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
2023
-STEAM, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida
-The On-going-ness of Earth and Humankind, Performance (with E.E. Balcos & Mark Lewis), Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
-Wildbits, Maajaam Farm for Art and Tech, Otepää, Estonia
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 + SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
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
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
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
2023
-Laura Bassi Foundation Award, Editing Press, Toronto, ON, Canada
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
-“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
-O’Steen, Claudia E. Levelling Network . Self-Published Artist Book, 2021 -Wagner, Ron. “Stark Canvas.” Watkins College of Art Artist Installment. January 30, 2018. https://www.watkinswebsite.
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