Claudia Esslinger is a visual artist who works primarily in video installation -- her work has been exhibited throughout the United States. Originally from New York, she now teaches video and digital imaging at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. She is the recipient of four Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowships and a New Forms Regional Grant. She participated in a residency program in Dresden, Germany as part of an artist exchange program in 1999, and received a Professional Development Grant from the Ohio Arts Council for travel to South Korea as part of the Crosssound 2002 "S.E. Singing Pictures" collaboration with Yunkyung Lee.