One who came to this country in the late 1990's to complete her studies at Falmouth College of Art, since her graduation she has exhibited widely both in the UK and in her native land, and has gained a considerable reputation and following for her highly individual work.
Her first solo show in Badcock's Gallery in 2001 was a sell out and every year since then, until last year that is, her annual exhibitions in the gallery have proved extremely successful.
As the co-directors of Badcock's Gallery, Mimi Connell-Lay and Nickie Carlyon, point out, "2008 was a year of momentous events in Kristin's life. Firstly, she moved back to her beloved Norway and, secondly, she gave birth to her first child, Mari. Consequently, we skipped our annual her show and now, two years on, we're thrilled to be exhibiting her long-awaited new body of work."
The wait has been more than worthwhile. The haunting quality which is a hall mark of her work is as perplexing as ever, still persists and stays in the mind long after having seeing such compositions as Five Faces In One and "All In Oneself" or Between Sticks and Branches and the inevitable Pregnant.
Puzzling but decidedly pleasing, the key to Kristin's paintings is to be found in her own words. "I play with figures, altering their spaces, wiping off and keeping marks from previous layers, creating new spaces over others until I obtain a certain atmosphere and the expression that I want."
Works that spring from her "inner world with all the sights, emotions, thoughts, people, things, atmospheres and the history that runs through her", she adds: "It all shapes what happens on the canvas, almost like a diary with no words, based in a reality seen through my eyes. It has dreams, fantasies and sort of inner adventures tangled in between the pure reality, playing between the restless and standing still.
"To me my paintings hold many secrets, and I like it that way. It gives them space to breathe and live their own lives, just like the people who have a sea of secrets too. I believe my paintings are the voice of my silence."
Paintings in which their playfulness is held together by their "deep sincere essence", that possess something of the same indefinable qualities of music and vibrate with "silent tones from fragile yet unbreakable strings", their inherent mix of delicacy and strength is as engaging as it is enigmatic.
Kristin's exhibition Inside Dreamers is accompanied by a selection of jewellery designed and made especially for the occasion by Daisy Dunlop.
An artist-craftswoman who worked for Cartier in Miami before returning to this country where she set up her own business in 2003, she is known for her "soft, layered jewellery that mixes cast resin with silver, gold, pearls and semi-precious stones".
As elegant as Kristin's paintings are enigmatic, her jewellery should not be missed, neither should Stephanie Cunningham's exciting animal sculptures nor Chris Prindl's exceptional studio pottery.
See it at Badcock's Gallery, Newlyn until September 8.
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