HELLO!
Kristin Kwan is an artist making illustrative paintings with a bent to the otherworldly. She works primarily in oil on panel, building up her vibrantly colored images in thin layers. She is inspired both by the natural world and by legends and myths, using elements of fantasy and allegory to explore themes of life, death, and rebirth. Kristin is a graduate of Union College in Lincoln, NE, she is the 2022 grand prize winner of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize. Kristin has exhibited professionally since 2019. When not in the studio, she can usually be found riding her bike around town, or through the woods, where inspiration is most easy to come by. She currently lives in Lincoln, NE.
PRESS
2022 December, Beautiful Bizarre, link
2022 July, Surrealism Today, link
2022 May, Muddy Colors, link
2021 September, Beautiful Bizarre
2021 June, People’s Print Shop, link
2021 January, Imagine FX
SHOWS
2024 December: Beating (solo) Nucleus, Portland, OR
2024 November: Paracosmic Escape (group) Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
2024 October: Fantasmagoria (group) Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 June: The Portrait Show 12: Myth (group) Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
2024 May: Fable & Folklore (group) Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2024 March: Surreal (group) Vertical Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 September: New ‘Rue Review’ (group) Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 May: Transfiguration (group) Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2022 November: Halcyon Days (group) Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
2022 August: Golden Afternoon (solo) Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
2022 February: Flora and Fauna V (group) Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
2022 January: Art Collector Starter Kit (group) Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 October: Animalia (group) Haven Gallery, Northport, NY, curated by Beautiful Bizarre
2021 October: Cat Art Show LA (group) Hop Louie, Los Angeles, CA
2021 September: Solo Show at Nucleus Portland, Portland, OR
2021 August: Le Petit Prince “Looking With the Heart” (group) Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 June: Salut! 6 (group) Nucleus Portland, Portland, OR
2021 May: Small Works 2021 (group) Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, AUS
2021 April: 15th Anniversary Group Show (group) Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 April: Tondo (group) Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
2021 March: Lewis Carroll (group) Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
2021 March: Ritual Deluxe (group) WOW x WOW, online
2021 February: Mindweave (group) WOW x WOW, online
2020 December: Flower Power (group) Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
2020 December: Little Big V (group) Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
2020 November: Fantasical Flora and Fauna IV (group) Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
2020 November: Microdose II (group) Nucleus Portland, Portland, OR
2020 October: Bird, Nest, Nature (group) Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2020 October: Neoclassicism (group) Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
2020 September: Unnatural Histories IV (group) Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 July: Poison Garden (group) Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 July: Suggestivism (group) Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
2020 June: Salut 5 (group) Nucleus Portland, Portland, OR
2020 May: two person show at Nucleus Portland, Portland, OR
2020 May: Mermay (group) Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
2019 November: Salut 4 (group) Nucleus Portland, Portland, OR
2019 September: WOW² volume III (group) WOW x WOW, online
2019 August: Eternity’s Engine (group) WOW x WOW, online
2019 February: Suggestivism (group) Nucleus Portland, Portland, OR
kristin.d.kwan@gmail.com