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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Bloom Gallery, Valencia. Kristin DeGeorge, Curated by PCA; 2026
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Galerie Marie Poscia, Hyères. Featured artist, 5eme Biennale de l’Estampe, 2025
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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:
2024 Biennal d’Aix-en-Provence, Chapelle des Andrettes, Collectif « Perspectives »
2023 Galerie la Fourmi, Cadenet
Galerie Marie Poscia, Hyères. 4eme Biennale de l’Estampe
EuroAirport de Basel, Suisse, Plate-forme Jean Tinguely
Windgate Center of Art + Design, Little Rock
2022 Musée Unterlinden, Colmar. Projection de projets, curatorship : Clavecin en France and Fabienne Verdier
Pôle d’Arts Visuels, L’Estaque - Mairie du 15-16, Marseille.
Fundación Antonio Pérez, Cuenca, Spain. Tour of regional museums on the occasion of the 1er Premio de obra gráfica de Castilla la Mancha: Museo de Obra Gráfica de San Clemente, Sala ACUA Aula Cultural Universidad Abierta, Ciudad Real, Museo Infanta Elena,Tomelloso, Museo Municipal de Valdepeñas
Mediateca de Galapagar, Spain (Collectif ART ï T s)
Alliance Française, Madrid, Spain (Collectif ART ï T s)
2021 Woven Art Centre d’Art Actuel, Rognes. Curateurs : Michèle Guerin et Atikin
The Library Square Galleries, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Art Space on Main, Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff
2020 Bradbury Art Museum (RADIUS I), Jonesboro, Arkansas
Office de Tourisme, La Roque d’Anthéron. Commissariat : Michèle Guerin (Compagnie d’Art Contemporain Durance Luberon) et Kristin DeGeorge. Collectif ART ï T S
SF Gallery, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, US
2019 Centre Epidaure ICM, Montpellier, Collectif A R T ï T S
Heritage House Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Curator : Donna Dunnahoe
2018 Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Conway. Curators : Brian Young and Jessie Hornbrook
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center and the Department of Arkansas Heritage/Arkansas Arts Council, Small Works on Paper 2018. Curator : James Phillips. Tour of10 regional galleries and museums
Galerie Arts Nova, Marseille
2017 Galerie Anna Tchopp, Marseille. Curated by Grand Comptoir de l’Edition de Création /Atelier Vis-à-Vis
Espace Saint-Ravy, Montpellier
Justus Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Department of Arkansas Heritage, Arkansas Arts Council Small Works on Paper 2017
Curator David Houston. Tour of regional galleries
2016 Justus Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Laman Library, Little Rock, Arkansas