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Bio & CV

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Bio

Kristen Abbott is a mixed media painter living in Boulder, CO. She enjoys making marks and building up layers in her work with unconventional tools such as brooms, scrapers, and kitchen utensils. Her process is deeply influenced by spending time immersed in nature. Her paintings are guided by embodied emotion as well as thoughtful intention. She is always seeking the balance between spontaneous and planned elements in her work.

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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 down and notice the Beauty in quiet and fleeting moments. 

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Kristen’s work can be found in both private and corporate collections across the US (as well as private collections in France, Italy and England). She was recently awarded a Denis Diderot Grant and spent two weeks as an artist-in-residence at Chateau Orquevaux in Orquevaux, France. 

Curriculum Vitae

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

 

 

Kaiser Permanente Regional Offices

Denver, CO

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Baptist Health Medical Hospital

Commissioned collection

of 18 paintings, Conway, AR

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Arkansas Children's Hospital 

Little Rock

 

Baker Eye Institute

Conway, AR

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Platte Valley Medical Center

Commissioned collection of 28 paintings, Brighton, CO

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Centennial Resource Development

Denver, CO

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EXHIBITIONS

 

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2021

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Liz Lidgett Gallery

Des Moines, IA

May

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FORM Studio

Denver, CO

June 4th

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Inside Her Studio Gallery

Denver, CO

August 6th

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2019

Makers & Mystics juried show

Denver, CO

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Bluprint online workshop instructor: abstract paintings in oil and wax 

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Guest House featured artist

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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

Boulder

Fort Collins

 

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

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OREGON

Bend

 

PENNSYLVANIA

Lancaster

 

TENNESSEE

Brentwood

Collierville

Memphis

Nashville

 

TEXAS

Dallas

Fort Davis

Katy

Round Rock

 

REPRESENTATION

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2021

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Liz Lidgett Gallery,

Des Moines, IA

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Mika Woyda Designs

Boulder, CO

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Miller Lane Mercantile

Denver, CO

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Kowen Gallery,

Westminster, CO

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Buckhead Art & Company, Atlanta, GA

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2020

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Buckhead Art & Company, Atlanta, GA

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2019

Buckhead Art & Company,

Atlanta, GA

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Guest House,

Denver, CO

 

Bluprint

 

2018

Buckhead Art & Company, Atlanta, GA
 

Art on the Green Gallery, Conway, AR
 

Guest House, Denver, CO

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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

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