curriculum vitae

A W A R D S

2025  PhotoVOGUE Tree of Life
2018  PDN Photo Annual
Communications Arts
IPA
2017  Photoville Fence
2016  People’s Choice Award: Photoville Fence
Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist
Aesthetica Art Prize
2015  Der Greif Magazine: Issue 8
People’s Choice Award: Photoville Fence
2014  PDN Photo Annual
International Photo Awards
2013  Forbes 30 Brightest under 30 (Art & Style)
2012 Graphis Photography Annual
Forbes 30 Brightest under 30 (Art & Design)
2011   Prix de la Photographie, Paris
2010 International Photo Awards
50 Artists to Watch: Exposure
Communication Arts Photo Annual
Prix de la Photographie, Paris
Sony World Awards (shortlist)
Direct Art Magazine: Vol. 17
2009 The Art Project: W Magazine
Creative Quarterly Journal: No. 17
Prix de la Photographie, Paris
Creative Quarterly Journal: No. 15

B O O K S

Rosen, Claire. Birds of a Feather. USA. Warwick Editions. 2025. hardcover
Lewis-Jones, Huw. Why We Photograph Animals. England. Thames & Hudson. 2024. hardcover
Rosen, Claire. IMAGINARIUM: The Process Behind the Pictures. USA. Rocky Nook. 2017. softcover 

S E L E C T   E X H I B I T I O N S

2025 Group Juried Exhibit, Tree of Life: A Love Letter to Nature, PhotoVOGUE, BASEmilano, Milan, Italy
2024 Group Exhibition, ​The Garden of Earthly Delights, Foto Relevance, Houston, TX
Monumental, AIPAD at the Armory, NYC, NY
2022 Installation, Instagram, Menlo Park, CA
2021 Group Exhibition, ​Fabled Flora, Foto Relevance, Houston, TX
Installation, ​Creative Tonic, Kip’s Bay Decorator Show House, Dallas, TX
2020 Group Exhibition, ​Quarantine Blues, Foto Relevance, Houston, TX
Installation, ​Annie Elliott Design, ASPIRE Show House, McLean, VA
Installation, ​The Drawing Room ATL, Atlanta, GA
2019 Group Exhibition, ​The Assembly, Fotofest, Houston, TX
Interactive Installation, ​Puzzled Creatures, Photoville LA & Brooklyn
2018 Three-Person​ Exhibition, ​Flight of Fancy, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Solo Exhibition, Imaginarium UPI Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Juried Exhibition, ​The Fence: Birds of Prey, Photoville Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Houston and Santa Fe
2016 Slideshow Event, Identity: The List Portraits, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
Art Festival, Birds of a Feather, Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India
Art Festival, Fantastical Feasts, Cede Gallery at Lima Photo, Lima, Peru
Art Fair, Birds of a Feather, Regina Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Juried Exhibition, The Fence: Arthropoda, Photoville Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Houston and Santa Fe
Two-Person Exhibition, Pleasing Illusions, Korogram, Seoul, South Korea 
Art Fair, Birds of a Feather, SCAD Art - Hong Kong Art Central, China
Solo Exhibition, Birds of a Feather, GPP, Dubai, UAE 
Public Art, Birds of a Feather, Summit Public Art, Summit, NJ
Outdoor Installation, Birds of a Feather, SCAD Atlanta, GA
Installation, SCAD FASH 300: Nostalgia for Daniel Lismore Exhibit, SCADFASH Museum Atlanta, GA 
2015 Juried Exhibition, The Fence: Creatures - Feasts, Photoville Atlanta, Brooklyn, and Houston 
Public Art, Animals, Brooklyn Bridge Park 
Group Exhibition, Origins, HEIST Gallery, London, UK
Solo Exhibition, Birds of a Feather, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
2014 Two-Person Exhibition, Animals & Interiors, Hagedorn Foundation, Atlanta, GA 
Juried Exhibition, Summer Open, Aperture Gallery, NY, NY 
Solo Exhibition, Birds of a Feather, Saga Gallery, Inderøy, Norway 
Juried Exhibition, The Fence: Play - Nostalgia, Photoville Brooklyn, NY and Atlanta GA 
2013 Three-Person Exhibition, Flora Fauna & Feathers, Galerie Gris, Hudson, NY
Solo Exhibition, Reverie, Savannah Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Juried Exhibition, The Fence: Creatures - Birds of a Feather, Photoville Brooklyn, NY and Boston, MA
Traveling Group Exhibition, 180 Years of Friendship, US Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
Solo Exhibition, Reverie, deFine Art Festival, SCAD Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
2012 Winners Exhibition, Prix de la Photographie, Espace Dupon, Paris, France 
Solo Exhibition, Paradoxical, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ (catalogue)
Juried Exhibition, MOPLA, Smashbox, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibition, GPP Limited, Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai, UAE
2011 Solo Exhibition, FotoFest Fotofagskolen, Trondheim, Norway
Collaborative Exhibition, Bespoke, Ken Fulk Inc, San Francisco, CA
2010 Installation, Fashion Night Out, Neiman Marcus, Short Hills, NJ
Group Exhibition, Asymmetrick Arts, Rockland, ME
2009 Juried Exhibition, Dreams and Fantasies, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Juried Exhibition, Just Look At Yourself, CMCA, Rockport, ME
Solo Exhibition, In The Dark, Gallery 51, Montclair, NJ
Group Exhibition, Emerging Artists, Verve Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Group Exhibition, Celebrating Women in the Arts, A.I.R Gallery, NYC, NY
Solo Exhibition, Fairy Tales Revisited, Gallery 51, Montclair, NJ
Two-Person Exhibition, Details, Thacher Proffitt & Wood, NYC, NY
2007 Two-Person Exhibition, Me, Myself & I, Gallery 51, Montclair, NJ 
Two-Person Exhibition, Domestic Objects, CGS&H, NYC, NY
Group Exhibition, Joyce Tenneson, Cig Harvey & Claire Rosen, SK Gallery, Portland, ME
Group Exhibition, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA

