Kristin Gaudio Endsley
Krisitin Gaudio Endsley
Kristin Gaudio Endsley

Artist Statement and Biography

Interiors/Exteriors, Kristin’s current series of works on canvas
and paper, applies unconventional painting techniques to
defined spaces. Using forced air and water to capture motion
and the effects of transformation on painted surfaces, the
works in Interiors/Exteriors focus on contrasts,
exploring ideas like deliberate/unintended,
controlled/uncontrolled, planned/unplanned.

Influenced by organic and manmade patterns found in both
internal and external environments, the untitled works in
Interiors/Exteriors ask the viewer to participate in interpretation.
This starts with most viewers’ first question regarding abstract
art: What am I looking at? Beyond the basics, viewers are also
asked to contemplate more existential questions: What’s
inside? What’s outside? What’s intentional? What happens by
chance?

Kristin was inspired to begin her Interiors/Exteriors series
when she viewed aerial photos depicting Japanese landscapes
before and after that country’s devastating tsunami. The
effects of the torrential water on highly defined and developed
landscapes— so carefully constructed by human hands—
prompted Kristin to consider the use of force and water on
painted surfaces. From this initial inspiration, Kristin
created the series involving surface and pattern abstractions
of both large and infinitesimal spaces.

Interest in the clash between the man-made and natural
worlds is also deeply rooted in Kristin’s past and present
surroundings. Raised near the rolling shores of Chesapeake Bay,
Kristin’s perspective was strongly shaped by the visual clash of
industry and nature in and around the bustling American port
town of Baltimore. Kristin now lives in London, England, where
she continues to be inspired by the juxtaposition of man-made
and natural influences that are ever-abundant in one of the
world’s liveliest cities.

Education      

Virginia Tech University, Virginia, USA                                       
Graduated 2002
Bachelor of Science in Fashion Design

Exhibitions and Festivals

March 2012 TBA, Curious Duke Gallery, Shoreditch, London
December 2011 Veritas, In Vitro Gallery, Lincoln, England
November 2011 Something Blue, Cultivate Gallery, Vyner Street,
Bethnal Green, London
November 2011 The Other Art Fair, The Barge House, Southbank,
London
October 2011 Showcase London, Richmix, Bethnal Green, London
October 2011 Little Benefits, Cultivate Gallery, Vyner Street,
Bethnal Green, London
2007 Art through Literacy, Sesame Street Production, New York
City, New York
2002 Senior Show, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

Awards, Honors and Commissions
Top Emerging Artist September 2011, Artslant
Selected from hundreds of applicants to participate in The
Other Art Fair, selection committee included Charming
Baker, contemporary artists; Dr. Anthony Down, Programmer
Director of the MA course in Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s
Institute of Art; Sophie Hasting, Feature Editor of GQ; and
Godfrey Worsdale, Director of BALTIC Centre for Contemporary
Arts
Work in several private collections throughout United States and
England

Related Work

Art Educator at Learning Through an Extended Arts
Program (LEAP) in New York City.  Selected to lecture on
art education at the Sesame Street Production Company