2015
MFA, Digital + Media, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Providence, RI
2012
BFA, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film. Nashville, TN
2004
Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. Paris, France (Art History & Design)
2002-05 Auburn University. Auburn, AL (Art History & Foreign Language-French)
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2025 Limnologies, De Pree Gallery, Hope College, MI (solo) - upcoming Trophic State Index, Among the Beyond, Watkins College of Art at Belmont University, Nashville, TN - upcoming
2024 Limnologies, Open Space Gallery, Calumet, Michigan (solo) Trophic State Index, Limestone University, Gaffney, South Carolina (solo) Wildbits, Maajaam Farm for Art and Tech, Otepää, Estonia QIPO 2024, Mexico City, Mexico Creative Climate Awards, Human Impacts Institute, New York, NY Art and Science, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC 15 Years, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA After the Dust Settles, Berlin Collaborative, Echo Contemporary, Atlanta, GA Transmissions, Ecoartspace, Canopy, Austin, TX Emergent Ecologies, Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC TSA x TSA, Tri-Star Arts, Candoro Marble Building, Knoxville, TN INT’L All Media 2024, Walter Piehl Gallery, Northwest Arts Center, Minot, ND How to Let Go of Earth, Performance (with E.E. Balcos & Leonard Mark Lewis), Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC Shoals Art Invitational, Elaine Bailey Augustine Gallery, University of North Alabama, Florence, AL POROUS, TSAGVL Exchange Show, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX
2023 -Our Week, Frieze Seoul Popup, Seoul, South Korea (curated by Jungmin Cho) -Degrees of Commitment: Climate, Ecosystems, and Society, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN -Outerscape, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Greenville, SC -Keweenaw Observing Station, STEAM, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida -The On-going-ness of Earth and Humankind, Performance (with E.E. Balcos & Leonard Mark Lewis), Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC -Living Water, Maajaam Farm for Art and Tech, Otepää, Estonia -The On-going-ness of Earth and Humankind, Performance (with E.E. Balcos & Leonard Mark Lewis), Winthrop University Movement Conference, Johnson Hall, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC -ArtsXchange 2023 Juried Exhibition, Sinclair Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2022
-F-Stop Magazine, Issue #115-Partnership, October - November 2022,
https://www.fstopmagazine.com/groupexhibition.html -The On-going-ness of Earth and Humankind, Performance (with E.E. Balcos & Mark Lewis), The Art Party!, The Courtroom, Rock Hill, South Carolina -We’re Doing It All Wrong, Edward A. Dixon Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
-Keweenaw Observing Station, Kin Ship Gallery, Calumet, MI
-Field Companions, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
-WILDERNESS, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
-INT’L Paperworks 2022, Walter Piehl Gallery, Northwest Arts Center, Minot, ND
-Among the Beyond, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
-Exercising Empathy, Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2020
-Festival of lights, Video installation, Landskrona, Sweden -International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, International Arctic Social Sciences Assoc., Arkhangelsk, Russia
-An Artist A Day, Envirus, virtual exhibition, https://anartistaday.org/2021 -ARCTIC MAKES: Observations, Lessons and Solutions from the Geographic Periphery, Ural Centre for Design Development, Ekaterinburg, Russia -Art Is Never Finished, Watkins College of Art, Design, & Film, Nashville, TN -Hambidge Creative Residency Program Virtual Art Auction
-STEAM2020, Pensacola Museum of Art + University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL -Arctic Circle Artists, Hotchkiss Tremaine Art Gallery, Lakeville, CT -De Novo, Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
-Hello World! Trans Cultural Exchange, Virtual Exhibition,
https://www.transculturalexchange.org/activities/hw/overview.htm -Exquisite Corpse, Art Made in Isolation During the Coronavirus, Virtual Exhibition,
www.mentalrevolver.com
2019 -Levelling Network (performance), NCCA St.Petersburg, Kronstadt, Russia -Farthest North (solo exhibition), CANO Gallery, Oneonta, NY -The Arctic: Documenting Nature, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -A Magnetic North, Mildred I. Washington Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY -Beyond the North, University of New Brunswick. Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
2018 -Farthest North (solo exhibition), Brownlee O. Currey Gallery, WCAD, Nashville, TN -PLEIN AIR, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH -Ice News, The Wurks, Providence, RI -The Physical Geography of the Sea, Russian State Arctic and Antarctic Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia -Long Eye, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH -PMA Juried Exhibtion, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
2017 -Third Annual Juried Exhibition, ATHICA, Athens, GA -The Wrong Water, Digital Art Biennale, Peripheral Forms -In-Transit, Art League Rhode Island VETS Center, Providence, RI -Creative Climate Awards, Human Impacts Institute, New York, NY -ReSource, TAG Gallery, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL -DocuFlorida, The Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL -Rural Projects Open Studio, Gallatin, NY -STEAM2017, UWF TAG Gallery. Pensacola, FL -Operation Ice Ships Performance, UWF TAG Gallery, Pensacola, FL (with Robin Lasser)
