About Kristina
My work is about finding joy in the urban environment. Kristina Hagman is a life-long oil painter and printmaker. Her work spans themes and mediums, but many are inspired by place, with a deep nostalgia and a commitment to landscape.
Kristina had her first professional show at the age of 23 at the Arthur Elrod Gallery in Palm Springs. Her early work emulated the flowers painted by Georgia of O’Keefe. The lifestyle and beautiful landscapes of that early feminist artist led Kristina to move to O’Keefe’s New Mexico in order to find her own art path there. She soon met the generous artists of the John Slone Figurative Drawing group, all professional artists who helped her find her way.
Her life and art have taken her around the world, from Tokyo’s walls of color to the sloping overgrown freeways of the Pacific Northwest. While living in Seattle Kristina was inspired by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai and his 36 views of Mount Fuji. Using the Japanese master as an exemplar, she created 36 Views of Mount Rainier though using western oil-based inks and wood block printing techniques.
Kristina now lives in Alexandria, Virginia, close to the great Potomac River. Her current work is dominated by landscapes and commissioned portraits.
Unconventional Education
As a child I sat painting next to my mother and grandmother who were all about making art. They helped me get my first exhibitions in Salon-style settings that were very successful. But it was in Santa Fe, New Mexico where my professional life truly began. It was an amazing environment in which to be an artist. Though it was a small town back in the early 1980s, there were hundreds of galleries. Galleries and art dealers from all over the world came to meet artists. My work was picked up for several out-of-town shows including in New York and Germany. Encouraged by my local mentors, I began to study in earnest and attended classes in art history at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and The College of Santa Fe. In the early 1990s I was juried into master classes at the Santa Fe Institute of Art and Design. At the institute I painted under master artists: Wayne Thiebaud, Nathan Oliveira, and Richard Diebenkorn. New Mexico was also a hub for fine art printmaking. I learned many printmaking techniques from Ron Pokrasso, who is at Timberwick Studio. I continued to learn the craft of printing while publishing my own works when I moved to Seattle with printmaker Sheila Coppola of Sidereal Press in Tukwila, Washington. In California I worked with Madeleine Zyarewicz of Panorama Press in Highland Park and Gloria Kondrup of Archetype Press in Pasadena.
In 2014, despite having dyslexia, I took on the challenge of writing a book about my wild and wonderful family. My work in Santa Monica College’s Learning Disabilities Program helped me in the process, and so did collaborating with author Elizabeth Kaye. My book was published in 2016 by Thomas Dunne Books.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 “40 Years of Art Making,” Torpedo Factory Arts Center, Alexandria, Virginia
2017 Printmaker Inc., Alexandria, Virgina
2016 Bone Black Gallery, Austin, Texes
2015 Roby King Galleries, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2012 Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
2011 Ronald Tutor Campus Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
2011 Senior Arts Foundation Popup Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2011, 2010 Cullom Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2010 Sidereal Fine Art Press, Tukwila, Washington
2010 Kinsey Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
2010 Robby King, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2009 Woodinville City Hall, Woodinville, Washington
2009, 2007 Antioch University, Seattle, Washington
2008, 2003 ACE Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2004 Studio 84 West, Ojai, California
2004 Nino Gallery, Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington
1999, 2001 Bailey Boushay House, Seattle, Washington
2000 The Miner Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1998, 1999 Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1988 Germany American Airlines Sponsored Exhibition, Das Fenster Gallery, Cologne, Frankfurt, Germany
1988 Jessica Darraby Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1986, 1987 Whitney Gallery, Cocoa Beach, Florida
1983 Thomason Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1982 Country Art Gallery, Long Island, New York
1981 Arthur Elrod Gallery, Palm Springs, California
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 “SNAP POP FLASH!: Joan Agajanian Quinn’s Instamatic Exploits!,” Legacy West Media Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2024 “Landscape: Serene and Savage,” Modern Visual Arts Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2023 Athenaeum, Potomac River Life, Alexandria, Virginia
2020 Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia
2016 Printmakers Inc., Alexandria, Virginia
2017 “Press On!,” Hangar South Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2015 “National Works on Paper Exhibition,” Brand Library and Arts Center, Glendale, California
2015 The 101st Annual Member Show, California Society of Printmakers, Grey Loft Gallery, Oakland, California
2014 “Last Hurrah to the Blue Whale,” West Hollywood, California
2014 “Venice Under the Influence,” Venice, California
2013 “The Floating World,” The Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, Idaho
