Kristin Kwan is an artist making figurative paintings with a bent to the otherworldly. She works primarily in oil on panel, building up her vibrantly colored images in thin layers. She is inspired both by the natural world and by legends and myths, using elements of fantasy and allegory to explore themes of life, death, and rebirth.
Kristin is a graduate of Union College in Lincoln, NE, she is the 2022 grand prize winner of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize. Kristin has exhibited professionally since 2019. When not in the studio, she can usually be found riding her bike around town or through the woods, where inspiration is most easy to come by. She currently lives in Lincoln, NE.
