Crystal Hartman

where sounds echo off of walls, and stories collect in the wash. Her narrative paintings, videos, and adornment have been exhibited and published in the United States and internationally at locations such as the National Palace of Culture, Sophia Bulgaria, The Center for Contemporary Culture Barcelona, Spain, and Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago Illinois since 2005 when she received her BFA for Printmaking from The University of Colorado at Boulder. Hartman began her career with a UROP Grant studying Femininity in Argentina and filming amateur and professional skateboarding with Null Skateboards in Barcelona, Spain. She taught english in order to study craft in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and returned to the states to receive the Merwin Altfeld Memorial Award for Storytelling in the Arts from The National Watercolor Society. Hartman founded and directed Durango Open Studios, Durango Colorado and continues cultivating community through conversation and happenings. An advocate for the natural world, Hartman’s work focuses on the intersection of human and non-human life, she maintains a studio in Urbana Illinois.

BFA, Printmaking - University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder Colorado 2005

Related Workshops:
Tab Construction and Folding Techniques, Nisa Blackmon at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2018
Wax Carving, Kate Wolf at Rio Grande, Albuquerque New Mexico, Winter 2013
Image in Enamel, Veleta Vancza at Ox-Bow, Saugatuck Michigan, Summer 2012

2022
“TRUTH”, Invitational Exhibition, Blo Back Gallery, Pueble CO, July 1-29
“Trigger”, Invitational Exhibition, Studio &, Durango CO, May
“Gallery 112” Group Show, Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign IL April

2021
“Around the Block III, Artist of our Virtual Neighborhood” Juried Online Exhibition, Giertz Gallery at Parkland College, Champaign IL
“Through”, Invitational Exhibition, Studio &, Durango CO
“Pandemics as Portal to Change”, Krannert Art Museum, June-August, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, Virtual Exhibition, UCIMC.org
“SUI GENERIS”, Juried Exhibition from the Pandemic, Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
“An Audience of Art”, Invitational Installation, Studio & Gallery, Durango CO

2020
“Poetic”, Online Exhibition, Her Creative Collective, HerCreativeCollective.com
“Artfully Created in Champaign County”, Her Creative Collective, Mahomet IL

2019
“Blurring the Line: Form, Function, and Design”, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada CO
“Small Works: XI” , Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO
“The Bracelet”, Yearly Invitational Exhibition (participating yearly 2013-2019) Kathleen Sommers, San Antonio, TX
“Portfolio of a Year”, Featured Artist, Hopscotch, Champaign IL
“The COLO...