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Kristin Bauer is a San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA based interdisciplinary artist with a background in psychology, symbolism and writing. She examines archetypes and gestures, symbolic meaning and linguistics, and propaganda and poetics.

Her objects embody forms of ritual, visual, written, and spoken communications. The performances sculpt individual and collective cognition, language in space and time, and dialogue that is free of persuasive intent. The spaces gesture toward natural and architectural elements to prompt dialogue, create pause, and make a public platform for reflection and positive evolution.

EXHIBITS / PERFORMANCES (SELECTED)

2024

We Are Stardust, the Space Program, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA.

2023

THIS IS LIKE THAT, et.al with the Space Program, San Francisco, CA.
spin-thron, performance in partnership with SMoCA and NextGen at de Sarthe Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

Return to Earth, de Sarthe Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

Langage in Times of Miscommunication, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Lauren R. O'Connell, Scottsdale, AZ.

Dis/Belief: skeptical realities and the power of interrogating assumptions, Transylvania University Morlan Gallery, curated by Anthony Meade, Lexington, KY.
dEE-lie-LA, Poderosa, The Healers: An Exploration of Wellness, Harris Gallery University of LaVerne, curated by Martin Durazo, Los Angeles, CA.

2022
Breaking Up, Phoenix Art Museum, curated by Rachel Zebro, Phoenix, AZ.

Spinne, performance art event, Millville Studios, Tucson, AZ.
Space Shape, Hazan Contemporary, TriBeCa, New York, NY..

2021
Enduring Apocalypse, Abrons Arts Center at the Henry Street Settlement, curated by Jenna Hamed, New York, NY.
Alchemy & Intention, curated by Ginger Shulick Porcella, Franconia Art Park, Shafer, MN.
Pilot Projects: Text as Image, curated by Julio Cesar Morales, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ.

2020
Collective Chorus, Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. Collaboration with Julio Cesar Morales and Mario Ybarra Jr, Field Projects at the ICA LA, Los Angeles, CA.
Untitled Gestures #4, #5, curated by Lauren O'Connell, SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ. Beelzebub’s Tales, Proyectos Raul Zamudio at The Empty Circle, Brooklyn, NY
WOW, WhiteBox Harlem, NY.
Darkest Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty, curated by Ethan Cohen and Raul Zamudio at Ethan Cohen KUBE, Beacon, NY.
Good Trouble: Artists Respond to the 2020 Election, curated by Juan Puntes and Raul Zamudio, WhiteBox Harlem, NY.
INCOGNITO Annual Benefit, ICA LA, Los Angeles, CA.
TEXT SHOW curated by Carl Berg, CMAY Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2019
Cutting Edges, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, TrBeCa, NY.
FORM at Arcosanti, ELEMENTAL solo sculpture and performance project in partnership with Phoenix Art Museum and Vero, Arcosanti AZ.
In, On, Of Paper, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
RetroReactions, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ.

2018
Clear and Present Kristin Bauer and Paul Owen Weiner, curated by Ryan Peter Miller. HF Johnson Gallery of Art, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI.

2017
In Parallel: Kristin Bauer solo exhibition, Nicholas Projects Melbourne, Vic, AUS. Graphic Identity, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
Colección Al Límite, Sin Límites, curated by Marisa Caichiolo, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Santiago de Chile
Semantics: Kristin Bauer solo exhibition, Jai&Jai Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Full360, Reyes Contemporary, Paradise Valley, AZ
Peripheral Visions, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Art Palm Springs, Jai&Jai, Los Angeles, CA

2016
U N S T R E T C H E D, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
Summer in the City, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
Resolution, Jai&Jai, Los Angeles, CA
SUM/PARTS: Kristin Bauer/Emmett Potter, Carlos Queso Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. ARTNewYork, Aureus Contemporary, New York NY
Scope NYC, Aureus Contemporary, New York, NY
ArtWynwood, Aureus Contemporary, Miami, FL

2015
5th International Biennial Ciudad Juarez (Borderland Biennial), Museo de Arte Juarez and El Paso Museum of Art, Juarez, MX and El Paso, TX
PN30: Uncanny Valley, curated by Mika Yoshitake of The Hirshhorn Museum, ETSU Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN
Interstated, curators Michael Freed John Reyes, OFFROAD Productions, Santa Fe, NM

2014
THE SOZE COLLECTION: In Partnership with Modernica to benefit The Art of Elysium, Soze Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Steer Ahead, Soze Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Chaos Theory 15, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, AZ
CrossCurrent: Phoenix and Miami, Levine Warehouse, Sponsored by GRIP Ideas and the Michael Margulies Agency, Phoenix, AZ.

2013
Contemporary Forum Grant Recipients, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ.
A Wink And A Nod: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum at Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Mixed Messages: Kristin Bauer and Emmett Potter, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ. Comfort Zones, curated by Jen Urso, Frontal Lobe Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

2012
A Few Letters; AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011
Works from the Permanent Collection, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum at Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ.
Women’s Work, Women’s Wisdom; Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ

2010
Process of Progress, eyeLounge, Phoenix, AZ
[C]Overt: Kristin Bauer and Emmett Potter, Squeeze Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. White Noise: Kristin Bauer, eyelounge; Phoenix, AZ