Kristine Kollasch

A note from the artist:

“This library incorporates a colorful nighttime cityscape, above which can be seen superheroes flying around. The superheroes are children who use their powers to empower others to read. Knowledge is power, and so the superheroes' role is to inspire and encourage children to develop a love of reading in order to become superheroes themselves. To possess these powers requires one to have knowledge, knowledge which can only be achieved through reading.”

Artist bio:

Kris is a Phoenix, AZ based artists with her own business, Fine Art & Creative Environments, LLC for over 21 years. She has been defined as a painter, a sculptor, and a ceramist, but no single word can describe this multi-faceted artist. Kristine works in many mediums, from steel, to clay and every color in-between. Her art reveals an eclectic blend of styles, techniques and mediums purposefully chosen to best express the art at hand.

Kristine is a Valley Leadership Alumni, curator of First Studio’s Art Gallery Space in downtown Phoenix, and has donated her time and talents for nearly 20 years to work with the youth and serve on the Board of Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona.

She is a two-time Governors Arts’ Awards nominee and recipient of the 2014 Phoenix Mayors Arts Award for her public art.

From kindergarten to today, Kris is still doing what she loves — making art!

To view my work and read my full bio visit www.artandenvironments.com