2016 -Setting Out, apexart. New York City, NY
2015 -Macroscope, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH -Fuse Factory Juried Exhibition, The Fuse Factory, Mansfield, OH -It’s Never As It Seems, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY -Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI -Bring Your Own Beamer, GRIN Gallery, Providence, RI
2014 -Tttrip (Three-Person Exhibition), GRIN Gallery. Providence, RI
2013 -Drone Lab Research, RISD, Providence, RI -All That Glitters Is Not LEDs, Digital + Media Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2012 -ZieherSmith Breadbox Backstock, Icon Pop-up Gallery, Nashville, TN -Emergence, in collaboration with The Nashville Ballet, Nashville, TN -Strange Materials, Moonbase Gallery, Nashville, TN -The Sound of One Hand Clapping, BFA Thesis (Solo), Brownlee O. Currey Gallery, Nashville, TN -Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, Juried Student Show, Brownlee O. Currey Gallery, Nashville, TN
2011 -CO.H: The Future Show, Pop-up Gallery, Nashville, TN -Oasis Benefit hosted by Nashville Scene, Oasis Center, Nashville, TN -Vanitas, Watkins College of Art & Design, Nashville, TN
2010 -Arts at the Airport, BNA International Airport, Nashville, TN -Watkins 5 + 5, Twist Gallery, Nashville, TN -Artisan Gallery Art Show, Artisan Gallery, Florence, AL
PANELS, JURIES, CURATORIAL + SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2024
Panelist, Island of Misfit Materials, Tri-state Sculptors Association Conference, Charleston, SC
Curator,Emergent Ecologies, Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Selection Committee, Rabbit Island Residency, MI
Selection Committee, Marble House Project, Dorset, VT
2023
-Guest Lecturer, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
-Guest Lecturer, Watkins College of Art at Belmont University, Nashville, TN
2022
-Guest Lecturer + Living Water Workshop, Maajaam + BioArts Society Finland, Valga County, Estonia
-Re-Joining the Circle: Somatic Agency and Social Justice (with E.E. Balcos and Mark Lewis), virtual
-Keynote Speaker, Soundbox 5: Interstitial Spaces, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon -Guest Lecturer, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
-Juror, Pee Dee Regional Art Competition, Florence County Museum, Florence, SC
2021
-Visiting Artist, Scripps College, Los Angeles, CA
-Guest Lecturer, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
-Guest Lecturer, Lacuna Festival, Levelling Network, Casa de la Cultura, Yaiza, Lanzarote -Guest Lecturer, Scripps College, Los Angeles, CA -Juror, NCUR 2021 (National Conference on Undergraduate Research), Virtual Symposium
2020
-Curator, Investigative Report, Lewandowski Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC (with Stephanie Sutton) -Juror, apexart Open Call, apexart, New York City, NY -Juror, CVPA Arts Gala, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC -Guest Lecturer, Pratt Institute, New York City, NY -Workshop, Southern Reach Field School, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, FL -Panelist, STEAM2020 Exhibition, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL -Juror, Posters on the Hil, Center on Undergraduate Research, Washington, D.C. -Guest Lecturer, De Novo Exhibition, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, NC
2019
-Workshop, CANO Oneonta + Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY -Guest lecturer, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY -Guest lecturer, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA
2018 -Guest Lecturer, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, Nashville, TN
2017 -Guest Lecturer, National Center for Contemporary Art, St.Petersuburg, Russia -Juror, Mattie Kelly Arts Festival, Pensacola, FL -Juror, Pensacola Interstate Fair, Pensacola, FL -Panel Facilitator, STEAM2017 Colloquium, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL -Guest Lecturer, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL -Panelist, STEAM Exhibition, UWF, Pensacola, FL
2016 -Juror, Gulfcoast Arts Festival, Pensacola, FL -Juror, Franchise Program at apexart, NYC -Panelist, Setting out, apexart, NYC
2014 -Panelist, Haystack Art School Collaborative, Deer Isle, ME
2012 -Curator and Juror for HHS Student Art Show, Nashville, TN
2010 -College Advisory Board, Frist Center For the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
RESIDENCIES
2025
IEA New Media Residency, Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, NY (spring 2025)
2023 Marble House Project, Artist Residency Program, Dorset, VT
2022
-MAAJAAM + BioArts Society Finland, Valga County, Estonia -Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Open Studio Residency, Deer Isle, ME
-Rabbit Island Residency, Rabbit Island, Lake Superior, MI
2021 -Rabbit Island Residency, Rabbit Island, Lake Superior, MI
2020 -Southern Reach Field School, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, FL (with Jeff VanderMeer)
2019 -Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA
2017 -NCCA Art Residence in Kronstadt, St. Petersburg, Russia -Rural Projects, Studio Residency, Gallatin, NY
2016 -The Wassaic Project, Studio Residency, Wassaic, NY -The Arctic Circle, Summer Solstice Expedition, Svalbard, Norway
2015 -Montalvo Arts Center, Studio Residency, Saratoga, CA
2014 -Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Haystack Art School Collaborative, Deer Isle, ME
AWARDS + HONORS
2024
-Curriculum Innovation Initiative Award, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2023
-Laura Bassi Foundation Award, Editing Press, Toronto, ON, Canada -Research Council Grant, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2022 -Winthrop University Outstanding Junior Professor, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
