KRISTIN TEXEIRA choice / chance

ALL THE THINGS I WAS THINKING WHILE I WATCHED THE LIGHT CHANGE ON MOUNT TAMALPAIS

NOVEMBER 22ND - JANUARY 3RD

LOOK WEST AND THE JAUNT ARE PROUND TO PRESENT: CHOICE / CHANCE, ALL THE THINGS I WAS THINKING WHILE I WATCHED THE LIGHT CHANGE ON MOUNT TAMALPAIS, AN EXHIBITION OF OIL PAINTINGS AND SKETCHBOOK SELECTIONS BY KRISTIN TEXEIRA.

KRISTIN TEXEIRA CREATES ABSTRACT PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY HER INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE AND PLACES. HER USE OF COLOR IS CHANNELED FROM HER SENSITIVITY TO MEMORY AND SYNESTHETIC APTITUDE. SHE OFTEN CREATES “MEMORY MAPS” THAT TELL OF A SPECIFIC MOMENT IN TIME. TEXEIRA GRADUATED FROM MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN IN 2010. SHE HAS EXHIBITED WORK VIA UPRISE ART IN NEW YORK CITY, WITH HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY IN SAN FRANCISCO, STUDIO CROMIE IN GROTTAGLIE, ITALY AS WELL AS OTHER GALLERIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD. SHE HAS BEEN AWARDED RESIDENCIES THAT INCLUDE THE ALBERS’ FOUNDATION ARTIST RESIDENCY, THE VARDA ARTIST RESIDENCY, THE GOOGLE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, THE JAUNT, THE SAM AND ADELE GOLDEN FOUNDATION ARTIST RESIDENCY, AND VERMONT STUDIO CENTER.

KRISTIN LIVES AND WORKS IN BARRYSVILLE, NY.

OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND