“My high-contrast, black and white pieces draw viewers into a play of light and dark, danger and ecstasy. Massive cloud formations and insignificant juice boxes make viewers feel massive, then diminutive.  Through this work, I share my most precious memories of both fear and awe. A childhood of camping led me to an adulthood of insatiable wanderlust. Nature still makes me nostalgic for the unbridled wonder we rarely feel as adults. The grand and terrific force us to consider our own vulnerability, and challenge us to find peace with it.”

Krislyn is an artist working in a range of digital and traditional media. Her black and white work finds power in wonder though themes of nature, weather, and childhood. She draws inspiration from her time living in Australia, Germany, and the remote American west. Krislyn completed her MFA at Texas A&M University in August 2020, and spent the following year as an artist in residence in Bryan, Texas. She currently lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and teaches at Shelton State Community College.

Krislyn’s animated short “…to ashes” received an audience favorite award at the 2020 Florida Animation Festival. Her work has exhibited internationally.

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Education

2020     MFA Visualization, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

                             Semester at Akademie fuer Internationale Bildung, Bonn, Germany

2016     BS Visualization cum laude, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

                            Minor in Art and Architecture History

                            Semester at Akademie fuer Internationale Bildung, Bonn, Germany

Symposia

2020     “Sublime Satire: Postmodern Mourning in Cinema”, TED-Arch, Annual Research

              Symposium, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Grants, Awards, and Honors

2022     Judge, Florida Animation Festival, Tallahassee, FL

2020     Audience Favorite, Florida Animation Festival, Tallahassee , FL

2020     Bryan Artist-in-Residency Program, Bryan, TX (August 1, 2020 – July 31, 2021)                                                       $3,000

2020     Arts Enhancement Grant, Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, College Station, TX

                            $1,179

Solo Exhibitions

2021     Outwards/Inwards, Arts Council of the Brazos Valley, Bryan, TX

2021     Reverence, POV and The Stella Hotel, Bryan, TX

2020     WONDER, J. Wayne Stark Galleries at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022     FIGURES, Art Fluent, Boston, MA

2022     Like Clockwork, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2021     Extinction: Save the Planet, Gallerium, Tortonto, Canada

2021     Open/No-theme Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Annapolis, MD

2020     Florida Animation Festival, Tallahassee , FL

2020     Far Country, TAG 120, Taylor, TX

2020     Ivy Film Festival, Providence, RI

2020     With Bated Breath, Gallery 114, Portland, OR