BIOGRAPHY

Claire Beckett is a photographer based in Boston, MA. A native of Chicago, IL, she earned a BA in Anthropology from Kenyon College (Gambier, OH) in 2000 and an MFA in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art (Boston, MA) in 2006. In the fall of 2007 her photographs are being featured in solo exhibitions at the Bernard Toale Gallery and at the University of Rhode Island. She has also recently shown at the Photographic Resource Center and at Boston University. Beckett is a 2007 recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant. From 2002-2004, Claire Beckett worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Republic of Benin, West Africa. Beckett currently teaches Photography at the University of Connecticut, The Massachusetts College of Art and The New England Institute of Art.