KristaVotoArt
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Education
2023 - MFA, Sculpture, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2020 - BA (Contract Major), Sculpture, Drawing, Painting, Photo, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
2019 - BA, Art Educator, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
Professional Experience
2024 -Public Art Permanent Community Sculpture Artist/Designer, Serpentine Dancers 15 Foot Steel Sculpture, Decatur GA (in process)
2023 - Installation Team, Artist Forum October Exhibition
2023 - Public Art Permanent Community Sculpture Artist/Designer, Serpentine Dancers 15 Foot Steel Sculpture, Decatur GA (in process)
2023 - Public Art Installation Team (Volunteer), Atlanta, GA, TED Woman’s Talk, Woodruff Arts Center
2023 - Artist Assistant, Athens, GA. Assistant for accomplished Atlanta based artist/Professor, Maria Artemis.
2022 - Gallery Installation Team, The B Complex, Atlanta, GA. Built floor plan for gallery installation including lighting, floor plan, and flow through installation for an array of different art works. Along with curation of the show alongside featured artist.
2016-20 - Furniture/Cabinet Refurbishing & Rebuilding, Girl Chalk Incorporated, Pompton Lakes, NJ. Worked in clients’ homes to redo old furniture, kitchen cabinets and fireplaces. Took apart furniture and restrained, painted, or rebuilt to look new in any style. As well as taught classes in furniture techniques to amateur students about how to accomplish newly finished furniture.
2020 - Art Director of Documentary, The Great Imitator, Independent Film New York, NY. Worked as art director alongside crew members of this indie film. Chose aesthetics of filming locations, props, and outfits of participants in the documentary.
Teaching Experience
2024 - Professor of Foundational Studies, Kennesaw State University
2023 - Teaching Assistant, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA, (Bronze Casting and Foundry, Fall 2023)
2022 - Teaching Assistant, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA, (Installation Sculpture, Winter 2022)
2020-21 - Lead Art Educator, Memorial School, Maywood, NJ
2019-20 - Art Educator, Ramapo High School, Franklin Lakes, NJ
2018-19 - Student Teacher, Pascack Hills High School, Montvale, NJ
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2025 - Uprooted Ties, Solo Exhibition, The Mable House Arts Center, Mableton, GA
2024 - Nexus, Duo Distillery of Modern Art, Atlanta, GA
2023 - Validity, Solo MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Bakery, Atlanta, GA
2019 - Fluidity, Solo Exhibition, Neon by Cheng, New York City, NY
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Group Exhibitions
2025 - Art Fields, TRAX Visual Arts Center, South Carolina
2025 - On Wing, Clarkston Fine Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2025 - Safe Space, RAM Gallery, Summit, NJ
2024 - Synergy, Gallery Anderson Cooper, Atlanta, GA
2024 - Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur Library, Decatur, GA
2024 - Fifth LaGrange Southeast Regional, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
2024 - & yet again & again, Daulton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
2024 - I am Here, Group Exhibition, Mable House Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2023 - Artist Forum October, Group Exhibition, Echo Contemporary Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2023 - Burning Man Music Festival Featured Artist, Group Exhibition, Black Rock City, Black Rock Desert NV
2023 - Women’s History Month Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Artist Forum/Studio House Gallery, Atlanta GA
2023 - Continuing Her Story, Group Exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville NC
2023 - Kinetic, Group Exhibition, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Cape Cod, MA
2023 - Roe 2.0, Group and Online Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 - Hard To Swallow, Group Exhibition, The B Complex Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2022 - Femina, Online Exhibition by Gallerium, Canada
2020 - Farm Art, Public Art Exhibition, Mcbane Farm, Alpine, NJ
2019 - Exposed, Group Exhibition, Kresge & Pascal Galleries, Mahwah, NJ
Publications
2022 - Burning, wood sculpture, Artistonish Magazine 27th addition, Canada
2022 - Naturally Artificial, plexiglass sculpture, Femina Publication and Magazine, Canada
Curated Exhibitions-
2024 - Nexus, Distillery of Modern Art, Atlanta, GA
2023 - Validity, The Bakery Atlanta, Atlanta GA
2022 - Hard to Swallow, The B Complex Gallery, Atlanta GA
2019 - Fluid, Solo Exhibition, Neon By Cheng, New York, NY