ARTIST STATEMENT
In my abstract mixed media art, I’m inspired by the textures and colors found in nature. The interplay between life, death, strength and resiliency is a pattern that emerges in my paintings and sculptures. I often utilize salvaged possessions while experimenting with paint, pencils, paper and fabric and wood fragments. There’s also a layering effect with the materials, reflecting the patterns of loss and accumulation. Art provides solace to me. I want to share this solace with others when they experience my art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
A life-long artist and mostly self-taught, Kristen Neveu currently resides in nature near many lakes halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee. Growing up in the midwest, after graduating from The University of Iowa with a Communications major, she began painting in the evenings after work. Kristen’s artwork combines mixed materials, including acrylic and oil paint, pencil, paper, fabric and fragments of wood. Kristen is inspired by nature, music and collecting salvaged materials and possessions.
Selected exhibitions include James May Gallery in Milwaukee, WI; The Robert Wright Gallery of Art at the College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL; The Saw Room Gallery in Evanston; The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Barnsdall Art Gallery in Los Angeles, and Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, and many art pop-up exhibitions in local businesses and libraries.
Also skilled in image archiving and legalities, Kristen’s job experience includes Getty Images, Warner Bros. Entertainment Media Archives, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
© Kristen Neveu