Kristian Spreen is an artist and designer currently living in St Marys, Ontario. She previously studied painting and drawing at Sheridan College in Oakville before discovering the school’s glass studio and developing a fascination with the medium. While furthering her education in the Craft and Design program, Kristian pursued any technique that allowed her to use glass as a canvas.
KRISTIAN SPREEN
EDUCATION
2015 Sheridan College: Craft and Design
2012 Sheridan College: Art Fundamentals Certificate
2007 University of Toronto: Honours Bachelor of Science
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2016 Best of 3D Media, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
2015 Fusion Award of Merit
2015 Pilchuck Glass School Student Scholarship
2014 Bonnie Block Memorial Award
2013 Silent Night Award
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2020 Artist Project, Better Living Centre, Toronto
2020 Plated at the Tempered Room, DesignTO, Toronto
2019 Compositions, Solo Exhibition, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2018 Contrasts & Contradictions, GAAC Juried, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga
2018 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto
2017 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto
2017 Everyday Lighting, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2016 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto
2016 Materialize, The Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington
2016 It’s Not You It’s Me, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2016 Chroma Lives, Camrost Felcorp’s Yorkville Plaza, Toronto
2016 Geo-Abstract, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2015 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto
2015 Wunderkammer, Super Wonder Gallery, Toronto
2015 Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto
2015 Student Exhibition: Glass Inside Out, Sheridan College Gallery, Oakville
2014 GAS Fall International Student Online Exhibition
2014 GAS International Student Exhibition, Chicago
2014 Student Exhibition: Glass Inside Out, Sheridan College Gallery, Oakville
2013 SHED, Design Republic, Toronto
2013 SHED, Sheridan College Gallery, Oakville
2013 Student Exhibition: Glass Inside Out, Sheridan College Gallery, Oakville
RESIDENCIES
2015-2019 Artist in Residence, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2014 Summer-Student Residency, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto