Asheville, NC
About Kathryn Crawford:
Kathryn grew up in an old farmhouse in New England, where she spent her childhood exploring her love of art, from raiding her father's art supplies to taking advanced placement high school classes. In college, Kathryn traveled to Florence, Italy to study art at the Florence University of the Arts. She graduated with a BFA from the University of Tampa in 2011. Since then, Kathryn has been a working studio artist and muralist in North Carolina, exhibiting her work nationally.
She currently works primarily in aerosol and acrylics, creating either large-scale murals on walls, or studio paintings on canvas or animal skulls. She has murals all over the country including numerous in North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. Her work on animal skulls has sparked the interest of many and has earned her numerous commissions for private collectors and public art projects.
Selected exhibitions
- Talking Walls Mural Festival - Charlotte, NC, 2020
- BST Tattoo - Charlotte, NC, 2020
- The Xocolat Bar - Berkeley, CA, 2019
- Paint Memphis - Memphis, TN, 2019
- Wynwood Mural Fest/Galera Collective - Miami, FL, 2019
- Burnin' Bridges - Chattanooga, TN, 2018
- Mission Hospital Cancer Center Mural - Asheville, NC, 2018
- Paint Memphis - Memphis, TN, 2018
- Invisible Heroes - Greensboro, NC, 2018
- Meeting of Styles Miami - Miami, FL, 2018
- Paint Memphis - Memphis, TN, 2017
Education
- University of Tampa, BFA - Tampa, FL,2011
- Florence University of the Arts, Study abroad - Florence, Italy,2010
Press Accolades
- Mountain XPress - June 9, 2020
- Mountain XPress - August 20, 2018
- Mountain XPress - September 20, 2017
- Mountain XPress - December 27, 2017
- Strange Carolinas - December 5, 2019
- Charlotte is Creative - October 29, 2020
- UNCG.edu - January 8, 2019
- Studio Channel Island Collectors Choice - 2017
- Mountain XPress - Best of WNC / Best Muralist - 2021
- Mountain XPress - Best of WNC / Best Muralist - 2022
- Mountain XPress - Best of WNC / Best Muralist - 2023
- Mountain XPress - Best of WNC / Best Muralist - 2024