Artist Statement
As a Florida native, I experienced lush tropical landscapes, a year around temperate climate, and slow pace of life. Moving to Chicago in 2009 to attend graduate school at Columbia College Chicago, the urban landscape struck me as wholly foreign. My instant fascination with it lead to two ongoing bodies of work focused on the urban space and my perception of it: City Space and Stray Light. These bodies of work explore aspects of the urban space in a physical and psychological context.
Clarissa Bonet Lives and works in Chicago. Her current work explores aspects of the urban space in both a physical and psychological context. She received her M.F.A. in photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2012, and her B.S. in Photography from the University of Central Florida.
Bonet’s work has been exhibited nationally, internationally, and resides in the collections of JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Photography’s MPP collection, the Southeast Museum of Photography, and the Haggerty Museum of Art.
Her work has been featured on CNN Photos, The Wall Street Journal, The Eye of Photography, Photo District News, Juxtapoz Magaine, and many other notable online and print publications internationally.
Bonet has received recognition and support for her work from the Individual Artists Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events and Albert P. Weisman Foundation. Recently, she was chosen as one of PDN’s 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch in 2015 and selected as a 2016 Flash Forward Emerging Photographer by the Magenta Foundation.
Clarissa is represented by the Catherine Edelman Gallery in Chicago, IL.
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