KRISTIN KLEYER MANGUM
FIBER MIXED MEDIA
Kristin Kleyer Mangum is a Fiber Mixed Media Artist, with her home & studio in Scottsdale, Arizona.
She creates her artworks with hand selected pure wools, cottons & precious finds from all over the world - collected while studying, living & traveling internationally.
Creating her fiber mixed media sculptures allows her to use the traditional techniques & mediums she has acquired throughout her formal art education & her career as an art educator & artist.
One sculpture - inspired by one country - landscape, architecture & culture.
Producing while traveling & in her studio - sculptures take weeks to months to create.
Stitch by stitch, coil by coil, with hand & needle, she weaves her international pure wools around cotton.
She further builds & incorporates ceramic, wood & metal forms - adding painting, drawing
& her precious finds.
Her artworks are tactile, helping to connect, feel & evoke the senses. Making a statement with natural, earthy, organic materials & forms – displaying a “Piece of the World”.
Her sculptures are meant to flow & easily be sat or hung in any shape or designed space. Each piece stands strong alone or beautifully unites with others – uniting global natural beauty.
ARTIST
KKArtista Artworks are owned & displayed throughout the USA and Europe.
Artworks featured in solo, group, juried gallery exhibitions.
Gallery Representation - Arizona ( Phoenix - Scottsdale - Fountain Hills - Cave Creek ) - year round
Artworks are featured at Hidden In The Hills Studio Tour,
at Studio 13 Meandering Paths Studio in Carefree, Arizona - annually
STUDENT
MFA - Studio Art Centers International - Florence, Italy & Fontbonne University
MA - Fontbonne University - St. Louis, Missouri
Teaching Certification - K-12 Visual Fine Arts Education - McKendree University
BFA - McKendree University - Lebanon, Illinois
TEACHER
Visual Fine Arts Educator with multiple K-12 state certifications.
Experienced teaching K-12 through adult 3-Dimensional & 2-Dimensional art.
University & organization speaker / presenter.
TRAVEL
Gathering art supplies, touring & creating artworks around the world -
counting 100+ countries, on all 7 continents.