Kristen Crouch
Art director & curator of aesthetic + experience
Kristen Crouch (b. 1991) received a BFA in photography with a minor in sculpture from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Savannah, GA (2014). She has had solo exhibitions in Savannah (I Will Live On [2014]) and her hometown of Wilmington (Landscape and Memory [2018], a collaboration with LOCAL: Art + Ideas). She has also organized exhibitions in Wilmington, including Full Frontal (2017). Omni (2016), and Thirty Under 30: An International Young Artist Group Exhibition (2015). Crouch has participated in group shows in New York City, North Carolina, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Kentucky. Kristen lives and works in Portland, Oregon, USA.
I explore the shared human experience of being alive. The way we create and hold memories have a significant impact our mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. I am intrigued by the power of these images, existing solely in our mind, to shape our entire reality, and believe that becoming aware of how and what memories form enlightens us to live a vibrant life. As an artist and a curator, this search for universal human experiences drives me to create multi-disciplinary + multi-sensory objects and spaces, forming multiple points of tangency to welcome and engage viewers across all interests, ages, and cultures.