BIO & CV
BIO
Kristen Abbott is an intuitive, mixed media painter living in Boulder, CO. She is known for her use of texture and layering to create history and a sense of story in her work.
She enjoys making marks with unconventional tools such as brooms, scrapers, and kitchen utensils. Her process is visceral, guided by emotion as well as a naturally perceptive eye for composition and design.
Because our lives are loud, Kristen wants her work to feel like a small pause. A deep breath. Not one more thing adding to the noise, but a reminder to slow and notice the depth and interest in quiet moments. Beauty may very well be dazzling. But it also can be still and small—just a hint at what is to come.
Kristen’s work can be found in both private and corporate collections across the US (as well as private collections in Italy and England). She was recently awarded a Denis Diderot Grant and will be traveling to France as an Artist-in-Residence in the coming year.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The Shattering/The Becoming Collection
I believe each person has a true self that tends to get covered up through the years as we put on garments and hardened armor to protect our tenderness, to keep us “safe”. But while those protective coverings may serve us for awhile, they eventually become too constricting and they start to come apart whenever we encounter intense life events. The shroud falls away when we are ready to show up fully, embracing the Beauty in our vulnerabilities. This body of work seeks to embody the tenderness and softness that is revealed when we shed the layers that have come to veil our truest essence.
Read The Shattering/The Becoming poem here.
Curriculum Vitae
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
Baker Eye Institute
Conway, AR
Platte Valley Medical Center
Commissioned collection of 28 paintings, Brighton, CO
Centennial Resource Development
Denver, CO
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Inside Her Studio--
pop up gallery show in Denver
2019
Makers & Mystics juried show
Denver, CO
Bluprint online workshop instructor: abstract paintings in oil and wax
Guest House featured artist
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
OREGON
Bend
PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster
TENNESSEE
Brentwood
Collierville
Memphis
Nashville
TEXAS
Dallas
Fort Davis
Katy
Round Rock
REPRESENTATION
2021
Liz Lidgett Gallery,
Des Moines, IA
Kowen Gallery,
Westminster, CO
Buckhead Art & Company, Atlanta, GA
2020
Buckhead Art & Company, Atlanta, GA
2019
Buckhead Art & Company,
Atlanta, GA
Guest House,
Denver, CO
Bluprint
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