Cluessa is based in Florida, U.S. She received her B.A in Psychology from SUNY New Paltz in New York in 2016 and her BFA in Studio Art from Florida State University in 2020. Her work has been shown at locations such as Art Fields SC, 621 Gallery, Moisturizer Gallery, and in the group screening “Signal Flo” at Sl8 Gallery in Gainesville, FL. While living in Tallahassee, FL, she has volunteered as Art Director for local collective Cat Family Records and curated off-site exhibits in partnership with 621 Gallery. She has received the Ann Kirn Scholarship and the Susan and Mark Messersmith Sculpture Award. In addition to visual art, her work includes documentary filmmaking based in the Big Bend region. In 2022, her collaborative work "Fire in the Meadows" received Audience Choice Best Documentary Short Film in the Tallahassee Film Festival. |
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cluessa.artist@gmail.com
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EXHIBITIONS
Fire in the Meadows Tallahassee Film Festival | Tallahassee, FL 2022 *Best Doc Short Moisture & Wetness Moisturizer Gallery | Gainesville, FL 2022 No Islands: Serena Viola Corson Tallahassee Film Festival | Tallahassee, FL 2021 Creative Tallahassee City Hall | Tallahassee, FL 2021 Onward and Upward Art Center Sarasota | Sarasota, FL 2020 Know Your Neighbor 621 Gallery | Tallahassee, FL 2020 Oglesby presents Dirac Science Building | Tallahassee, FL 2019 Art Fields 130 Main St | Lake City, SC 2019 Remote Dialogue University of W Georgia | Carrollton, GA 2019 Signal Flo The Sl8 | Gainesville, FL 2018 The Worm at My Core 621 Gallery | Tallahassee, FL 2018 Art + Tech Fest 621 Gallery | Tallahassee, FL 2018 Portal 3 Soup Experimental | Tallahassee, FL 2018 Computer, Are We An Animal? The SH/ed/ | Tallahassee, FL 2018 |
WORK HISTORY
Executive Director 621 Gallery | Feb 2022 - Dec 2022 CURATION Pop-T.ART Cat Family Records + 621 Gallery | Tallahassee, FL 2019, 2020 VOLUNTEER WORK Art Director Cat Family Records | July 2019 - current Arts Admin Assistant 621 Gallery | May 2018 - Sept 2018 AWARDS Ann Kirn Award 2018, 2019 Susan and Mark Messersmith Scholarship 2020 Audience Choice - Short Doc | Tallahassee Film Festival 2022 EDUCATION BA Psychology, SUNY New Paltz 2016 BFA Fine Arts, Florida State University 2020 MA Media Studies, Florida State University (incomplete) |