Originally from central Massachusetts, Claudia Hollander-Lucas has also lived in Boston, Colorado, England, and Spain. She has made the Puget Sound her home since 1979. She is a full professor alumna of Fine Arts at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington.

She has exhibited her work extensively, including BVAU in Boston, MA; Rutgers University in New Jersey; the Portland Art Museum in both Maine and Oregon; Vladivostok University, Russia; Emerson College in Sussex, England; the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, WA.; Lisa Harris Gallery in Seattle, WA.

Claudia earned a BFA in Design from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, Massachusetts and a MFA in Painting from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.

She was a founding member of the Quartermaster Press, and of Le Petit Salon on Vashon Island. She has been a member of Artist Trust, the Vision Action Group of Vashon, and the Subversive Writers Group, Vashon Island. She is a current member of the Audubon Society, and BAG Book Arts Guild, Seattle, WA

She lives in the woods on Vashon Island with her husband, John, and with many deer, birds, and other wildlife.