BIO & CV
CV
Kristen is an intuitive, mixed media painter who draws from a wide range of artistic influences, spanning from painterly to abstract expressionist. Dynamic compositions and expressive brush strokes characterize her large-scale pieces. Her work is informed by a personal exploration of texture and the history that builds up through layering and carving back into paint over time. Kristen lives in Denver, CO but her work can be found in both residential and commercial collections across the country.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Kristen's most recent body of work is titled "An Exploration of Personal Topography" and was recently exhibited at the Curtis Center for the Arts in Greenwood Village, CO.
“A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, disparate ideas that we did not know were previously connected.” – Reif Larsen
This deeply personal and yet universally relatable, body of work, seeks to depict the topography that is formed in each of us through seasons of growth, trauma, and life-altering events. Throughout our formation as individuals, these impactful aspects of the human experience carve deep, meaningful, and sometimes beautiful reliefs, contours, and mosaics in us. How we show up on the outside, aerial view, is determined by the meanings we have taken, internalized, and allowed to change our landscape. Each of these paintings reveal the natural processes that create rich and nuanced layers in us over time, due to both internal and external forces. Earthy pigments are washed over the canvas, scraped back, and smoothed over again until every piece has its own unique history – a story to tell.
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Kaiser Permanente Regional Offices
Denver, CO
Baptist Health Medical Hospital
Commissioned collection of 18 paintings
Conway, AR
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Little Rock, AR
Baker Eye Institute
Conway, AR
Platte Valley Medical Center
Commissioned collection of 28 paintings
Brighton, CO
Centennial Resource Development
Denver, CO
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Healing Arts solo exhibition at Parker Adventist Hospital, Parker, CO
"Be Inspired" pop-up show with Herman Miller, Denver, CO
Guest House shoppable home in RiNo Arts District, Denver, CO
Framed Image juried show, Denver, CO
"Chasing 360" at
Curtis Center for the Arts,
Greenwood Village, CO
2017
Solo exhibition, Hotel Teatro, Denver, CO
Group exhibition, Room and Board, Denver, CO
2016
Group exhibition, Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park, CO
2015
Featured Artist for Artrageous Festival, Poppy Arts, Columbia, MO
Group exhibition, Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO
2013
Solo exhibition, Artreach Gallery, Germantown, TN
Group exhibition, Art on the Green Gallery, Conway, AR
Starbucks Coffee, Conway, AR, site specific installation
2012
Featured artist, HRH Collectives Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2011
Group exhibition, Your Design, Broken Arrow, OK
Public art installation, downtown Broken Arrow, OK
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
ARKANSAS
Conway
Eureka Springs
Greenbrier
Greenwood
Russellville
CALIFORNIA
Anaheim
COLORADO
Denver
ILLINOIS
Bowen
KANSAS
Liberal
Kansas City
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
North Reading
MISSOURI
Columbia
Saint Joseph
Saint Louis
NEW YORK
Long Island City
New York
Pine Plains
OKLAHOMA
Broken Arrow
Tulsa
OHIO
Dayton
PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster
TENNESSEE
Brentwood
Collierville
Memphis
Nashville
TEXAS
Dallas
Fort Davis
Katy
Round Rock
REPRESENTATION
2018
Buckhead Art & Company, Atlanta, GA
Art on the Green Gallery, Conway, AR
Guest House, Denver, CO
2016
LewisGraham Art Consultants, Denver, CO
Art on the Green Gallery, Conway, AR
2015
Poppy Arts, Columbia, MO
2014
Plume, Columbia, MO
2012-2018
Art on the Green Gallery, Conway, AR
2012
Little Black Dress Boutique, Tulsa, OK
HRH Collectives, Tulsa, OK
2011
Anything and Everything Design, Conway, AR