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Oriana Poindexter
Portfolio
Exhibits
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Blue Forest Photograms (2021-)
The Iridescent Ones (2020-)
Marine Specimens (2013-)
Fish Market Chronicles (2014-)
Antarctica (2019)
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The Blue Forest, 2025 | Catalina Museum of Art + History, Avalon, CA

The Blue Forest, 2025 | Catalina Museum of Art + History, Avalon, CA

Cascadia Coast Exposures, 2025 | OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR

Cascadia Coast Exposures, 2025 | OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR

Hold Fast: A New Way to Experience Kelp, 2024 | Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, CA

Hold Fast: A New Way to Experience Kelp, 2024 | Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, CA

Blue Forest Portraits, 2024 | Laguna College of Art + Design Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Blue Forest Portraits, 2024 | Laguna College of Art + Design Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Unmoored, 2025 | Chung 24 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Unmoored, 2025 | Chung 24 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Ebb + Flow: Giant Kelp Forests through Art, Science & the Archives, 2024 | UC San Diego Library

Ebb + Flow: Giant Kelp Forests through Art, Science & the Archives, 2024 | UC San Diego Library

Impressions in Light + Shadow, 2023 | Perspectives Space, Encinitas, CA

Impressions in Light + Shadow, 2023 | Perspectives Space, Encinitas, CA

The Giants of Point Loma, 2022 | Intercontinental Hotel, San Diego, CA

The Giants of Point Loma, 2022 | Intercontinental Hotel, San Diego, CA

Treasures from the Scripps Collections, 2019 | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA

Treasures from the Scripps Collections, 2019 | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA

Into the Wild: Restoring the Endangered White Abalone, 2021 | Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, C

Into the Wild: Restoring the Endangered White Abalone, 2021 | Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, C

Ode to the Blue Forest, 2022 | San Diego Public Library, La Jolla, CA

Ode to the Blue Forest, 2022 | San Diego Public Library, La Jolla, CA

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View fullsize A peek at a growing school of sardines for the upcoming show @catalinamuseum 🫣🐟 #theblueforest #wip #workinprogress
View fullsize The Catalina Museum for Art & History presents: The Blue Forest, an immersive installation by marine scientist and artist Oriana Poindexter, opening November 8, 2025!

The exhibition transports visitors into the underwater
world of Catalina Islan
View fullsize More like this, please

 #icanseeformiles #kelpforestisthebestforest #onebreath #littlepersonbigworld
View fullsize Sometimes things line up ✨ a few views from some gorgeous days in the forest last week 

#kelpforestisthebestforest #onebreath #californiakelpforest #divecalifornia #freedivingphotography
View fullsize A belated August dumparoo from the 14th annual pilgrimage to kelp camp, plus some bonus days with the @catalinaconservancy to host a beautiful cyanotype workshop highlighting the native flora of land and sea 🦋

#kelpcamp #kelpforestisthebestforest #
View fullsize New work! These gilded pieces are a result of a collaboration during my residency at OSU @hatfieldmsc with the Plankton Ecology Lab. They are part of the ‘Cascadia Coast Exposures’ exhibit, which is on view to the public through December

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