Kristen Keegan (b.1988, Canada) has been based in Norway since 2017. Her work explores multifold approaches to image-making and abstraction– recently, through craft traditions such as botanical dyeing and printing.  Open, conversational processes give rise to diverse outputs, including painting, artist books and installation.  In whatever iteration, her work considers embodied ways of seeing, using the language of colour to make room for slowness, attention, and ease. 


Kristen completed her Master's in Fine Art at The University of Bergen in 2019 and has since exhibited at venues throughout Scandinavia, including Entrée, Kunsthuset Kabuso, LNM, Konstepidemin, Årsutstillingen, Høstutstillingen and Hordaland Kunstsenter.  She has participated in residencies in Finland, Iceland and Norway, as well as The Banff Centre in Canada.  Her work is held in public collections including the University of Bergen, Stavanger Library, and KODE museum.  This October she will present new work in a solo show at Trykkeriet print studio in Bergen.