Crystal Hartman

Crystal Hartman is a multi-media artist and a jeweler. Her artwork has been shown at locations such as the Center for Contemporary Culture, Barcelona Spain, the National Palace of Culture, Sophia Bulgaria and The Lill Street Art Gallery, Chicago Illinois. She received her BFA for Printmaking from The University of Colorado at Boulder, studied Image in Enamel at Ox-Bow, School of Art and Artist Residencies and teaches drawing and the love of creativity through small regional workshops. Studying Femininity in Argentine Society, filming with Null Skateboards in Spain, and diving into public art and cultural craft in Chaing Mai, Thailand, Crystal’s work is inspired by reflections on human experience, ritual and storytelling. Her large and small, whimsical, carnal creations open conversations within and between disparate perspectives. Hartman is a recipient of the National Watercolor’s Merwin Altfeld Memorial Award for Storytelling in the Arts and with inspiration from Willowtail Artist Residencies, is now working to share stories of pollination and pollinator studies. She was the founder and director of Durango Open Studios and is an active member and lover of the southwest Colorado arts community. Her writing and visual poetry can ...

BFA . Printmaking - University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO 2005
- Image in Enamel -Veleta Vancza- Ox-Bow, Sagatuch Michigan, Summer 2012
- Wax -Kate Wolf- Rio Grande, Albuquerque New Mexico Winter 2013
- Apiary Studies - Lynn Dimmick, Evergreen Colorado 2010
-Apprenticeship -Stanton Englehart, Durango Colorado 1999-2001
Internship -Dr. Ronald Ritz, Durango Colorado 2000-2001

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
indicates solo or featured artist, I indicates Invitational, J indicates Juried, G-Group
2017
“The Bees” at Illumen Arts, Durango, CO September-December, Studio Colfax, Denver CO, Autumn 2018
+ “The Monkeys” at Studio &, The Recess Gallery, Durango CO, November
I “Reverie, Artists of Willowtail” at the Durango Arts Center, Durango CO, September-October
SEMI ANNUAL
G “De Los Muertos" at Studio &, Durango CO, October 2012-2016
I “The Bracelet” at Kathleen Sommers, San Antonio, TX, November (2013-2017)

2016
+ “Double Trouble” Dan Groth and Crystal Hartman, Durango Arts Center, Durango, Autumn
J “De Los Metros” Outnumbered Gallery, Littleton Colorado, October 
I “Boogeyman” Haas Brothers Gallery, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, October
+ “Canary” at Studio Colfax, Denver CO, September-October
+ “Snakes and Snowflakes” Raider's Ridge, Durango CO, November-December
I “Beyond the Stone -Contemporary Jewelry Design from Colorado Metalsmiths” Denver International Airport, Denver CO, June-September
I “Under Pressure - The Art of the Hand Pulled Print” DAC, Durango CO April-May
I “10x10” Auction and Fundraiser, Studio &, Durango CO, April
2015
I “Bound” Studio &, Durango CO, February
“Recurring Butterfly” ...