Bridget O'Brien (b.1997) is a Canadian-American multidisciplinary artist working predominantly in plein-air painting and community-based practice. She holds a BFA from Purdue University, certifications from the New York Academy of Art, and an MFA from Indiana University (2026). O'Brien has exhibited nationally and internationally, including a recent solo show at the Waldron Arts Center in Bloomington, IN, and group shows at Microscope Gallery, NY, and ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ Gallery in Agios Ioannis, Crete, Greece. O'Brien often works with regional landtrusts and environmental scientists in the Midwest to explore painting's unique emotional capacity for visually communicating both biodiversity loss, and environmental resilience in Erie and Maumee Watershed habitats.