Visual Arts, University of Warwick
Thesis title:
Exploring layered impacts of enforced anonymity in publicly exhibited artwork made in UK prisons.
Forthcoming:
Carceral Arts: Global Perspectives on Creativity, Justice & Resistance, chapter 'Nameless not shameless: International visual art prison collaborations and the questions they raise about artist anonymity', Bristol University Press, Ed. A Chamberlen & R Bernatek
Personal, poetic and public: exploring effects of We Roar poetry for writers and audiences, Prison Service Journal special edition ed. J Metcalf, H Nichols & M Morgan
British Society of Criminology Midlands Regional Group Symposium - Politics, Harm and Justice, 18 September 2025
Criminal Justice Centre PhD confernece, University of Warwick, 9 May 2025
Prisoner Arts In Context - Global Perspectives, University of Warwick, 21 November 2024
We Roar award-winning exhibiton of poetry and artwork by 40 UK & US people in prison; the first ever creative exhibition to tour 10 prisons in England. It also toured to the US Ann Arbor Art Fair and is currently on a year-long tour of public libraries in the UK. I created the project in partnership with Novus (UK) and the Prison Creative Arts Project (USA) with support from Arts Council England. We Roar won the national 2025 Criminal Justice Alliance Creative Media Award.
Four Seasons outdoor sculptures for National Trust Croome I co-designed in a major two-year project with care experienced children, local residents, people in prison and women recieving wellbeing support. Installed in 2025, with an accompanying exhibition and public engagement programme, the sculptures will be in the Worcestershire 'Capability' Brown landscape for 10 years.
We Youth is a new project for 2026-27, supporting children in young offenders institutions in the UK and Brazil to collaborate creatively and co-create artwork for exhibition at the National Justice Museum and the Pinacoteca de Sao Paulo. I created the project through partnerships with Novus and Pina, securing Arts Council England support.
See more on www.fayeclaridge.co.uk and @fayeclaridge