Biography
Claire Havenhill is a printmaker, fiber, and mixed-media artist from Southern California. Though a lover of all printmaking processes, she has special intrigue in traditional stone lithography, toned cyanotype, and combining print with her natural dye practice. Claire currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado where she is pursuing a BFA in Printmaking and Certificate of Art at Colorado State University, set to graduate in Fall 2025. After undergrad, she aspires to continue taking steps towards teaching printmaking at the college level or working at a limited edition print publishing studio.
Artist Statement
Creating art is my means of processing. My work tends to initially catalyze from internal struggles, addressing topics of self-perception, sense of place, and cyclical behaviors, in which I often relate to widespread idioms and expressions as a means of connection to a wider audience. I use my external surroundings as means to express such deep emotions, using the natural world as symbolism for both the personal and universal human experience. I gravitate towards working with multi-step, process-based media, using the making process as an opportunity for reflection. I practice trust that my material will be my guide of where to go next. As an artist, I strive for my work to prompt close observation and make individual viewers question their unique relation to universal symbolism of the natural world.
