Claudia Scheiderich is a photographer and artist born in Utica, NY. She has been an artist for as long as she can remember, a passion nurtured early on by her father, a Purchase alumni who encouraged her creative path. Much of her childhood was spent in Mississippi and Kentucky, and this immersion in Southern culture has greatly influenced her identity and work as an artist. Claudia spent several years studying Photography at the University of Louisville before ultimately deciding to transfer to Purchase, where she will receive her BFA in the Spring of 2026.