A R T I S T   T A L K S

2024 Projections NYC, Virtual Presentation
2021 “​Fabled Flora” Foto Relevance, Virtual Presentation
2020 "Imaginarium Creative Process" B&H sponsored by FUJIFILM, Virtual Presentation
"Fantastical Feasts" Looking at Art, Virtual Presentation
2018 "Imaginarium Artist Talk & Book Signing" UPI Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Fantastical Feasts" National Geographic Photography Seminar, Washington DC
2017 "Imaginarium Book Signing" Flashpoint Festival, Griffin Museum, Boston, MA
"Imaginarium Book Signing" Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
"Imaginarium with GFX 50s" FujiFilm booth, WPPI, Las Vegas, NV
2016 “Imaginarium Artist Talk” Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India
“Artist Talk” GPP, Dubai, UAE 
“Fantastical Feasts on the Fence” Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Atlanta, GA 
2015 “Imaginarium” Click Retreat, Brooklyn, NY 
2014 “Animals & Interiors” Hagedorn Foundation, Atlanta, GA 
“Artist Talk” Saga Gallery, Inderøy, Norway
2013 “Claire Rosen” Unique Photo Booth, PhotoPlus Expo, NYC, NY
"Claire Rosen" SVA Lecture Series, NYC, NY
"Reverie Artist Talk" Savannah Museum, Savannah, GA
"The Paradoxical World of Claire Rosen” B&H, NYC, NY
“Claire Rosen” The Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA
2012 “Claire Rosen” Unique Photo Booth, PhotoPlus Expo, NYC, NY
“The Paradoxical World of Claire Rosen” B&H, NYC, NY 
2011 “Claire Rosen” Unique Photo Booth, PhotoPlus Expo, NYC, NY 
“Claire Rosen” FotoFest Fotofagskolen, Trondheim, Norway 
“Claire Rosen” Bilder Nordic, Oslo, Norway 
“Claire Rosen” Photo Friday, Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai, UAE
2010 “Claire Rosen” Fotokollektivet Solipsia, Oslo, Norway 
“Claire Rosen” Unique Photo Booth, PhotoPlus Expo, NYC, NY 
2009 “Claire Rosen” Bilder Nordic, Oslo, Norway  
“Artist Talk” In The Dark Exhibit, Gallery 51, Montclair, NJ 
“Dolls in the Attic” Portland Children's Museum, Portland, ME 

P R E S S 

• Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Findings, Harper’s Magazine, November 2020

• Mica Bahn, Thanksgiving Feature, Musee Magazine, November 2020

• Maureen Nandini Mitra, A Feast for the Beasts, Earth Island Journal, Winter 2020

