KRISTINA SMITH

Hobbies include:

• Avoidance as a sport

• attempting to recover from burnout in a system never designed to allow for this

• Holding onto everything and refusing to let go

• Letting go of everything because none of this really matters

• Keeping as many browser tabs open as possible before system crashes

• Over-drafting my bank account

• Cooking really good food and then making you eat it in order to show you my love

• talking to plants and trees

• Disassociating completely when receiving compliments or praise

• trying really hard^TM

• what are work place accommodations? 

• Writing/singing/playing music and never letting anyone hear this

Kristina Smith is a multimedia artist and writer whose creative research explores memory, identity, and cultural erasure. Their recent work examines late-stage capitalism, queer identity, mental illness, and the exploitation of the working class.

Smith holds an MFA with distinction, in Photography from Texas Woman's University in Denton, TX (Aug 2013) and a BFA in Studio Art: Photography + Spatial Arts from Youngstown State University (May 2008) in Youngstown, OH. Smith recently completed residencies at Pocosin Arts (Columbia, NC) and the Mendocino Art Center (Mendocino, CA).

Smith utilizes plants and magic as coping mechanisms for pain and trauma. they are interested in radical vulnerability and regularly perform and channel aches of the heart and world with Spiderweb Salon, an arts collective based in Denton, TX.

Smith’s solo and collaborative works have been exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally in venues such as Rayko Gallery, Form & Concept Gallery, and the Midwest Center for Photography.

They currently work as the Studio Technician in the Photography program at the University of North Texas.