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About
My work is inspired by the poetry of all things. I draw the world around me every day. Abstraction, spirituality, and joy inform my attempts to shape the things we can't quite name.
My current body of work was painted over a two-year period of intense grief. I named it Signs of Life after coming back to the same images again and again: boats, kites, horses, fire--objects with a specific kind of momentum and life energy. As the world burns around us, I invite the viewer to join me in pursuing radical joy, radical hope, and reverence for vitality as it exists within and around us.
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Kirsten Hemrich is a Brooklyn, NY-based artist, illustrator, and curator. After graduating from the University of Virginia in 2018 with degrees in studio art and poetry writing, she received a competitive Aunspaugh Fellowship to continue developing her creative practice as a post-graduate. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally. She is the recipient of eight different awards for her work including a Culture Works grant.
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