CV/Bio
Claire Bain has been a filmmaker/artist/writer since 1989, when she graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her films have shown in the San Francisco Bay Area at Pacific Film Archive, San Francisco Cinematheque, Southern Exposure, and at other venues such as the New York video Festival. She has been painitng murals since 1993; several are in San Francisco and one is in her home town of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
She was contributing editor of the book, Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo, which also includes her essay, "Hell in Playland." She published an essay on Gunvor Nelson's film, "Red Shift," in the film journal Release Print. She directed the education program at Precita Eyes Muralists for two years, has written art curricula for KQED and other organizations. Since 1993 she has taught art, architecture, and creative writing in Bay Area schools, grades K - 12. She writes a blog on teaching art: cbainarted.blogspot.com
She works part-time in the San Francisco Public Main Library's Fiction collection, and is at work on a social media fiction project called "Nova Avon." She is writing a blog on murals and other markings called "Public Visual Space" (cbainwalls.blogspot.com).
Before working as an artist, Claire had a ten-year career as a drafter and engineering/science technician for civil, geological, and environmental engineering firms. Science and math are a big and beloved part of her life. Writing sustains her spirit.
