Kristi Sword was born to hard working American laborers in Iowa. Now she is an artist residing in Brooklyn using her hands to build playful and elaborate work that explores repetition, childlike awe, and the limitations and possibilities of mass-produced products. During the process of completing a masters degree in metals and jewelry at SUNY New Paltz, Kristi began magnifying smaller details in her jewelry work to interpretations of this meticulous repetition and accurate process. The nuances of metal working and jewelry making gave way to her making her way of drawing. These drawings incorporate found dot stickers, fingerprints on white stickers, finger prints on paper and a series of sculptural objects including window screens and play-doh. Her new body of work continues to explore these and other everyday materials in larger format through intuitive and meditative process driven work that embraces mistakes and triumphs alike.
Kristi has exhibited her work at the Sienna Gallery, the Siamo Qui / We are Here symposium in Florence and has worked with artists Jamie Bennett and Sayumi Yokouchi.