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'In the Curator’s Words: At Catalina Museum, San Diego-based artist explores California’s kelp forests' by Michael James Rocha for the San Diego Union Tribune

'In the Curator’s Words: At Catalina Museum, San Diego-based artist explores California’s kelp forests' by Michael James Rocha for the San Diego Union Tribune

'Stunning Seaweed Prints Capture Life Underwater' by Avery Schuyler Nunn for Smithsonian Magazine

'Stunning Seaweed Prints Capture Life Underwater' by Avery Schuyler Nunn for Smithsonian Magazine

'Scientific Splendor: "The Art of Science"' by Alexandra Wolfe in The Wall Street Journal

'Scientific Splendor: "The Art of Science"' by Alexandra Wolfe in The Wall Street Journal

'Capturing the Feeling of the Ocean on Paper' by Zoe Goldman for Getty

'Capturing the Feeling of the Ocean on Paper' by Zoe Goldman for Getty

'When Sarcastic Fringeheads Open their Mouths, Watch Out' by Jason P. Dinh for The New York Times

'When Sarcastic Fringeheads Open their Mouths, Watch Out' by Jason P. Dinh for The New York Times

'The California artists illuminating kelp' by Kate Fishman for High Country News, July 2024

'The California artists illuminating kelp' by Kate Fishman for High Country News, July 2024

Southern California art picks' by Alitzah Oros for Variable West

Southern California art picks' by Alitzah Oros for Variable West

Merging Freediving and Art with Oriana Poindexter: Wild Ideas Worth Living Podcast with Shelby Stanger

Merging Freediving and Art with Oriana Poindexter: Wild Ideas Worth Living Podcast with Shelby Stanger

'Kelp forests inspire exhibits' by Pam Kragen for The San Diego Union Tribune

'Kelp forests inspire exhibits' by Pam Kragen for The San Diego Union Tribune

UCTV: Hold Fast Opening Lecture with Oriana Poindexter and Mohammad Sedarat

UCTV: Hold Fast Opening Lecture with Oriana Poindexter and Mohammad Sedarat

Beauty and tragedy of San Diego's kelp forest on display at the Birch Aquarium by Thomas Fudge for KPBS Science & Technology

Beauty and tragedy of San Diego's kelp forest on display at the Birch Aquarium by Thomas Fudge for KPBS Science & Technology

'The 'ebb and flow' of kelp in art at UC San Diego exhibit' by Lisa Deaderick for The San Diego Union Tribune

'The 'ebb and flow' of kelp in art at UC San Diego exhibit' by Lisa Deaderick for The San Diego Union Tribune

'This Week in Photography' by Jonathon Blaustein for A Photo Editor

'This Week in Photography' by Jonathon Blaustein for A Photo Editor

'Top 40 Analog Photographs of 2024' - Analog Forever Mag

'Top 40 Analog Photographs of 2024' - Analog Forever Mag

'Hope for Abalone' by Jacquelyn Ross for Bay Nature Magazine

'Hope for Abalone' by Jacquelyn Ross for Bay Nature Magazine

'The Beauty of Art in Science' for Princeton Alumni Magazine

'The Beauty of Art in Science' for Princeton Alumni Magazine

"Oriana Poindexter – Art and Science in Harmony" feature in Golden Ride Magazine

"Oriana Poindexter – Art and Science in Harmony" feature in Golden Ride Magazine

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View fullsize Monday was a five star day underwater with the gals 🌟

@kristinacchang @coastcreeper @steppenotter
View fullsize Thanks for the printed spread feature in today’s @sandiegouniontribune on The Blue Forest @catalinamuseum πŸŒ€

πŸ“· by @chelseamayerphotography @heidizumbrun
View fullsize A fresh batch of shell books washed up πŸ’™πŸš

These seven new bivalve books are available for purchase - each has 20 blank pages inside for thoughts, feelings, notes, doodles, poems, or a very short novel. 

Oregon Cockle shell books - 2 available 
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View fullsize 🌞 11.19.2025 🌞
View fullsize This is the last week to visit my exhibit in Newport, Oregon at Hatfield Marine Science Center! 

The exhibit ‘Cascadia Coast Exposures’ contains 26 pieces, all which are site specific and were created during my Artist Residency in Summer

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