What’s new in the studio
December 10, 2024
I met with my woodblock print making teacher, Richard Steiner (www.richard-steiner.net) while in Kyoto this November. In his mid 80’s he is still teaching and had a large retrospective last April. I was amazing to get his blessing and encouragement.
October 10, 2024
I’m very excited to share that my portrait of my dear friend Joan Agajanian Quinn has been selected to exhibit at SNAP POP FLASH!: Joan Agajanian Quinn’s Instamatic Exploits! Joan inspired and captured great moments of creativity, and my work sets out to celebrate the spirit and style of a woman who would never be held back. Come see this work and the rest of the exhibition celebrating Joan’s life and work at the Legacy West Media Gallery in Los Angeles from November 9 to December 7, 2024!
June 26, 2024
Alexandria Times: Kristina Hagman tries finding the joy, beauty in life
Brianne McConnell interviews Kristina about “finding the joy in the urban environment,” and “capturing those moments for others to see.”
April 4, 2024
And here it is! Come see my exhibition April 4 and 5 from 2:00 to 7:00 pm and April 6 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm.
Pictured are some friends helping make this show possible.
April 1, 2024
This space, The Overlook Room on the 3rd floor of the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia, will be filled with over 40 years of paintings and prints by Kristina Hagman for 3 days.
July 14, 2022
Come visit this work in a new exhibition ”Potomac River Life” at the Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA benefitting Potomac Riverkeeper Network. It opens July 14th with a reception July 17th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.
For more information, please visit the Athenaeum website.
“The Ship Providence,” oil on canvas, H30”x W24”
September 1, 2020
I’m working on new DC landscapes and the imperial palace gardens in Japan altered my view.
Notice the Potomac River on the right in the distance. I looked at Renaissance portraits and saw landscaped like that. Now the Washington Monument is a portrait and has a Japanese garden in the foreground.
August 27, 2020
On September 4th, the Virginia Beach Art Center, home of The Artists Gallery, opens “Sea Of Change,” a Mid-Atlantic regional exhibition featuring some of the best artists from South Carolina to Pennsylvania. They have created art celebrating the beauty of our ocean or warning of its challenges. You can view all artwork on your phone or laptop at artcentervb.org or see it in the gallery beginning Friday with a special Opening Day.
In addition, VBAC will offer a live video award ceremony at 7:00 pm on September 4th via Facebook Live. During the broadcast, you can tour the submitted entries individually and view the Judge’s Remarks. The exhibition was juried and judged by Gary Ryan, Executive Director of the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Find the Facebook page under “The Artists Gallery – at the Virginia Beach Art Center.”
The exhibition will be featured until September 27th.
The Virginia Beach Art Center is a non-profit organization offering art exhibitions located at 532 Virginia Beach Boulevard. Hours are 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday, and 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm Sunday.
The Artists Gallery is an artists’ co-operative providing space for working, exhibiting, and showcasing original fine art by local and regional artists.
August 4, 2020
During lockdown I have discovered some of my natural habits. One of which is getting up early in the morning. I often go out to the river and have noticed that just about half an hour before the sun rises the fish large and small all start jumping. The moment the sun creeps over the horizon they stop. I painted that moment just before the sun broke free of the hills across the river.
May 29, 2020
It has been 5 years since my last exhibition in the Pacific North West. Today I am remembering a wonderful exhibition of all “36 Views of Mount Rainier” presented by the Roby King Gallery.
May 26, 2020
I have dreamt of empty Freeways for decades.
Starting in the 1980s, I painted my dream of empty Freeways and called them ”Temples of Transit.” Imagining a world without cars and countrysides filled with the column-like temples. The 2020 Covid 19 lockdown looks like the paintings I made decades ago.
April 2020
Construction on the new studio in Alexandria, Virginia was finished just in time for the Covid 19 lockdown. I have been working on portraits. This is an area of art making I have not done for 30 years. I am struggling but excited to show you all some new work soon.
