Oriana Poindexter is an artist and marine scientist with an academic background spanning photography, fisheries, and marine conservation. She dives, photographs, and collects specimens to create photo-based works that document the ocean’s shifting ecosystems.

Poindexter holds an M.A.S. in Marine Biodiversity & Conservation from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a B.A. in Visual Arts from Princeton University. Her work has been published by Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and exhibited at the Laguna Art Museum, Oceanside Museum of Art, Center for Fine Art Photography, and the San Diego Public Library, among others. She creates art-science exhibits for aquariums and academic institutions, recently producing Cascadia Coast Exposures, for the Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center. Her works are held in private collections across the United States and in Europe.