Clarissa Bonet lives and works in Chicago. Drawing from her environment, her work explores aspects of the urban space in both a physical and psychological context. She became fascinated and intrigued by the urban space after moving to Chicago in 2009 and has been investigating it ever since. She received her M.F.A. in photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2012, and her B.S. in Photography from the University of Central Florida. Her work has been exhibited nationally, internationally, and resides in the collections of The Museum of Contemporary Photography’s MPP collection, The South East Museum of Photography, and The Haggerty Museum. Most recently she received the Chicago Individual Artist Grant and was curated into a group show at Aperture Foundation Gallery. Her work has been featured on CNN Photos, Feature Shoot, Lenscratch and many other notable online publications.