Kristin Hatland

Kristin Hatland is an international award winning contemporary artist working from her studio in Clevedon, New Zealand. Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts - Visual, Dip. Comp. Graphics, HNC in Bus. from Westminster University in addition to a personal and continued study of Philosophy.

The study of philosophy encompasses what it means to be human and the human condition: mind and body.

It is also accepted that abstract art allows the viewer the most freedom to interpret, think about and enjoy the art on his or her own terms according to their unique values.

'Philosophy seek via its many iterations to explain life. My art expresses elements within philosophy that resonates and gives a purpose that will take me or any other curious person onto a path of discovery.

The viewer's own interpretation plays a key role in my work and functions as a silent exchange of thoughts and ideas.'

Her artworks are exhibited hand displayed in private collections in New Zealand and overseas.

Bachelor of Applied Arts - Visual
Computer Graphic Design
HNC in Bus. Westminster University

2025
June; grafton bridge symphony in A minor movement I, IRIS professional photography awards
July-Aug; thinking like a mountain, 19th estuary art and ecology awards, malcolm smith gallery
Aug; grafton bridge symphony in A minor movement I, II and III, academy prize for visual art, NZ academy of fine arts
2024
Oct-Nov; ebb & flow, malcolm smith gallery, auckland
2019
May; wake up, cyan & oslo fotokunstskole, portfolio seminar, henie onstad kunstsenter, oslo
May; wake up, nordic light festival with cyan folio group exhibition, kristiansund
Jan-26; photo laundry, silo park, auckland
2017
Nov-22 Dec; PHOTON; art school & beyond, the shutter room, whangarei, new zealand
June; on the shoulders of giants > creative destruction, AFoP, monterey gallery, auckland
2016
Feb; procrustes bed, monterey art gallery, auckland
Jan; procrustes bed, cyan gallery & studio, oslo
2015
Nov-Dec; Metapherein, group exhibition, the shutter room, whangarei
July; the bastille, the exposure award - night photography collection, the louvre museum, paris
2014
Nov; a return to the dark ages, group exhibition, silver project space, auckland
2013
Jan-Feb; sugababe, saatchi's online "in living colors showdown", los angeles
Jan-Feb; the bastill...