Claire Beckett is a photographer whose work offers a critical lens on American identity. Recent projects look at cultural appropriation within American military training and the experience of converts to Islam, interrogating how we, as a nation, grapple with identity, whiteness, an dorientalism. Solo exhibitions include the Wadsworth Atheneum, Carroll and Sons Gallery, and Journee Photographiques de Bienne; group shows include the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Mass MoCA, the National Portrait Gallery, and Aperture Foundation. Beckett has been awarded an Artadia Award and was artist-in-residence at Light Work. Collections include the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Fidelity Investments and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
