EDUCATION

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

2021
-SIGNAL, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
-Relate North 2021: Everyday Extremes, Levelling Network, Tomsk University, Siberia, Russia
-Bath Photography Festival, Evidence, Bath, United Kingdom (+ virtual exhibition) https://www.bathphotographyfestival.co.uk/evidence-selected-submissions
-Homeostasis Lab Digital Art Exhibition, Homeostasis Lab, https://homeostasislab.org/visualizar/obra/1215
-Distance, Lacuna Festival, Fuerteventura, Spain (+ virtual exhibition)
-ArtFields 2021, Lake City, SC
-Winter is Alive!, winter festival, Madison, Wisconsin, http://winterisalive.org/index.php/narrative-perforamce-projects/
-Traveling the World, The In Art Gallery, Virtual Gallery, https://theinartgallery.com/traveling-the-world

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

















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