Claire Bidwell is an interdisciplinary artist living in Brooklyn, NY. She received a MFA in 2014 from the University of Pennsylvania, a BFA in Painting and a BA in History in 2010 from Indiana University. She attended and was awarded a fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center artist residency, in Johnson Vermont in 2014. Her work has exhibited both in the US and internationally, with shows in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, as well as Vienna, Austria and Santiago, Chile.

For me, Art lies in suggestion
an expression of the ineffable parts of being human.

art-making as reflection, a mirror
a playful tool for self-knowledge and creativity
an open space for conversation with our intuitive self
in the margins, outside of intellect and rationality

Studying history
a way to understand the present moment
how the present moment shapes the story of the past
What are the stories humans tell to explain the unexplainable?

The mystical or monstrous—which parts of ourselves do we embrace as divine, and which parts do we reject as carnal? What can you learn by embracing your animal-self?