Clare Bottomley

Clare Bottomley is a UK-born artist, educator, and doctoral researcher currently affiliated with Aalto University's Department of Art and Media in Helsinki, Finland. Holding an MA from the Royal College of Art in London, her practice merges photography with performativity to explore alternative photographic representations.

• Education: MA (Royal College of Art, London)
• Current Role: Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University

Her research focuses on:

• Queer art practices
• Post-humanist perspectives
• Installation-based photographic works
• Collaborative art methodologies
• Materiality in digital and analog photography
• Interspecies communication in artistic contexts

Recent exhibitions include:

• Arts Catalyst (Sheffield, UK)
• Arnolfini (Bristol, UK)
• Barbican (London, UK)
• Midlands Art Center (Birmingham, UK)

Scientific awards:

• Taike project grant for photographic art

She collaborates extensively with artist Jasmine Färling, focusing on:

• Human-bird interaction studies
• Multi-sensory installations
• Two-channel video works
• Feather-based material explorations

Her artistic practice has been supported by grants from:

• Aalto University Department of Art and Media
• Chiara Floris (sound design collaborator)
• Fat Lizard (event sponsor)