Oriana Poindexter is a photographic artist and marine scientist whose studio practice utilizes alternative photographic processes in dialogue with the ocean.

Her current museum exhibit, The Blue Forest, brings together sound, hand-printed textiles and works on paper in a site-responsive installation for the Catalina Museum for Art & History.

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Recent Exhibits

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Art exhibit featuring a fish sculpture on a wall with a stylized wave, a framed artwork of a blue leaf, and a blue curtain on the left side

Three framed botanical art prints hanging on a white gallery wall, with small decorative objects placed on a white shelf below.

The Blue Forest, 2025 | Catalina Museum for Art & History, Avalon, CA

Cascadia Coast Exposures, 2025 | Oregon State University, Newport, OR

Recent Press

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San Diego Union Tribune: In the Curator’s Words: At Catalina Museum, San Diego-based artist explores California’s kelp forests
Smithsonian Magazine: Stunning Seaweed Prints Capture Life Underwater
REI Wild Ideas Worth Living: Merging Freediving and Art with Oriana Poindexter
High Country News: The California artists illuminating kelp
See Great Art: Artist/scientist Oriana Poindexter takes visitors to Catalina Island’s kelp forests
Modern Luxury: 4 Art Exhibits in Orange County Sure to Spark Inspiration This Winter
Variable West: Southern California art picks from Alitzah Oros
Getty.edu: Capturing the Feeling of the Ocean on Paper