Kristen Heritage is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist creating paintings, textile works and music. After receiving a BFA in Fibers with a minor in Art History from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2018, Heritage relocated to Brooklyn. Heritage creates figurative paintings and textile works informed by her deep interest in the symbolism of everyday spaces and objects in conversation with the value systems and visual language of Western art history. She is the recipient of a 2021 New York City Artist’s Corps grant and has attended the ChaNorth Artist Residency in New York’s Hudson Valley and the 33 Officina Creativa residency in Toffia, Italy. Heritage has exhibited in group shows in New York City, Savannah, Georgia, and Troy, New York.
Interview: Kristen Heritage
Kristen Heritage is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist creating paintings, textile works and music. After receiving a BFA in Fibers with a minor in Art History from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2018, Heritage relocated to Brooklyn. Heritage creates figurative paintings and textile works informed by her deep interest in the symbolism of everyday spaces and objects in conversation with the value systems and visual language of Western art history. She is the recipient of a 2021 New York City Artist’s Corps grant and has attended the ChaNorth Artist Residency in New York’s Hudson Valley and the 33 Officina Creativa residency in Toffia, Italy. Heritage has exhibited in group shows in New York City, Savannah, Georgia, and Troy, New York.