Kristin DeGeorge is a visual artist concerned with the urgencies of an unstable world. Her works, often created with a sewing machine and an engraving press, are destined to rattle the collective conscience. Graduate of Rutgers University at Mason Gross School of the Arts, she has precious memories of studying printmaking with Emma Amos and painting with Joan Semmel, of life in New York, the pleasure of speaking Art...and Spanish.
In Barcelona, she studied Fine Arts and Design at the Escola l'EINA and coordinated the chromatic research for the restoration project “Les Façanas de la Rambla” with architect Josep-Emili Hernandez-Cros. During her decades in Spain, she also worked as a conference interpreter for the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She lives and works in France since 2016.
The ebb and flow of the Mediterranean and its wandering peoples have fueled her artistic practice for over a decade.
She uses the languages that she speaks: stitching, printing, transparency, painting, collage... to evoke the catastrophic crossings at sea of humans today and the archaeological traces of those of the past.
She is invited to exhibit in museums in France and abroad, including Musée Unterlinden, Colmar, France ; Bradbury Museum of Art, USA ; Antonio Pérez Foundation, Spain. Collections include US Embassy, Madrid ; Department of Arkansas Heritage ; National Library of Spain, among others.
“The transversality, the channelling of the collective drive, the radiation and resonance of the earth make their mark in her etchings and collages; in the ink, and copper wire she combines with parchment; her hanging mobile sculptures—veritable jewels for a post nuclear fallout.”
Maria Vela Zanetti, Madrid 2011 (see full article)
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
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Exposition et présentation du livre SOS Sabir. La Cave de l’Ours, Meyrargues, 2022
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Guerrière ! Kristin DeGeorge. Cave de l’Ours, Meyrargues. Commissariat : Synthèse, 2019
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National Museum of Women in the Arts, Arkansas Committee Artists Registry 2017-2018 http://acnmwa.org/ Artiste sélectionnée pour exposition numérique.
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From Madrid to Marseille, trajectoire de vie, Kristin DeGeorge. Galerie Paradigme, Marseille, 2017
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Kristin DeGeorge. Made in Spain, Weapons of Unwelcome. Galerie Walter England, ASU Beebe, Arkansas, 2016
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Coffee Break: Tertulia en Imágenes. Centre Culturel Washington Irving, Ambassade des États-Unis en Espagne, Madrid. Exposition et série de conférences organisées par l’artiste, financés par l’entreprise Café de Colombia, 1994
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Warriors. Kristin DeGeorge, Galerie Hartmann-La Santa, Barcelona, 2012
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Inside/Out. Casino de Aguilas, Murcia, Espagne, 1995
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Wishbone. Kristin DeGeorge Works on paper. Padam, Padam, Barcelona, 1995
Selected juried exhibitions:
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« Peindre l’intérieur d’un clavecin, » Projet sélectionné pour l’exposition numérique des projets présentés au concours. Musée Unterlinden, Colmar. Organisée par Clavecin en France, en écho de l’exposition de Fabienne Verdier, Chant des Etoiles. 2022.
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RADIUS 1. Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) Jonesboro, Arkansas; 2020
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I Premio de Grabado Internacional de Castilla la Mancha, Espagne. Oeuvre sélectionnéé pour des exposiciones itinerantes, 2022 : Museo de Obra Gráfica de San Clemente, Fundación Antonio Pérez ; Sala ACUA Aula Cultural Universidad Abierta, Ciudad Real ; Museo Infanta Elena de Tomelloso ; Museo Municipal de Valdepeñas
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Pathways: An Exhibition of Large Format & Experimental Printmaking. Baum Gallery, Université du Central Arkansas, Conway, Etats-Unis. Commissariat Brian Young and Jessie Hornbrook, 2018
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Ricochet sur la Méditerranée : Christine Mamy, Anne Carpena et Kristin DeGeorge. Pôle d’Arts Visuels, Mairie du 15-16, Marseille. 2022