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Kristin Kyper was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1976. She was encouraged to be creative at an early age, and won a number of supermarket coloring contests. Art has never been her only love, however, and she graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell with an Honors BS in Computer Science. Having minored in Studio Art in college, she wanted to continue her studies, and after working for a few years as a Software Engineer and Graphic Designer she matriculated at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Concentrating in nonferrous metalsmithing, she branched out into blacksmithing and steel fabrication, woodworking, stone carving, cold glass working, moldmaking and casting, sewing, papermaking, and electronic circuit building. She received a BFA in 3D Fine Arts in May 2008.
I strongly believe in the force of the will, that if someone believes in something beyond a shadow of a doubt, no matter what that something might be, then it will become manifest. In this way even things that we have been taught are impossible come to pass. May Kay Ash noted, “Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” My artwork addresses this vast untapped potential within all of us as a means to overcome limitations, especially those inherent in the human condition.
On a more personal level, this work is about something I desire, but that I doubt will come to pass. By investing time and effort into a piece, I commit further to my belief, reducing my skepticism, and thus increasing the likelihood that whatever I desire will exhibit itself. It is a kind of a modern-day spell-making. My artwork tends to be interactive; I want viewers to handle, wear, or enter a piece. The presence of other people experiencing a work lends it more credibility, and the more involved they get in the experience the more I (and perhaps they) believe in it.
| 2008 | From the Electric Studio. Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA. May 30 - June 21. The 2008 Graduating Senior Exhibition. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. May 20 - 24. All School Show: Metals. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. March 23 – 28. The 2007 Stephen D. Paine Scholarship Exhibition. The New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston, MA. Invitational. January 17 – February 9. |
| 2007 | Haystack 2007 Exhibition. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. October 22 – November 3. All School Show Award Winners Exhibit. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. Invitational. April 8 – 14. All School Show: Metals. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. March 25 – 31. |
| 2006 | All School Show: Metals. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. March 26 – April 1. |
| 2008 | 2008 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Honorable Mention. International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ. |
| 2007 | Stephen D. Paine Scholarship. Boston Art Dealers Association, Boston, MA. All School Show Award of Excellence. Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA. |
| 2007 | Gaston, Diana. “Supporting Young Artists Without Strings”. Art New England 29.1 (December/January 2008): 15-17. |
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