Selected Press
Articles
Artists Network (2020) - A Pastel Portrait Artist Searches for Meaning
Pastel Journal (2019) - The Search for Meaning (8-page spread, in print only)
Daily Good (2019) - A hyperrealist artist draws the dying to understand life
Aeon (2017) - It’s easy to get caught up in constructing our selves, but what does it cost us?
Journal of Symptom & Pain Management (2017) - Front cover of the year’s journals
eHospice News (2016) - Claudia Biçen: Thoughts in Passing
WNYC - Studio 360 (2016) - Beautiful portraits from the twilight of life
PRN Magazine (2016) - The Legacy Project: Interview with Claudia Biçen
NextAvenue (2016) - Life Lessons from Portraits of the Dying
San Francisco Chronicle (2016) - 'Thoughts in Passing' portraits are road map to art of living
National Portrait Gallery (2016) - "The Outwin 2016" Finalist: Claudia Biçen
Smithsonian Magazine (2016) - Every Three Years, Artists Compete to Be On View at the National Portrait Gallery
The Washington Post (2016) - Drawing portraits of dying people in hospice taught this artist about living
The Huffington Post (2016) - A hyperrealist artist draws the dying to understand life
STAT News / Boston Globe (2016) - A daring exhibit asks the dying: How do we make the most out of living?
Journal Du Design, France (2014) - Portraits par Claudia Biçen
Frankie Magazine, Australia (2014) - Claudia Biçen’s Tree Stump Portraits
Huffington Post (2014) - Everything is Transient (So Hold On Tightly)
Asterisk Magazine (2013) - Artist Profile: Claudia Biçen
Paint Pens Collective (2013) - Featured Artist: Claudia Biçen
Enfield Independent, UK (2013) - Enfield artist selected to exhibit in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Films + Podcasts
Best Life Best Death (2024) - #137 Thoughts in Passing
YG2D Podcast (2023) - The Forgotten Teachers
Stanford Storytelling Project - State of the Human (2019) - Dying
Dying to Live with Richard Brendan (2019) - Interview with Claudia Biçen
CGTN - Full Frame Close Up (2018) - A Brush with Life (SHORT FILM)
Death Hangout (2017) - Shining a Light on your Darkness
DAYA - Adventures in Aging (2016) - Thoughts in Passing
Chronologically Gifted (2016) - Thoughts in Passing
VoiceAmerica with Cheryl Jones (2016) - Thoughts in Passing
The Adventures of Memento Mori Podcast (2016) - Thoughts in Passing (Parts 1 & 2)