BIO
Claire Christine Sargenti is an interdisciplinary artist known for her vulva-inspired imagery, often made in her signature colors of black, white and pink. Her artwork has been seen at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, as well as in galleries, digital spaces and print publications worldwide. She is the creator of the world’s largest spinning vulva sculpture and occasionally moonlights as a street artist under the pseudonym PALEO. Some of her favorite pieces include the Noble Moon Tarot Deck & Grimoire, Vagina Book, Pussy for President and Let Love Be Viral. Her artwork has raised funds for multiple charities and nonprofits including The Nature Conservancy, Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, Planned Parenthood and Doctors Without Borders.
Artist Statement
Through my art I seek to celebrate the human experience through visual storytelling that inspires thought, compassion, and positive change in the individual and collective viewer. Working at the intersection of mysticism, gender identity and psychedelics, my mixed media and cross-genre work calls into question the status-quo while promoting a message of love, all in my signature color palette of black white and pink.
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Visual Art Exhibitions & Shows
2024 Miniatures
Group Exhibition
Mayo Street Arts
Portland, ME
2024 Selfhood
Group Exhibition
Strata Gallery
Santa Fe, NM
2023 Photo Nola Festival
The Curious World of Unusual Portraits
Group Exhibition
Arabi Visual Arts
New Orleans, LA
2023 O! What A Night Gala
Group Exhibition
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, LA
2022 City of a Million Dreams
Group Exhibition
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, LA
2022 Artwork of Claire Christine Sargenti
Solo Exhibition
Shop of Wonders
Clarksdale, MS
2022 Outsider Art
Group Exhibition
Little Yellow Building
Brookhaven, MS
2022 Southern Art
Group Exhibition
Shop of Wonders
Clarksdale, MS
2022 Anthology of Motherhood
Virtual Group Exhibition
2021 Esco Alley Art Phase III
Group Mural Exhibition
Escondido Art Association
Escondido, CA
2021 New Orleans Artists
Group Exhibition
Renegade Art Gallery
New Orleans, LA
2020 Louisiana Contemporary
Group Exhibition
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, LA
2020 O! What A Night Gala
Group Exhibition
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, LA
2020 Covid-19 Creativity
Group Exhibition
Huntington Beach Art Center, CA
2020 Nude Ain’t Rude
Virtual Group Exhibition
Raquel Walker Art
2020 Beds Are Burning: A Benefit for a Continent
Group Exhibition
Carnaval Lounge
New Orleans, LA
2019 PussyPussy
Duo Exhibition
Chinatown Soup Gallery
New York City
2019 Women Performing for Women: Benefit for Hagar’s House
Group Exhibition
Cafe Istanbul
New Orleans, LA
2018 Art Auction & Fundraiser for Pueblos Sin Fronteras
Group Exhibition
Palace Art Market
New Orleans, LA
2018 Goddess Rising Art Exhibition
Group Exhibition
Potence Collective
New Orleans, LA
2017 Femme Space
Group Exhibition
Oleander Gallery
New Orleans, LA
2017 Nasty Women NOLA
Group Exhibition
Angela King Gallery
New Orleans, LA
2013 Brooklyn Artists
Group Exhibition
Danny Screams Studios
Brooklyn, NY
2013 Townhouse Art
Group Exhibition
New York City
2012 You Are Your Own
Solo Exhibition
Hell's Kitchen Artist Space
New York City
Murals & Street Art
2024 Pussy For President 2024
NOLA
2023 Fair Wages Is A Human Right
NOLA, NYC
2023 We Cream for Ice Cream
NOLA, NYC
2022 Hamsa
Clarksdale, MS
2021 Vulva
NYC, NOLA, San Diego, Memphis, Clarksdale, MS, Escondido, CA, Deming, NM
2021 A Seat at the Table
NOLA, Memphis, Escondido, CA
2021 Floras Escondidas
Escondido, CA
2021 Fleur De Paix
NOLA
2021 Be Here Now
NOLA
2021 Color Swamp
NOLA
2021 Let It Be
NOLA
2021 That I Am
NOLA
2021 Love Them
NOLA
2020 Let Love Be Viral
NOLA, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Nevada City
2020 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
NOLA, NYC, San Diego, San Francisco, Nevada City
2020 Black Lives Matter
NYC, NOLA
2019-2020 Pussy for President
San Diego, San Francisco, DC, Seattle, NOLA, NYC
2019 PussyPussy
NYC
2019 Antes De Morir
Playas de Tijuana, México
2013 City Magic
Brooklyn, NY
Publications
January 2024 New Mexico Magazine
January 2024 Goddess Arts Magazine
September 2023 New York Times
January 2023 Papeachu Review
September 2022 Ethnoscope Magazine
October 2021 Le Freak Magazine
August 2021 Art Hole Magazine
December 2020 Art Hole Magazine
November 2020 Art Hole Magazine
September 2020 Witches Magazine
September 2020 Zine Without A Crown
August 2020 Art Hole Magazine
January 2020 Witches Magazine
2016-Present Self Portrait of a Solo Artist
Author and Photographer
