Edinburgh, 2018

Education

AAS in Graphic Design (UX Design Focus), 2023
Seattle Central Creative Academy

MFA in Fine Art, 2018
University of Oxford

BFA in Photomedia (Honors), 2015
University of Washington

BA in English (Creative Writing Focus), 2015
University of Washington

Bio

Claire (she/they) is an artist and writer from Seattle, Washington. Their work explores negative space and how it operates within the contexts of language, history, gender, and landscape.

Exhibitions

2025 — 12”x12”, Common Area Maintenance, Seattle, WA

2025 — Gather, Spring Street Studio, Seattle, WA

2025 — Environmental Ties II, Magnuson Park Gallery, Seattle, WA

2025 — The Soft Side of Hope, The Fishbowl Gallery, Seattle, WA

2024 — Being Present, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA

2020 — THE GREATEST QUARENTINE ART EXPO, This Works Differently

Publications & More

2024 — “Misplaced,” Edge City Magazine, Issue 1

2021 — “Interview with Artist Claire Peckham,” Divergent Femmes Podcast

2019 — “Medium of disappearance: an essay about self-portraiture & absence in 21 letters,” Outskirts: feminisms on the edge

2018 — “Untitled photos,” Art Review Oxford

2016 — “Mothers in the Hallway,” Iris Zine + Flutter Studios

2016 — “Perspective of Disappearance,” Alien Mouth

2015 — “Whispering Gallery,” Hound Literary Journal