kristen brown artworks

website: kristenbrown.myportfolio.com 

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Negative space handmade collage

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Handmade geometric collage

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Handmade collage

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Handmade collage with drawn lines

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Handmade collage

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Handmade collage

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Happy to announce my first exhibiting opportunity of 2018! 

This Untitled painting I made last semester has been accepted into an abstract exhibition called “Order /Chaos” at The Show Gallery in Lowertown, Minneapolis!

 The show will be running February 1st-25th. Please go check it out if you’re in the area!

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Untitled (2017)

Tree bark, ink, acrylic and oil paint on board

12 x 12 inches

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Reclamation (2016)  featured upright and upside down creates an interesting diptych 

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Soliloquy (2017)

Acrylic paint, crushed ceramic pieces, tissue paper, and dried scabiosa seed pods

20 x 24 inches 

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Here is my 3rd & final installation project of the semester! The assignment was to implement an aspect of the past, present, and/or future.

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I chose to construct a vintage television set made entirely of used VHS tapes of children's movies. My goal for this project was to remind viewers of the many nostalgic childhood movies that in this case are destroyed. The cover photos for each movie can be seen as a collage through the broken screen as you approach the work closer. This piece hopefully will remind people of how fleeting their childhood was and how fleeting memories from their childhood were. I also hope the viewers can then contemplate how media is changing for the following generations that will not have the same relationship with VHS tapes or older Disney movies like our generation has. 

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Second Installation project

The class drew 3 words at random, one color, one mood, and one form. We were then instructed to create an installation based off our words.

Periwinkle, Stubborn, & Wide

My primary focus was to incorporate the use of "stubborn" materials, some of which were chicken wire, zip ties, ripped nylon tights, hot glue and wire. 

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First installation project from this past semester’s Intro to Installation course!

This assignment was to utilize a mundane material and transform it into a space.

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Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

Water Art Contest and Exhibition  | City of Ames

August 26, 2017 - October 30th, 2017

Locavore  | Rochester Art Center 

September 22, 2017 - January 7, 2017

Disquiet  | Altered Esthetics Gallery 

September 29, 2017 - November 5, 2017

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Undertow

acrylic and oil on board

18 x 24 inches

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Today I bid farewell to my painting, Labradorite, my first piece of artwork sold through a gallery! I'm so happy to know it’s in good hands with its new owners amongst the other pieces of art in their beautiful collection. Thank you again Brad and Rebecca! 😊 (photo order: detail, full painting, detail) #abstractart #painting #mnartists #arthausdecorah #mixedmedia #artstudent #labradorite #gemstone #

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Here’s a little update on recent events😊

•Last week I graciously received an Art & Design Photography scholarship from my school’s foundation

•This week marked the completion of my Associates degree in Fine Arts at my local college!!

•I received payment for my first sale through an independent art gallery yesterday!

Coming Up Next: •Applications for upcoming local/regional exhibitions

•Moving and beginning my adventure at Minnesota State University towards the completion of my BFA with painting/photo concentration along with an Art History Minor!

Stay tuned for photo updates on my projects from this Spring semester!!