Caragh Thuring

Caragh Thuring is a contemporary artist who has a distinctive painting style that is both bold and subtle.

Biography of Caragh Thuring

Caragh Thuring was born in 1972 in Brussels, Belgium. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Nottingham Trent University in Nottingham, UK, in 1995.

Her commissions include "Great Things Lie Ahead, 2020," located at Holborn House in London, England, in collaboration with 6a Architects, and "Eruzione del 2020" at Le Sirenuse in Positano, Italy.

Thuring's recent solo exhibitions include "Caragh Thuring" at Anthony Meier in Mill Valley (2024), "The Foothills of Pleasure" at Thomas Dane Gallery in London (2023), "Caragh Thuring" at Hastings Contemporary in Hastings (2022), and "Builder" at Corbett vs Dempsey in Chicago (2019).

Additionally, Thuring's works have been featured in numerous group shows held at various museums and galleries worldwide, including Marlborough in Madrid, Royal Academy of Arts in London, Nottingham Contemporary in Nottingham, Whitechapel Gallery in London, Kerlin Gallery in Dublin, Jahn und Jahn in Munich, The Approach in London. among other esteemed venues.

Her works have also found a permanent home in public collections such as Tate Gallery (London), Buffalo AKG Art Museum (Buffalo), and Hepworth Wakefield (Wakefield)/

Currently, the artist lives and works in London, England and Argyll, Scotland.

Caragh Thuring's Art Style

Thuring's painting style is uniquely bold yet subtle, characterized by fluid and intuitive brushwork without preliminary sketches. She constructs dynamic compositions by arranging imagery directly on bare linen or bespoke woven cloth, which are derived from digital renderings of her paintings and photographs. Themes such as volcanoes, nuclear submarines, tartan, and brick recur in her work, highlighting the juxtaposition between natural and manufactured elements.