Sunday, February 24, 2008

Student Profile: Kirsten Harkonen

Kirsten Harkonen is a junior studio arts major originally from San Francisco concentrating in painting and photography.



FAVORITE ARTISTS: Kiki Smith, Joseph Cornell, David Hockney, Jeff Wall, Melanie Pullen, Weegee, Banksy, Goya, Andy Goldsworthy, Salvador Dali, Eva Hesse, Kelli Connell, Tarrah
Krajnak & Wilka Roig, Shomei Tomatsu, Ian Francis, Terry Winters, Helen
Frankenthaler, and Rothko


INFLUENCES: childhood memories, family, Melanie Pullen, Weegee, Lori Nix, Cindy Sherman, and renaissance paintings

FAVORITE PLACE IN LA: Downtown

FAVORITE BOOK: The Awakening by Kate Chopin



For more information, visit Kirsten's blog:
http://art-chatter.blogspot.com

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