Artist Statement

Kristina Larson creates biomorphic monochromatic sculptures and functional designs. She explores the limits of her materials by hand-building, sculpting, and assembling. She incorporates vibrant LED lights in her work, inspired by neon art and the electric pop colors of the 1980s. Larson relies on chance and accidental happenings, embracing Gaetano Pesce’s notion of celebrating the beauty in imperfection.

Biography

Kristina Larson was born in Wisconsin, lived in Boston and New York, and moved to New Orleans in 2009 after serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco. She holds a Master of Art in Arts Administration from the Savannah College of Art and Design and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University. She has exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions including Design Miami, FL; Ogden Museum of Southern Art, LA; Studio Waveland + Gallery, MS; Baton Rouge Gallery, LA; Capitol Park Museum, LA; Martin Lawrence Galleries; LA; Clock Gallery, Morocco; and the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, NY, amongst many more. She has received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (2002), and from the Louisiana Division of the Arts (2015 and 2019). Larson’s work is in the collections of Besh Group, LA; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY; and the Savannah College of Art and Design, GA.