Krista O'Halpin(Krista O'Halpin)(@kristaohalpin)

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Seattle, WA

Krista O'Halpin holds a BFA in Visual Communication from SCAD and is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Seattle Washington. Her work is a distinctive blend of dark, bold, and familiar elements from folklore that is often used to focus on dismantling analytical and systemic patterns where unfairness resides. Krista draws heavily from her own personal experiences with trauma, mental health struggles, a natural curiosity and appreciation for things often overlooked. Using a wide variety of mediums from illustration, printmaking, design, embroidery, photography to explore empathy, connection, and the human condition.

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My artwork is about expression, accessibility, and redefining my own voice with confidence. What others consider dark, unsettling, or creepy comes naturally to me, but I intentionally work across a range of styles and mediums from digital to fine art with intentions to meet my audiences where they are to communicate with them. Nature is my biggest inspiration, which comes from an internal appreciation for its wonder, beauty, horror, ugliness, power, and inability to predict or control. These are things that I also find within myself, so I chose to embrace everything, good and all, just like I do for nature itself. This was an especially important self discovery after I experienced a traumatic event shortly before my first day at SCAD, changing the entire projector of my life.