Claire Bendinger

Claire Bendiner (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an artist with a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute (2017) and an MFA from Hunter College (2022). Bendiner’s work is deeply personal and rooted in the personal and familial surroundings of the artist’s life. Drawing inspiration from everyday spaces, her art delves into the realms of domestic interiors, waiting room lobbies, urban circuits, underground basements, and car cockpits, all of which stem from personal memories or reference images. However, Bendiner’s final compositions defy conventional representation, to the point of being illegible, inviting viewers to engage with the concept of space on a deeply emotional level. Bendiner’s paintings resonate with such experiences, through the disruption of spatial boundaries and the warping of perspective.