Claire Cowie lives and works in Seattle. She is Chair of the Visual Arts Department at The Northwest School.
Claire received a BFA in Printmaking from Washington University in St. Louis in 1997 and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1999.
She is represented by the James Harris Gallery, Dallas and the Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland.
Awards include a Pollock-Krasner Grant and fellowships from Washington State Arts Commission, Artist Trust, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture and the Behnke Foundation.
Collections include Twitter, Facebook, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Microsoft, Amgen Corporation, 4Culture, Tacoma Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, Swedish Cancer Institute.
Reviews have appeared in Art in America, Artforum, Artweek, and Los Angeles Times.