Artist Residency
October 2025, @ Jettison Creative, San Francisco, CA - organization of two exhibitions
Solo exhibition
"See Vegas and Die", in collaboration with Alexandre Martin, Jettison Creative, San Francisco CA, Oct 4-5, 2025
Curated collective exhibitions
"California Unseen", East Bay Photo Collective, Oakland, CA, Feb 06-March 22 2026 (with 12 of my photos) - to be continued at KQED offices
"Not Even Scared", Jettison Creative, San Francisco, Oct 25, 2025 (with 6 of my photos)
Juried Collective Exhibitions
"Delicious", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, May-June 2026
2 photos exhibited
"Diptychs", EBPCO, Oakland, CA, Jan 2026
2 photos exh
"The Future is Now", Livermore Library, CA, March 2025
1 photo exhibited
"The Way We See It", Jettison Creative collective show, San Francisco, Jan 2025
2 photos exhibited
East Bay Photo Collective Member Show 2024, "Momentum" Oakland, CA
1 photo exhibited: link
Livermore Art Association Spring Show, 2024, Livermore CA
2 photos exhibited
The Curated Fridge, Winter 2024, MA
1 photo exhibited: link
Home Sweet Home, February 2024, Cambridge, MA
1 photo exhibited: link
De Young Museum, San Francisco, "De Young Open 2023", Sep 2023-Jan 2024
1 photo exhibited link
Alameda, CA, Studio 23 / 3dots Gallery "10th anniversary show", May-June 2023
1 photo exhibited
Carmel, CA, Center For Photographic Art (CFPA) "Member Show", Nov-Dec 2022
1 photo exhibited online: link
Livermore, CA, "Ferments" exhibit, Aug-Oct 2022
4 photos exhibited
Livermore Art Association Spring Show, CA - April 2022
4 photos exhibited
Portland, OR, Black Box Gallery "Colors: Now" exhibition - December 2021
One photo exhibited
Oakland, CA, Gray Loft Gallery "Yellow" exhibition - November 20-Dec 18, 2021
One photo exhibited
Plein Air Sacramento, CA - October 2-3, 2021
3 photos exhibited
"Theater" won an award: "Honorable Mention"
Minneapolis, MN - "The Shape of Things", Praxis Photo Gallery - Sep 18-Oct 2, 2021
1 photo exhibited
Livermore, CA - "Late Spring Art Show 2021", Livermore Art Association, Sep 11-12, 2021
4 photos exhibited
"Chair By the Bay" won an Award: "Honorable Mention"
Livermore, CA - "Take Me there", Bankhead Theater - July 1 - Aug 29, 2021
1 photo exhibited
Awards
"Living on the Edge" series (10 photos)
One of the 200 finalists of the Photolucida Critical Mass 2023
"Dreamy Housing Project"
One of the 20 finalists, Life Framer International Competition "Home Sweet Home", May 2023
"Dreamy Housing Project"
First place, "Suburban" International Call for Art, New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA), June 2022
"Chair By the Bay"
"Honorable Mention", Livermore Art Association, "Late Spring Art Show", Sep 11-12, 2021, Livermore, CA
"Theater"
"Honorable Mention", Plein Air Sac, Sacremento, CA, Oct 2-3, 2021
Publications
Premier Exemplaire, French contemporary art magazine, issue #009 "L'air", 2024 - a series of 8 photos published + text
F-Stop magazine ("Color 2024", Feb/March 2024)- 2 photos
Analog Forever ("Home sweet home" online exhibition, Sep 2023) - 1 photo
F-Stop magazine (Black and White Group Exhibition, Feb-March 2023)
Dodho magazine (Waiting for the Rain series, online, April 2022 + The Disappearing Land, nov 2022)
Artist Talk (art magazine, paper, issue #18) - Jan 2022 - 1 photo published
Analog Forever: "Myths and Fables", online group exhibition, April 2022 / "Home Sweet Home", group exhibition, Sep 2023
Juniper Rag (art magazine, paper, issue #2) - October 2021
4 photos from the series "Fade Away" are published in the second issue of Juniper Rag (number 2, October 2021), with a 2-page text
Film Without Frontiers (online) - May 2021 - The series "Fade Away" has been published
Photos featured by @fstopmagazine, @burbsonfilm, @filmalivemag, @rolleiflexworld, @rolleiflex_club, @digital_isdead, @photoworkssf, @dinosaursonnfilm, @laboragentique, @Juniperrag, @praxisgallery,@betteroffzine, @classicsmag, @lifeframer, @montaubantourisme, @theonlyca, @selfiesonfilm, @filmwithoutfrontiers, and others
See on Instagram @clairemaen
Podcasts
"Twin Lens" interview by James Reed, Feb 2025, free on Spotify
Art fairs
Livermore Art Walk, CA - Oct 9, 2021, Oct 8, 2022, Oct 14, 2023, Oct 12, 2024, Oct 2025
I showed and sold my photos (framed, unframed, open and limited editions) at Livermore Art Walk. Link
San Francisco Zine Fest, September 01, 2024
I showed and sold my zines and photos: Link
Studio Seven Arts Gallery, Pleasanton, CA - Aug 21, 27, 28, Sep 3,4, 2021, Sep 02, 2022, August 03, 2024
I showed and sold my photos (framed, unframed, open and limited editions) at Studio Seven Arts, Main Street, Pleasanton, CA. Link