2016 Vagina Book
Author and Illustrator
Art Shops & Markets
Glitter Box (NOLA), Potence Collective (NOLA), C’Mere (NOLA), Oak Street Art Market (NOLA), Freret Street Art Market (NOLA), Mid City AF (NOLA), Chinatown Soup (NYC), ZimZim (Portland)
Shop of Wonders (Clarksdale, MS)
Awards, Grants & Residencies
Spirit of the Fringe Award - New York International Fringe Festival
Animamus Art Salon International Residency, UK
Critic’s Choice Award 1X.com
Music & Culture Coalition of New Orleans Grant
Artly World Foundation Artist Relief Grant
World’s Largest Spinning Vulva Sculpture
Education
Bachelor of Arts, New York University
Trainee, Joffrey Ballet School
2024 Miniatures
Group Exhibition
Mayo Street Arts
Portland, ME
2024 Selfhood
Group Exhibition
Strata Gallery
Santa Fe, NM
2023 Photo Nola Festival
The Curious World of Unusual Portraits
Group Exhibition
Arabi Visual Arts
New Orleans, LA
2023 O! What A Night Gala
Group Exhibition
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, LA
2022 City of a Million Dreams
Group Exhibition
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, LA
2022 Artwork of Claire Christine Sargenti
Solo Exhibition
Shop of Wonders
Clarksdale, MS
2022 Outsider Art
Group Exhibition
Little Yellow Building
Brookhaven, MS
2022 Southern Art
Group Exhibition
Shop of Wonders
Clarksdale, MS
2022 Anthology of Motherhood
Virtual Group Exhibition
2021 Esco Alley Art Phase III
Group Mural Exhibition
Escondido Art Association
Escondido, CA
2021 New Orleans Artists
Group Exhibition
Renegade Art Gallery
New Orleans, LA
2020 Louisiana Contemporary
Group Exhibition
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, LA
2020 O! What A Night Gala
Group Exhibition
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, LA
2020 Covid-19 Creativity
Group Exhibition
Huntington Beach Art Center, CA
2020 Nude Ain’t Rude
Virtual Group Exhibition
Raquel Walker Art
2020 Beds Are Burning: A Benefit for a Continent
Group Exhibition
Carnaval Lounge
New Orleans, LA
2019 PussyPussy
Duo Exhibition
Chinatown Soup Gallery
New York City
2019 Women Performing for Women: Benefit for Hagar’s House
Group Exhibition
Cafe Istanbul
New Orleans, LA
2018 Art Auction & Fundraiser for Pueblos Sin Fronteras
Group Exhibition
Palace Art Market
New Orleans, LA
2018 Goddess Rising Art Exhibition
Group Exhibition
Potence Collective
New Orleans, LA
2017 Femme Space
Group Exhibition
Oleander Gallery
New Orleans, LA
2017 Nasty Women NOLA
Group Exhibition
Angela King Gallery
New Orleans, LA
2013 Brooklyn Artists
Group Exhibition
Danny Screams Studios
Brooklyn, NY
2013 Townhouse Art
Group Exhibition
New York City
2012 You Are Your Own
Solo Exhibition
Hell's Kitchen Artist Space
New York City
Murals & Street Art
2024 Pussy For President 2024
NOLA
2023 Fair Wages Is A Human Right
NOLA, NYC
2023 We Cream for Ice Cream
NOLA, NYC
2022 Hamsa
Clarksdale, MS
2021 Vulva
NYC, NOLA, San Diego, Memphis, Clarksdale, MS, Escondido, CA, Deming, NM
2021 A Seat at the Table
NOLA, Memphis, Escondido, CA
2021 Floras Escondidas
Escondido, CA
2021 Fleur De Paix
NOLA
2021 Be Here Now
NOLA
2021 Color Swamp
NOLA
2021 Let It Be
NOLA
2021 That I Am
NOLA
2021 Love Them
NOLA
2020 Let Love Be Viral
NOLA, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Nevada City
2020 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
NOLA, NYC, San Diego, San Francisco, Nevada City
2020 Black Lives Matter
NYC, NOLA
2019-2020 Pussy for President
San Diego, San Francisco, DC, Seattle, NOLA, NYC
2019 PussyPussy
NYC
2019 Antes De Morir
Playas de Tijuana, México
2013 City Magic
Brooklyn, NY
Publications
January 2024 New Mexico Magazine
January 2024 Goddess Arts Magazine
September 2023 New York Times
January 2023 Papeachu Review
September 2022 Ethnoscope Magazine
October 2021 Le Freak Magazine
August 2021 Art Hole Magazine
December 2020 Art Hole Magazine
November 2020 Art Hole Magazine
September 2020 Witches Magazine
September 2020 Zine Without A Crown
August 2020 Art Hole Magazine
January 2020 Witches Magazine
2016-Present Self Portrait of a Solo Artist
Author and Photographer
2016 Vagina Book
Author and Illustrator
Art Shops & Markets
Glitter Box (NOLA), Potence Collective (NOLA), C’Mere (NOLA), Oak Street Art Market (NOLA), Freret Street Art Market (NOLA), Mid City AF (NOLA), Chinatown Soup (NYC), ZimZim (Portland)
Shop of Wonders (Clarksdale, MS)
Awards, Grants & Residencies
Spirit of the Fringe Award - New York International Fringe Festival
Animamus Art Salon International Residency, UK
Critic’s Choice Award 1X.com
Music & Culture Coalition of New Orleans Grant
Artly World Foundation Artist Relief Grant
World’s Largest Spinning Vulva Sculpture
Education
Bachelor of Arts, New York University
Trainee, Joffrey Ballet School