• Monica Kass Rogers, Photography in the Age of Instagram, Communication Arts, March 2020

• Ana Marques Maia, Claire põe animais à mesa para nos pôr a olhar por eles, Publico, December 25, 2018

• Claire Rosen: On Location in Jordan with Fantastical Feasts and the FUJIFILM GFX 50S, FujiFilm USA, 2018

• Simona Marani, Lo Spirito Dell'Estate In Mostra Tra Pura Leggerezza E Joie De Vivre, Gioia, August 16, 2018

• Elin Spring, Flight of Fancy, What Will You Remember (blog), August 8, 2018

• Flight of Fancy, Wall Street International Art, August 1, 2018

• Coming Attractions: July 1 through 17 — What Will Light Your Fire, The Arts Fuse, July 1, 2018

• Jacob Cutler, Flights of Fancy at Panopticon Gallery, Artscope Online, July 24, 2018

• Flight of Fancy, Panopticon Gallery Press Release, June 29, 2018

• Miss Rosen, A look inside Claire Rosen's Spellbinding “IMAGINARIUM”, Feature Shoot, April 30, 2018

• Sarah Stacke, Do Turtles Have Good Table Manners?, National Geographic Stories, April 24, 2018

• Lynne Eodice, FUJIFILM GFX 50S: Medium Format Workhorse, Photographer's Forum, February 15, 2018

• Chloe Coleman, "From bees to bison, dinner tables with unusual guests" Washington Post In Sight, January 26, 2018

• Claire Rosen’s Lush Worlds PDN Photo of the Day December 12, 2017

• Art Out: Claire Rosen - "Imaginarium" Musee Magazine December 11, 2017

• Jacqui Palumbo "Making a Guide for the Modern Photographer" PDNedu, Fall 2017. 20-21

• Cynthia Haynes "Conceptually Speaking: A Word with Claire Rosen" Craft & Vision (blog) July 15, 2017

• Matthew Ismael Ruiz "Digital Medium Format" PDN Studio Equipment Guide 2017. 19

• "Imaginarium by Claire Rosen" Resolve (blog) July 10, 2017

• Cynthia Haynes "Thinking Less Literally" Craft & Vision (blog) July 7, 2017

• "Claire Rosen; A Reflection of Exoticism and Artifice" Arte Satura (blog), May 29, 2017

• Ellyn Kail, "This New Book For Photographer is Full of Ideas to Unlock Creativity" Feature Shoot (blog), April 19, 2017

• "Ethics and Aesthetics of accumulation in Claire Rosen and Rosenthal" Arte Satura (blog), April 13, 2017

• Lulu Garcia-Navarro, “How Do You Dream Up A Cockatoo Feast?'” NPR Weekend Edition (radio), March 26, 2017

• Elly Thomas, “Claire Rosen: Arthropodia” World Photography Organization (blog), November 5, 2016

• Emma Horn, "Follow the Mouse" Crinkling News Australia, November 2016

• Elly Thomas, “Claire Rosen: Arthropodia” World Photography Organization (blog), November 5, 2016

• Radio Interview, Dubai Eye 1038, Dubai UAE, March 16, 2016

• Matthew Oxley, “Claire Rosen: Fantastical Feasts” World Photography Organization (blog), February 14, 2016

• Monica Kass Rogers “Claire Rosen; Curated Dreamscapes” Communication Arts, September/October 2015. 62-69

• Kathryn Bromwich, “Birds of Paradise” The Observer in The Guardian, June 7, 2015

• Ellyn Kail, "Our Favorite Photos from the Fence" Feature Shoot (blog), May 11, 2015

• Sharyn Flanagan, "Formal Bird Portraits" Almanac Weekly, February 20, 2015

• Kimberly Bryant, "Exotic Birds of a Feather" Ignite Channel (blog), November 27, 2014

• Annabella Jean-Laurent, "Review: Claire Rosen at Hagedorn" BURNAWAY (blog), November 6, 2014

• Daniel Milnor, "Dispatches: Claire Rosen" Shifter (blog), October 20, 2014

• Kaley Sweeney, “Claire Rosen: Nostalgia” World Photography Organization (blog), October 7, 2014

• Holly Hollingsworth Phillips. "Artist Spotlight Series" The English Room (blog), September 29, 2014

• Kayla Chobotiuk, “Birds of a Feather” Juxtapoz Magazine (blog), September 22, 2014

