Krysten Cunningham lives and works in the vibrant Arlington Heights/West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles where she occasionally organizes exhibitions in her studio/project space called HOUSEHOLD. She holds an MFA in Sculpture from UCLA and a BFA from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. With enthusiasm for creating accessible and interactive art, Krysten has built an extensive exhibition record. Recent solo exhibitions include “Model Shop” at the Window (2025), “Four Constellations” at David Horvitz’s 7th Ave Garden (2022), and “Balls to the Wall” at LADIES” Room LA (2019. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions such as “3D: Double Vision” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2018 - 2019), and exhibited and performed in the Getty Center’s Central Gardens as part of the programming for “Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Collección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros” (2017). Her artwork has traveled internationally with exhibitions at Sies + Höke in Düsseldorf, Ritter/Zamet in London, Daimler Contemporary in Berlin and the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, UK, where she was also a research scholar (2008). Krysten’s dedication to her craft was recognized with a City of Los Angeles Artist Fellowship (2012), and subsequent projects at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College (2013) and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (2014). She has also participated in artist residencies at the HIVE at the Claremont Colleges and Forest Island in Mammoth Lakes, CA. Her first ongoing public artwork can be seen in Los Angeles World Airports Delta Terminal 2 (Departures) and she is currently working on her first international commission for Vivé, Parc Caribéen de la Amérindienne in Martinique. Beyond creating art, Krysten is passionate about teaching. She shares her expertise in drawing, sculpture and design at various colleges across Southern California.
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