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

About

Claire Peckham (she/they) is a photographer, writer, and collage artist from Seattle, WA. She holds a BA in English, a BFA in Photomedia from the University of Washington, and an MFA in Fine Art from the University of Oxford. Their work has been exhibited and published at Photographic Center Northwest, Outskirts: feminisms along the edge, Art Review Oxford, and many more.

Grounded in the aesthetics of formal photography, Claire’s work explores negative space and how it manifests across landscapes, language, memory, and the human body. She currently lives and works in Seattle.

Exhibitions

2025 — Geometry in Translation, Sad City Zine Fest, Seattle, WA

2025 — Geometry in Translation, Short Run Comix Festival via Common Area Maintenance, Seattle, WA

2025 — Geometry in Translation,Photographic Center Northwest Photo Zine and Book Fair, Seattle, WA

2025 — Note to Self, The Fishbowl Gallery, Seattle, WA

2025 — Pink Pool of Light, Common Objects, Seattle, WA

2025 — Allison Rohland and Claire Peckham, JAS Design Build, Seattle, WA

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

2025 — “Faultlines,” “Shorn,” “Mirage,” and “Patti,” Ambrosia Zine

2025 — “Back to School with Claire Peckham,”Back to School Podcast

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