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Kellie Ann Krouse is a multimedia artist living and working in New York City. She graduated from NYU with a BFA in Sculpture with an emphasis in Glass and Ceramics in 2016. Her work spans the spectrum of materiality employing materials such as glass, fabric, plastic, ceramic, yarn, and rope. She strives to focus on the physicality of these materials while often tackling topics related to her exploration of navigating the world as a woman. Most recently she has started a stained glass line called Soldered Curves, works inspired by the natural curves of the bodies that surround us in our everyday lives. These works all range in size, just like us, bringing light through a wide variety of body types


As an artist I strive to use the materials surrounding me to create different understandings of what they can mean. Because of this my works span a spectrum of materials, employing glass, ceramic, fabric, plastic, rope, string, and much more. Often the experience of creating a piece is just as important as the final output. Physically stretching, tearing, manipulating a material helps to generate the feeling of urgency behind much of my work. This same material play is achieved through translating one material to another, often through the use of casting. For me, this physical urgency ties back to how we exist within our bodies. Because of this, I also strive to explore celebrating our bodies in their various forms. Bodies have a unique way of creating shapes within their forms, and I seek to capture these shapes. Most obviously through my stained glass product line Soldered Curves. These stained glass works celebrate bodies of all shapes and sizes through the traditional copper foil stained glass technique, adding a tongue-in-cheek humor to the work. Playing with technique and its “intended” application is another thread running through my work.