cliff Crawford
Makers from myth inhabit our present-day woodscape. You can see them dance in the multi-stemmed trunks of coppiced oak trees.
Who coppiced the wood? Who made the charcoal that heated the metal the blacksmith struck, to make the sword the hero swung, to remove the head of the giant? The workers, the makers of swords and axes, wagons and chairs, fabric and clothes, of ale and bowls of broth. These people are the founding reality underlying the myths and legends. Their work can be seen in the form of the woodscape and the shape of the land.
`Take 5′
Curated by Gary Willis
Friday -Sunday, 24-26 Oct, 11-5 pm.
Electro Studios Project Space – Landing Gallery
Seaside Road, St Leonards-on-Sea
@PhotoHastings challenge: to tell a story fully expressed in only 5 frames with no title. The subject matter was open, and the artists could tell whatever story they wished. Experience the images first along the landing gallery, then read the artist’s narratives at the end of the space.
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 on 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
2021
2020
2019
HIDDEN PATHS – as part of Systems Change HIVE
2018
