Kristen Diederich

Kristen Diederich (b. 1994, Tallahassee, Florida) practice encompasses painting,
sculpture, and poetry. Diederich works from Whitehead Island off the coast of
Maine and her studio in Northeast Portland, Oregon.

Diederich's bright, layered landscapes are characterized by cinematic depth,
chromatic intensity, and intuitive mark making. Central to her practice is an
ongoing textual component: Diederich’s paintings are titled using lines from an
ongoing poem she has written in tandem with her visual work over the past
decade. The poem is released line by line in the titles of her paintings.