June 2019
My family, my parents Maj and Larry Hagman, and the Axelsson women were my such a part of my life that with all of them gone or incapacitated I found it hard to make art. I have been doing a lot of soul searching, I started teaching art, became a Catholic, got married and moved to the East Coast. I am just now stating to build my new art studio. Check in next year to see what grows from new soil :)
Previous Events
Author talk: The Eternal Party: Understanding My Dad, Larry Hagman, the TV Star America Loved To Hate by Kristina Hagman with Elizabeth Kaye
Tuesday, January 23 at 7:00 PM
Kristina Hagman writes “I am an unlikely author because I have dyslexia…”
Her book recalls growing up with a famous father and grandmother, Mary Martin, and how she too became an artist in a “family of artists.” She also describes the years she spent caring for her aging parents.
Ms. Hagman has been working as a professional printmaker and painter for over 30 years. She has shown her paintings and prints in the U.S. and internationally.
Ms. Hagman will have books available for sale and signing.
Call 703-746-1721 for more information
Kate Waller Barrett Branch
717 Queen Street Alexandria, VA 22314
November, 2017
Exhibition: “Views of the Connection between Nature & the Urban Environment in Woodblock Print” by Kristina Hagman
On display at Printmakers Inc (Studio 325) in the Torpedo Factory Art Center from November 1 to November 21, 2017.
An opening reception will be held on November 4 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, and there will be an artist talk on November 9 at 7:30 pm.
Printmakers Inc Studio 325 Torpedo Factory Art Center 105 N Union St, Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Open Daily 10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Printmakers Inc, a member of the Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association, is a studio and gallery dedicated to the slow art movement of making prints by hand. This exhibition is a retrospective of hand carved woodblock prints created by Hagman over the course of 15 years. Hagman’s work is created from carving as many as seven different blocks of wood, each individually inked and printed onto a sheet of paper to create a single image. Many of the works in this exhibition pay homage to Japanese printmaker Hokusai, famous for his image of storm tossed boats clinging to the great wave that encircles Mount Fuji in the distance. This image is one of his “36 Views of Mount Fuji.” Taking his example, Hagman created “36 Views of Mount Rainier,” a series that has been traveling all over the US since 2010. This series is displayed as a large wall installation where viewers can see all 36 perspectives of the mountain on one wall. After completing the mountain views, Hagman captured and made prints of other iconic views, such as the hills of Santa Fe New Mexico and the waves of California, and is currently working on the Memorials and Monuments of Washington, DC. Kristina Hagman moved to Alexandria in 2016.
About Printmakers Inc: For over 35 years, Printmakers Inc has been a workshop/gallery where professional printmakers share facilities, materials and ideas while interacting with and educating the public about this art form. Prints by member artists are included in many collections worldwide, among them the Library of Congress, National Women in the Arts, British Airways Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and many more. Currently the members include Veronica Barker-Barzel, Anne Buchal, Judith Coady, Avis Fleming, John Gosling, Alexander Gray, Kristina Hagman, Laura Huff, Ed McCluney, Norma Pfaff, Patrick Sargent, and Priscilla Young.
About the TFAA: The Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association is a professional artist community with over 275 members, all selected through an independent jury process. Members are visual artists working in a variety of media, including the lease-holding artists working onsite in open studios at the Torpedo Factory Art Center and over 140 associate members working across the Washington, DC region and beyond.
Early in 2017 I was accepted as the newest member of Printmakers Inc
August 13, 2016
The Luncheon Society™ welcomes Kristina Hagman, author of The Eternal Party
Fior d’Italia, 2237 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA
July 20, 2016
Kristina Hagman reads and signs her memoir The Eternal Party
Chevalier’s Books, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004
323-465-1334
June 7, 2016
The release of my first book written with Elizabeth Kaye
The Eternal Party
July, 2016
The wood block prints “36 Views of Mount Rainier” will be on view at the Bone Black Studio and Gallery
916 Springdale Road Bldg 3 #102
Austin, Texas 78702
