Claire Marks (b. 1992) is a visual artist from Akron, Ohio. Her work is always an affirmation of the wild beauty and ultimate incomprehensibility of life as an earthly being. She is motivated by a fascination with animals and a love of compendiums—concise, comprehensive collections of information about a specific category of knowledge (field guides, encyclopedias, etc.) She draws inspiration from natural history prints, early American folk art, literature, book illustration, and her personal surroundings. Claire’s practice has involved different media including painting, collage, bookmaking, and paper marbling.