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czitzow@ucsd.edu
Biography:
Claire Zitzow was born and raised near Richmond, Virginia. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University from 2002 to 2008. There she earned a bachelor's of fine arts from the sculpture department and a bachelor's of interdisciplinary studies with a focus on "intercultural urban studies". In 2005 she received an international travel grant which she used to explore and research the nitrate factories and abandoned housing in the Atacama desert of Chile. In 2006 Claire received a fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, as well as a John Roos Memorial Scholarship. From 2008 until the present, Claire has been at the University of California, San Diego pursuing her master's degree and working on creative projects in the San Diego area. With the help of other graduate students at UCSD, she organized Satellite Ensemble, an ongoing alternative exhibition and workshop program in the southern California area.
four stills from the video in the sculptural piece "Salton Sea Solar Still" 2008
Exhibitions
2008
Reclamation/Apocalyption: Marcuse Gallery: San Diego
Satellite Ensemble: organizer for two group exhibitions: San Diego, CA
Art Tap-Out: AgitProp: San Diego, CA
2006
Richmond Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit: Artspace: Richmond, VA
Everything Nice: Student Commons Gallery: Richmond, VA
Duped! Experimental Media Series: Corcoran Gallery of Art, DC
Experiment in Collective Packing #1: Broad Street: Richmond, VA
Anderson Gallery Student Show: Anderson Gallery: Richmond, VA
2005
Sister Summer Skecthes: Student Commons Gallery: Richmond, VA
2004
Public mural (collaboration): Escorpio Station: Cusco, Peru
Shadow Tracings (public performance): Colegio Salesiano, Cusco, Peru
Candid: (collaboration): Plant Zero: Richmond, VA
sculptural form containing the video "Salton Sea Solar Still" 2008
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