-MAAJAAM + BioArts Society Finland workshop honorarium, Valga County, Estonia -Research Council Grant, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2021
-ArtConnect, 2021 Artist to Watch, https://www.magazine.artconnect.com/claudia-osteen -Individual Artist Grant, Arts Council of York County, South Carolina Arts Commission -Winthrop University Outstanding Junior Faculty Nominee, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2020 -Research Council Grant, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC -Professional Development Funding, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2019 -Research Council Grant, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2017 -Innovative Interdisciplinary Research Grant, University of West Florida (with Thomas Asmuth, Alexis Janosik, and Lisa Waidner) -Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
2016 -Florida Humanities Council Grant, Pensacola, FL (with Thomas Asmuth, Nicholas Croghan) -Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
2015 -Bridge Grant, RISD, Providence, RI (with Shona Kitchen, Alyson Ogasian) -Finalist: New Work Project Grant, The Harpo Foundation, Los Angeles, CA -MFA Thesis Project Award, RISD, Providence, RI -Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship nominee, RISD, Providence, RI -Scholarship, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI -Fellowship, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI
2014 -Scholarship, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI -Fellowship, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI
2013 -Scholarship, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI -Fellowship, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI
2012 -Trustees Scholarship Award, Watkins College of Art Design & Film, Nashville, TN
2011 -Trustees Scholarship Award, Watkins College of Art Design & Film, Nashville, TN
2010 -President’s Award for Scholastic Excellence, Watkins College of Art Design & Film, Nashville, TN
2009 -President’s Award for Scholastic Excellence, Watkins College of Art Design & Film, Nashville, TN
RESEARCH + TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019-Current -Assistant Professor of Fine Arts (Digital Media + Interdisciplinary Art), Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2018 -Assistant Professor of Fine Arts (Digital Media + Interdisciplinary Art), Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC -Faculty, New Media (Fine Art Dept.), University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
2017 -Faculty, New Media (Fine Art Dept.), University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL -Faculty, Marine Biology Collaborative, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL -Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow (Fine Art Dept.), University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
2016 -Faculty, New Media (Fine Art Dept.), University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL -Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow (Fine Art Dept.), University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL -Faculty, Sculpture Foundations (Fine Art Dept.), Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT
2015 -Instructor of Record, The Mind at Hand (Time-Based Media), RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI -Research Assistant, Captured Landscapes, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI -Technological Landscapes Research Group, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI (with Shona Kitchen)
2014 -Teaching Assistant, Virtual Forms (3D Modeling), RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI (with Sophia Sobers & Ed Brown) -Teaching Assistant, Critical Studies, RISD Pre-College Program, Providence, RI (with Rebecca Leuchak) -Teaching Assistant, 2D & 3D Design, RISD Pre-College Program, Providence, RI (with Amanda Lebel) -Teaching Assistant, Experiments in Optics, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI (with Jocelyne Prince) -Technical Assistant, CNC Router, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI -Drone Lab Research Group, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI (with Kelly Dobson & Shona Kitchen)
2013 -Drone Lab Research Group, RISD Digital + Media, Providence, RI (with Kelly Dobson & Shona Kitchen)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
-Dovetail Magazing, Featured Artist, June 2024, https://niche.dovetailmag.com/Aly-and-Claudia
-South Carolina Voyager Magazine, featured artist, January 2024, https://southcarolinavoyager.com/interview/conversations-with-claudia-osteen/ -“The First International Wild Bits Creative Camp Is Starting at Maajaam Art Farm.” Echo Gone Wrong, 14 July 2022, https://echogonewrong.com/wild-bits-creative-camp-is-starting-at-maajaam-art-farm/.
-“But the Box Has 6.” ÆQAI, January 31, 2022. https://aeqai.com/main/2022/01/but-the-box-has-6/ -“Exploring Wilderness to Post-Urban at Manifest Gallery.” Under Main Magazine, MARCH 1, 2022. https://undermain.art/collections/undermain-on-the-road/exploring-wilderness-to-post-urban-at-manifest-gallery/
-ArtConnect, 2021 Artist to Watch, https://www.magazine.artconnect.com/claudia-osteen
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com/partners/stark-canvas/ . 2018 -Quick, Genevieve. “Setting Out at Apexart.” DAILY SERVING. 9 Feb. 2016. -D+M 10th Year Anniversary Catalog. Dept. of Digital + Media. RISD. Providence, RI. 2016 -O’Steen, Claudia E. Arc of Visibility . Self-Published Artist Book, 2015 -Manifest Gallery Exhibition Catalog. Cincinnati, OH. 2015 -Double Magazine UK, featured artist, The Kaleidoscope Issue, Double Magazine, August, 2010