Kristina Kuester-Witt Primary Medium: Paint Other media: Printmaking Keywords: Figurative, Organic, Conceptual

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Artist Statement
My work evolves around duality since the mid 1990`s when I lived and studied in Germany and The Netherlands.
I usually choose the traditional medium Oil on canvas because I prefer the sensuality of paint over the more contemporary mediums.
But I also transfer my paintings into paper-Lithography using photographs.
Most of my work consists of two paintings corresponding with each other.
Simplistic figures are surrounded by undefined or abstract spaces without illusionistic details.
Some “pairs” seem to be the same person but at a different age/time or state of mind.
Others are male/female couples addressing gender assignments.
My work is very reduced and subtle, reflections of everyday life. I show small moments like breathing, sharing a word with a stranger, dealing with pain or the need to be young.
My recent "upside-down"-series is about gaining a new perspective, overcoming the fear of loosing control and finding the right balance. That I intend not just literally.
















Artist Bio
Education

1989-95
Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Kuenste Karlsruhe, Germany (Academy of visual Arts)
1994-95
“Meisterschuelerin” (“masterstudent”) with Prof. P.Ackermann
1992
EU-Scholarship (Erasmus-exchange) to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts,The Hague, Netherlands
1986-88
Freie Kunstschule (Free Art School) Stuttgart, Germany


Grants

2010
Artist Fellowship Grant/ CT Commission on Culture & Tourism
2000
Kunstpreis (artprize) der Sparkasse Karlsruhe, GER
1999
Artist in residence + grant “Stipendium Kavalierhaus" Langenargen, Lake of Constance, GER
1995,96+97
Fellowships from foundation STROOM-haags centrum voor beeldende kunst, The Hague, NL





Additional Information
Exhibitions (selection)

2010
*Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT "inside out"
*Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY "Capturing Memories in Art"
2009
* Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT "new member show"
*Carriagebarn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT "Spectrum"
*Cambridge Arts Association, MA "Northeast Prize Show"
2008
*Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan,CT "Art of theNortheast",
"Silvermine now" and "relevant issues"
*Artspace New Haven,CT "CONNcentric"
2006+07
*CWOS Artspace New Haven,CT
2000
*Sparkasse Karlsruhe, GER "Jubilaeumsbilder" (Prize Competition)
1999
*Galerie Gros,Langenargen/Lake of Constance, GER
*Suedwestbank Treffpunkt, Stuttgart, GER "mensch/sinne/medium"
*Verband bildender Kuenstler/innen Baden Wuerttemberg, GER
*B&O Gesellschaft fuer Dialog Marketing, Stuttgart, GER
1998
*Cityhall The Hague, NL
1997
*Kunstverein Germersheim e.V. im Zeughaus, GER
*Gallery Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague, NL
*Gallery Artimediair, The Hague, NL
1996
*Gallery Arti&Industriae, The Hague, NL
*Volksbank Karlsruhe, GER "Die Kunstreihe/ 5 Meisterschueler"
*Gallery Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague, NL
1995
*Landesmuseum Schloss Bruchsal, GER "14 Meisterschueler"
*Oberrhein. Dichtermuseum/ Literar. Gesellschaft, Karlsruhe, GER
1994
*Gallery Artimediair, The Hague, NL

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