• Sarah Barnes, “Dark Versions Of Classic Fairy Tales” Beautiful/Decay (blog), September 18, 2014

• John Brownlee, “Capture The Personalities Of Exotic Birds” Fast Company Design (blog), September 12, 2014

• David Rosenberg, "Does thie Wallpaper go with my Feathers" Slate Magazine Behold (blog), September 10, 2014

• Anna, “Whimsical Birds” Pen & Feather (blog), September 7, 2014

• Hannah Ogden, “Ruffle the Surface” Designed For Living (blog), August 8, 2014

• Naomi Bulger, "Camouflage" Naomi Loves (blog), July 14, 2014

• Adrián Cano Franco, "Agrupando los recuerdos por colores" ALTFoto (blog), June 30, 2014

• Christine Tolpinrud, “Fargesterkt på Saga” Foto.no (blog), June 26, 2014

• Michelle Rae Uy, “Nostalgia: Whimsical Still Life Series” The Phoblographer (blog), June 24, 2014

• Dana Tomic Hughes, "Claire Rosen's Fairytale Photography" Yellowtrace (blog), May 29, 2014

• Stewart Barlow, "Nostalgia – a study in color" Mappa Mundi Magazine (blog), May 16, 2014

• Celine, “Birds of a Feather” Grain de Photographe (blog), May 5, 2014

• Jill Cotton, “Claire Rosen: Birds of a Feather” World Photography Organization (blog), January 26, 2014

• Kaitlyn Schaeffer, "Dark Nostalgia/Childhood Toys" Complex Art+Design (blog), December 22, 2013

• Elizabeth Maskasky, "Color Studies Evoke Nostalgia" Hi Fructose Magazine (blog), December 13, 2013

• E. Christina Spitz, "A Methodical Approach to Whimsy" SCAD (blog), November 26, 2013

• Julia Sabot, "Claire Rosen's Striking Portraits of Birds" Feature Shoot (blog), September 23, 2013

• Nicole Rae, "Regarding Fairy Tales: Claire Rosen" Faded + Blurred (blog),  July 1, 2013.

• Elyse Weingarten, “Interview with Claire Rosen” The Rumpus (blog), May 2, 2013. 

• Diane Herbst, “Creative Vision of Claire Rosen” Montclair Magazine, May 2013. 18 & 19.

• Julie Grahame, "Portfolio of One" PDN's Emerging Photographer Magazine, Spring 2013. 56

• Heather Cammarata-Seale, “The Paradoxical World of Claire Rosen” Exhibition Catalogue, 2012.

• “Engaging Digital Photography at Asymmetrick Arts” The Scene Vol. 3 - No. 2, February 2012. 16

• Video “Trade Secrets” Refinery29 TV (blog), May 10, 2012.

• Erol, “Claire Rosen / Interview” Neo Collective (blog), January 19, 2012. 

• Rebecca Bedrossian “Fresh” Communication Arts Magazine, July/August 2011. 222 & 223

• Tracey Scott “Arabian Dream” Jumeirah Magazine, September 2011. 44 - 51 

• “So, you want to be a fashion photographer?” SUPER FAB Middle East (blog), March 8, 2011.

• Interview, Dubai Eye Radio, Dubai UAE, March 9, 2011

• Jennifer Raiser “Bespoke: The Adventures of Randall & Rosen” SFWire (blog), February 12, 2011.

• “Dark and [Also] A Bit Ridiculous” Communication Arts: Insights (blog), November 9, 2010.

• Amberlie Bankoff “Claire Rosen and Cora Pearl Underpinnings” PhotoCine News (blog), April 5, 2010. 

• Profile “Friday Art Stars” Photopol.us (blog), March 2010

• Joan Finn “In the Dark” Montclair Times Arts Section, May 16, 2009. D3

• Joan Finn “Me, Myself & I” Montclair Times Arts Section, February 28, 2008. D3
  

C O L L E C T I O N S

Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Blue Wolf Capital, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Johnson & Johnson Inc, Montclair Arts Council, Raffles Hotel Istanbul, Royal Caribbean Cruise, Rockefeller Center, Savannah College of Art & Design Museum, South Orange Performing Arts Center, Grounds for Sculpture, 200fifth Ave.

E D U C A T I O N

• Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA | BFA, 2006 (Magna Cum Laude)                

• Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA | AA, 2003