Claire Barclay was born in 1968 in Paisley, Scotland. She received a Master of Fine Arts from Glasgow School of Art in 1993. Barclay is best known for her sculptural and installation works that combine a range of processes, materials and surfaces, as well as drawings and prints. Although Barclay is best known as a sculptor, her approach to printmaking is closely related to her sculptural practice, working with forms in space.
Barclay had a joint exhibition in the Print Studio Gallery with Christine Borland in 2002 and a solo show in 2010 as part of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts.
In 2003 she represented Scotland as part of the Scottish Pavilion in the Venice Biennale, and has been the subject of numerous solo presentations including in Tate Britain, London (2004), Camden Arts Centre, London (2008), MUDAM, Luxembourg (2009), Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2009), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2010), and Tramway, Glasgow (2017).
