Anna Clough
b. Kendal, UK
Lives and Works in Manchester
annasclough@gmail.com
Manchester School of Art, 2019-2022. BA (Hons) Fine Art, 1st Class Honours.
Manchester School of Art, 2018-2019. Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Distinction.
[ SELECTED EXHIBITIONS ]
2025. ‘Inter/extra terrestrial’. Full of Noises, Barrow in Furness.
2025. ‘Fold anew.’ Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford. (Commissioned as a part of the British Textile Biannual).
2025. ‘Fittings’. Paradise Works, Salford.
2024. ‘Process Jam’. Merseyway Workshop. Stockport.
2024. ‘Output/Input’. Paradise Works, Salford.
2024. ‘That Wet Stuff (and other things)’. Art Gene, Barrow in Furness.
2024. ‘The Change Room’. Florence Arts Centre, Egremont.
2024. ‘Muck and the Mire’. Paradise Works, Salford.
2023. ‘The Earth is Warm’ (Solo). Air Gallery, Altrincham.
2023. ‘AWOL Studios Open Exhibition’, AWOL Studios, Manchester.
2022. ‘Liminal’, Calton Club, Manchester.
2022. ‘Braking Bread: A modest show’, Rag Gallery, Manchester.
2022. ‘Falling Into Place’, Degree Show, Manchester School of Art.
2022. Apart from’ Bankley Gallery, Manchester.
2021. ‘Reflections’, The Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester.
2021. 92degreesuk, Liverpool.
2021. ‘From beige to blue and back again’, The Link Gallery, Manchester.
2021. ‘Gypsophila Zine Launch’, Peer Hat, Manchester.
2021. ‘Eden,’ West Collective, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester.
2021. ‘Image material’, PS Mirabel, Salford.
2021. ‘Material image’, Islington Mill, Salford.
2021. Plaque Prize’, Holden Gallery, Manchester.
2021. ‘Momentary’, PS Mirabel, Salford.
2021. ‘Filth Zine Launch’, Studio Scum.
2020. ‘Online Solo Exhibition’, w/ Lighthouse Collective.
2020. ‘Gypsophila Zine Launch‘, w/ Snitch Publications.
2020. ‘Spotlight’, The Link Gallery, Manchester.
2019. ‘Condensed, Pressured, Loaded’, Space2Create, Kendal.
2019. ‘Everything Starts From Something’, Foundation Show, Manchester School of Art.
[ AWARDS & COLLECTIVES ]
2025. Arts Council England, National Lottery Project Grant Under 30k.
2023-24. Howarth Trust Studio Scholarship.
2022-23. Manchester Metropolitan University, Studio Bursary at Paradise Works.
2023. Graduate Solo Show at Air Gallery.
2022. Holden Gallery’s Curatorial Collective.
2021. Plaque Prize, Holden Gallery.
2020-22. Co-Founded Gyposphila Collective.
2018. Colin Heighten Young Artist Award. (Runner up)
[ RESIDENCIES ]
2026. The Rebecca Scott Residency, The British School of Rome. Rome, Italy
2024. Full of Noises, Barrow in Furness.
2024. REAL Barrow @ Allotment Soup, Art Gene, Barrow in Furness.
2023. Florence Arts Centre, Egremont.
2022. Joya AiR: Art and Ecology, Spain.
2022. Florence Arts Centre, Egremont.
2021. Orrbbitt Online Artist Residency.
2020. Cloud Piece – Artist Residency w/ Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
[PRESS]
2025. Corridor8 Review of ‘Inter/extra terrestrial’
2024. Castlefeild Gallery Associates Spotlight.
2024. Art Gene.
2024. Cumbria Arts & Culture Network.
2022. Concrete Interview.
2022. Manchester School of Art, Degree Show .
2021. Holden Gallery Plaque Prize.
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