A decades-long investigation of formal and material concerns in
intaglio printing has led to complexity and reduction in work that is
engaged in the intricate beauty of the natural world.
The paper is a fragment of field where things appear as if moving to space further on. The numerous metal plates contribute structure and interweave imagery of poetic metaphor that draws on Gaston Bachelard’s two kinds of space: ‘intimate space and exterior space… keep encouraging each other.’
– Kris Iden
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- The Starry Messenger, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia, 2019-20
- Pelago d’aria, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2018
- Enumeration, Pauley Center, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 2015-16
- Cadence, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia, 2014
- Distance Beckons Distance, Mclean Project for the Arts, Mclean, Virginia, 2012
- Select works from Movement in Plants, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 2011
- Flora, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia, 2010
- Flora, Kunstgalerie am Weissen Hirsch, Dresden, Germany, 2009
- Movement in Plants, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, 2008
- This Whole Experiment of Green, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia, 2006
- New Work, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, 2005
- Reviewing Matters, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, 2002
- Romantic Matter and Other Theories, Main Art Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, 2001
- Recent Work, Augusta County Medical Center, Fishersville, Virginia, 1999
- Recent Work: Prints and Drawings, Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Virginia, 1998
Selected Group Exhibits
- 2023 Here we Are Alumni Faculty / Student Exhibit, Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin University,
Staunton, Virginia - 2023 Organic Matter, Les Yeux du Monde Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
- 2023 The Nature of Things, Flippo Gallery, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, Virginia
- 2014 20 Year, Gallery Anniversary Exhibition, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia
- 2012 New Vistas, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, Virginia
- 2011 Pushing Boundaries, Art as Metaphor in Love and War,
Linden Row Inn 1708 Gallery Satellite Space, Richmond, Virginia - 2010 In the Beginning, Chroma Projects Art Laboratory, Charlottesville, Virginia
- 2007 Festtafel-Kunstlerinnenrunde /I, Kreative Werkstatt eV. Dresden Germany
and Galerie Design, Wroslaw, Poland - 2006 5th Annual Korean / American Exchange, Daegu Culture and Art Center, Daegu City, Korea
- 2005 Show Girls, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
- 2004 One/Off Printmakers, Flippo Gallery, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, Virginia
- 2004 Meridian / Meridien, ONE / OFF Printmakers, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal, Quebec
- 2003 Her Mark, Date Book Release and Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- 2003 ONE / OFF 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School, Richmond, Virginia
- 2000 ONE/OFF To Peru, ICPNA, Lima, Peru
- 2000 Work Now, Richmond/New York/Washington DC, Artists’ Museum, Washington DC
- 1999 ONE/OFF, Group Exhibition, Galleria SL Punto A, Milano, Italy
- 1997 Print Invitational, Longwood College Gallery, Farmville, Virginia
Lectures & Presentations
- Visiting Artist Lecture and Workshop, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia
- Visiting Artist Presentation, Bauhaus-Universität , Weimar Germany
- The Language of Print, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Office of Statewide Programs
- Collecting and Caring for the Fine Art Print, Friends of the Studio School Collectors Society, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- The Changing Role of the Contemporary Print after 1965, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Speakers on the Arts lecture series.
- Historical and Technical Developments in Fine Art Printmaking, The Virginia Association of Independent Schools
- Fine Art Printmaking: Materials, Process, and Techniques, Mary Baldwin College Summer Programs
- Artist Lecture and Workshops, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Office of Statewide Programs
- Visiting Artist Presentation, Longwood University, Farmville Virginia
- Flourishing in the Creative Process, Virginia Art Education Association Conference
- Talking with Children about Art, Richmond Area Mensa Family Association
Residencies and Awards
- 6-week art residency with stipend, fall 2008 Denkmalschmiede Höfgen, Germany Drawings selected to accompany award winning short story Laika, by Fabian Martinez, Published by Cajasol Fundación, Seville, Spain 2008
- Art Residency Fellowship, fall 2005/winter 2010 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia
- Virginia Museum Professional Fellowship, 2000 Virginia Museum Foundation, Richmond, Virginia
- Juror’s Award – Paintings From the Piedmont – Juried Regional Exhibit, 1996 Daily Progress Building, Charlottesville, Virginia Juror’s Award – Select: A Regional Exhibit, 1995 Sawhill Gallery Harrisonburg, Virginia
- Painting and Printmaking Grant, 1990-1989 Master of Fine Arts Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Education
- Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking, 1991 Virginia Commonwealth University
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking and Painting, 1988 Virginia Commonwealth University
Selected Collections
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- Hollins University
- University of Richmond
- Martha Jefferson Hospital
- Mary Baldwin College
- Media General, Inc.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Owens & Minor Corporation
- Capital One Corporation
- Jack Blanton Collection at Longwood
- Center for the Visual Arts