"My paintings utilize a variety of media and techniques to build multilayered abstract worlds. I am influenced by nature; gestures and forms I've seen in clouds, images from astronomy, and microscopic scenes encountered during my training as a nurse anesthetist. My background in printmaking and ceramics influences how I enjoy making a painting by building and removing layers, masking and resist techniques, and a leaning into the physicality of the medium. I typically start with pours, sprays, or brushstrokes of pigment to express an intial feeling or tension. As the work progresses, decisions are made intuitively to allow for chance to play a part. Often my finished paintings have gone through many destructions and resurrections, and I wouldn't have it any other way." -Kris
Selected Exhibitions
- 2021: Really Good Abstract Show, juried group show, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
- 2020: Congruence: Summer 2020 Juried Exhibition, online juried group show, www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com
- 2019: North/East, juried group show, Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- 2012: Colors, juried group show, Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- 2012: Timeless Meditations: Mandalas and Patterns In Nature, juried group show, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
- 2008: Not Not Clay: Really Contemporary Works, group show, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
- 2006: One Square Foot, juried group exhibition, Clay Squared to Infinity, Minneapolis, MN
- 2006: Members Annual Juried Show, juried group show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
- 2005: New Work, solo exhibition, Affinity Plus Credit Union, Minneapolis, MN
- 2004: Minnetonka Center for the Arts Annual Sculpture Group Show, Minnetonka, MN
- 2000: Peace Box, juried group exhibition, Kyoto International Community House, Kyoto, Japan
Education
- 1999-2000: Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan – Woodblock printmaking advanced studies residency
- 1998: Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan – Monbusho Ministry of Education Fellowship, Papermaking/Woodblock Printmaking Study
- 1998: Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, MI Concentration in ceramics and printmaking
Awards
- 2005: Jerome Emerging Artist Fellowship, Summer 2005, St. John's Pottery at St. John's University, Collegeville, MN
- 1998: Ministry of Education Monbusho Fellowship, Kyoto, Japan
Related Experience
- 2000: Etching/Papermaking Internship, Studio of Sarah Brayer, Kyoto, Japan
- 1999: Sato Woodblock Print Studio Internship, Kyoto, Japan
Teaching
- 2004: Instructor, Throwing Together wheel throwing course, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
- 2004: Guest instructor, Clay workshop, Cherokee Heights Elementary School. St. Paul, MN
- 2003/04: Teaching Assistant, Basic wheel throwing course, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Gallery Representation
- 2006-2007: Dean Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- 2002-2003: Gallery 360, Minneapolis, MN