Clio grew up in London and New York, studied at St Martin’s School of Art and The Slade. She then lived in Paris for 5 years before returning to London. She now lives and works in Cambridge. Her work is held in numerous private collections in the UK and abroad.
Her work explores how fragments of civilisations are carried forward across generations, with continually shifting meanings. Both her research and development are frequently collaborative, and questions of power are deeply considered within her process.
Supported by an ACE project grant, a six-month co-creation project with an NHS mental health team resulted in “The Watering Place” (2022), a mural and accompanying film. This work articulated ideas around a group mind, and our mutual impacts within a community.
Since then, pondering issues of scale, consumption and durability, Clio has developed forms of visual, temporal, and spatial compression, influenced by Persian and Mughal miniature traditions. Two residencies in Pakistan (1989 & 2003) provided first-hand experience of changing architecture. Her current work considers ongoing legacies of British colonial history, conditions influencing the international flow of ideas and materials, and her own position within these contexts.