2012 “Man, Machine and Nature,” Sisson Gallery, MacKenzie Fine Art Center, Dearborn, Michigan
2012 “Celebration of Washington Artists,” Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington
2012 “Currents: Seattle Print Arts Exhibition,” The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
2012 “Creative Block Show,” Seattle, Washington
2011 “Joan Agajanian Quinn Portraits,” Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California
2011 Los Angeles Printmaking Society Members Juried Exhibition, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California
2011 All Media Juried Show, Chase Gallery, Spokane City Hall, Spokane Washington
2011 “Inspired By The West,” University House, Wallingford, Washington
2011 “Moku Hanga Kites,” KIWA Kyoto International Woodprint Association, Kyoto, Japan
2011 First Annual Moku Hanga Conference, Kyoto, Japan
2010 “Ten: Juried Print Exhibit,” Seattle Print Arts at the Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington
2010 Print Invitational Show, Roby King Gallery, Bainbridge, Washington
2010 Juried Print Exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, California
2010 Cullom Gallery, Seattle Washington
2009 “Northwest Emerging Artists,” Seattle City Light Portable Works, Seattle Washington
2009 20th National Exhibition, The Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, California
2009 “Boston Printmakers 2009 North American Print Biennial,” Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
2009 EDGE Program Group Show, Edmonds, Washington
2008 Print Artist Showcase, University House Issaquah, Issaquah, Washington
2007 Florence Biennale, Firenze, Italy
2004 “Local Color,” Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington
2002, 2003 ACE Gallery, Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington
2000 “Artists Making Prints,” Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1997 “From the Heart,” Klein-Lewallen Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991, 1995, 1997 “The Magnificent Subject,” College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995 “Departures and Disclosures,” David Rettig Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994, 1995 Hahn-Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 Monothon, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1987, 1986, 1991 Summer Exhibition, Institute of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1987, 1988 “Valentine’s Show,” Sonoma State University, Sonoma, California
1988 Portrait Show, Otis Parson Museum, Los Angeles, California
1988 “The Cow Show,” Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1986 “Hollywood,” Otis Parsons Museum, Los Angeles, California
1986 Human Figure Show, Stables Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
1986 Susan Blanchard Galleries, New York, New York
1986 Mills Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1985, 1986 Whitney Gallery, Cocoa Beach, Florida
1985 “Woman in Art,” Susan Blanchard Galleries, New York, New York
Awards
1999 Recipient of the Joseph Stella Scholarship to live and paint in Italy, Centro Culturale Franco-Italiano, Muro Lucano, Italy
Collections
Complete Set: “36 Views of Mount Rainier,” promised gift to Cynthia Sears, Bainbridge Art Museum
2009 Commission by Doctor Salvatore Pagliuca, Mosaic Steps to the National Archeological Museum (based on “Sonnet XIII” by Ludovico Ariosto, poet of the 1500s), Muro Lucano, Italy
Seattle City Light, Seattle, Washington
Group Health Cooperative, Bellevue, Washington
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
The Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
First National Bank, Weatherford, Texas
Gannett Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia
Bridget Fonda, Los Angeles, California
Joan Agajanian Quinn, Los Angeles, California
Howard Tullman, Chicago, Illinois
Other
2014 Woodblock presentation, Pacific Asian Museum, Pasadena, California
2012 Member of Seattle Print Arts, Artist Trust, Los Angeles Printmaking Society and California Society of Printmakers, California
2003, 2002 Art Teacher, Youth Program, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington
2003, 2002, 2001 Painting Teacher, Stevens Elementary School, Seattle, Washington
2001 Lecturer, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, California
1992, 1995 Artist Lecturer, “Women of the West: Recursions,” Smithsonian Museum Art Tour, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1986 Curator of “Dragon Art,” Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1985 Guest Lecturer, “Figure Drawing,” College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Publications
October 2015 Closer Magazine
2009 “36 Views of Mount Rainier,” Daniel Smith Catalog
2004 Ventura County Star, California
2004 Ojai Valley News, California
Spring 1993 Apex # 17, Germany
June 1991 The New Mexican, New Mexico
January 1988 Los Angeles Herald Examiner, California
January 1988 Los Angeles Times, California
January 1988 Beverly Hills 213, California
September 1987 Florida Today, Florida
Summer 1987 “Voices Edition,” Santa Fe Reporter, New Mexico
September 1986 Florida Today, Florida
August 1986 U.S.A. Today
June 1986 The New Mexican, New Mexico
Spring 1986 Ranch and Coast, California
April 1983 Fort Worth Star Telegram, Texas
June 1982 U.S. Magazine
May 1982 Long Island Today’s Times, New York
May 1982 New York Newsday, New York
May 1982 Miami Herald, Florida
April 1981 People Magazine
February 1981 New York Post, New York