2025
Group Exhibit, TABLE, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Installation, The Hedgehog Feast, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Group 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 + 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
2025
PhotoVOGUE Tree of Life
Smithsonian Top 10 Photo Books of 2025
LensCulture Favorite Photobooks 2025
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
Claire Rosen is an award-winning artist known for her imaginative photography — featuring a whimsical exploration of the intersection of art, history and nature. Her hallmark images include charming animals presented in fantastical anthropomorphized settings. Her still life work reimagines lush flora within a classical painterly tradition.
Her visual style was shaped by the early influences of Beatrix Potter, natural history museums and the Dutch still life tradition, with her intricate compositions blending the enchantment of children’s illustrations and the refinement of classical painting. Her work utilizes these visual traditions to spark conversation around contemporary themes.
Her lifelong love of all creatures has led Claire to a distinctive approach that integrates live animals into her creative process — engaging viewers to reflect more deeply on our relationship to the natural world.
Early in her career, she was twice named to Forbes’ “Best 30 under 30” list for Art & Design. Her work has also received accolades from industry publications like the Aesthetica Art Prize, Communication Arts Annual, IPA, Graphis, PDN Annual, Photoville Fence, Photolucida Critical Mass, Prix de la Photographie, and Sony World Awards. Her work has been featured in publications including Architectural Digest, National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, PhotoVogue, NPR, The Guardian, The Observer, Harper’s Magazine, Refinery29, and The Washington Post.
Claire’s artwork has been exhibited widely, from New York to Seoul, and has been included in both solo and group shows at venues such as AIPAD at the NYC Armory, Annenberg Space for Photography, Aperture Gallery, SCAD Savannah Museum of Art and The Center for Maine Contemporary Art. For five consecutive years she has been included on the Photoville Fence in multiple cities—Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Calgary, Houston, and Santa Fe. Her work is displayed on the walls of Instagram's Headquarters, Rockefeller Center, and the new World Trade Center.
Claire is also a sought-after educator, public speaker and author. Her book, IMAGINARIUM: The Process Behind the Pictures, offers insight into her creative practice and presents tools for the artistic process. She is profiled in Huw Lewis-Jones’ book, “Why We Photograph Animals” published by Thames & Hudson. Her first monograph, Birds of a Feather, was named one of Smithsonian’s Top 10 Photo Books of 2025. As a brand ambassador for FujiFilm USA, she continues to influence and educate within the photography community.
Since graduating in 2006 with a B.F.A. in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design, and with an earlier degree from Bard College at Simon's Rock, she has continued to evolve her practice. In recent years, she and her family moved to Warwick Furnace Farm in rural Chester County, PA, a historic property they have since transformed into a picturesque lavender farm — which provides a setting for Claire’s artist studio, an art gallery and a growing guest artist residency program — reflecting her continuing commitment to community engagement through the creative arts.
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
BFA, 2006 (Magna Cum Laude)
Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA
AA, 2003
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.
Rosen, Claire. Birds of a Feather. USA. Warwick Editions & Workshop Arts. 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
