Kristina Smith

Kristina Smith

MFA Candidate - Photography

My photographic work has been mainly focused upon personal memories and experiences that I have gathered from relationships over the years.  The work documents emotions that have been felt, experiences that I have experienced, situations that I have witnessed, and all of the things that were left unsaid. I try to evoke a sense of love and loss, showing how it can affect a space, and also how it can affect a figure in that space. What is left of the body, of your emotions, and your outlook on the world after a trauma or tragedy. What is left when the ground beneath you has been pulled out from under you and your sense of normalcy has subsided, having shaken you violently awake. 

I have also been interested in the body. How it works, what it looks like. How the body is this impressionable surface, much like our minds. That every event can leave an impression upon its facade.

My ceramic work has been focusing mainly on dualities and dichotomies, women's issues, and sexuality. I have been working mostly in mold-making with grolleg porcelain casting slip and lustres. I combine two or more forms to create a new hybrid form, one that isn't as defined or black and white. But possibly something incorporating many truths

                                      

 

You can view more of my work here.