Overview
Claire Rosemary Lewis, or simply Claire Rosemary, is an animator, performer, and writer whose work explores how computers and the internet impact the incredibly human experiences of gender, sexuality, disability, body, religion, and self-perception, particularly in relation to girlhood in the digital age. In her animation and video art, she often uses an autobiographical character named Lola to engage with her own experiences with these topics. Lately, her work has focused on online teenage girlhood, female evangelical social media content creators, and the relationship between the online persona and the physical body. Her comics, short stories, essays, and poetry have been published in Bluestem, The Bookends Review, Women at Warp, Helix, and elsewhere. Claire grew up in the southern exurbs of Kansas City and has spent most of her adult life in Chicago, where she earned her BFA in animation from DePaul University and taught herself how to play chess. Website/Portfolio: clairerosemary.com