Clare Twomey is a British artist, researcher, and curator (b 1968) Lives and works in London, UK. Twomey is among the most groundbreaking and influential ceramic artists of her generation, Clare Twomey is a defining figure of the 'expanded field' of ceramics. Her practice encompasses site-specific installation and performance; she frequently collaborates with institutions, and embraces audience participation and temporality. This artist lead exploration is located in the area of art, ceramics and crafts practices in museum and contemporary art institutions, making original and significant contributions to knowledge in the field.

Clare Twomey’s installations have the social and historical context in which the installation is created as their point of departure. Often they only exist within these frameworks. A number of her installations disappear or perish in the course of the exhibition period as part of the work. Often the onlooker’s mode of behaviour is conceptually included in Twomey’s works.

Clare Twomey is actively involved in critical research in the area of the clay practices and the arts, including writing, curating and making. She has developed work, which expands the fields’ knowledge of larger scale installation works.

Twomey was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Years Honours for services to art in 2022. Awarded a PhD in 2018. Twomey is a Professor at the University of Westminster who works with clay in large-scale installations, Sculpture and site-specific works. Over the past 10 years she has exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate, Crafts Council, Museum of Modern Art Kyoto Japan, the Eden Project and the Royal Academy of Arts.