Gallery

The Shape of My Voice

Name: The Shape of My Voice
Start: 2025-09-05T07:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-09-05T07:00:00.000Z
Location: First Studio Gallery

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About This Event

The art of Kris Kollasch resists definition, flowing effortlessly from steel to ceramic to acrylic, and incorporating an eclectic array of found objects gathered along her creative journey. Soothing, organically inspired landscapes lead into bold, upbeat mixed-media assemblages that explore our hopes, dreams, and shared humanity. A highlight of the show is a captivating collection of ceramic heart “specimens,” each with its own story to tell. Poetry and prose written by the artist are often woven into her work, harmonizing with the imagery to create an even richer, layered experience. The Shape of My Voice will feature a blend of new pieces and beloved older works—like your favorite concert with fresh hits and classic favorites. Whether you’re discovering Kris’s work for the first time or are a long-time collector, this exhibition offers a front-row seat to her ever-evolving, eclectic artistic voice.

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Featured Artists

Kristine Kollasch

artist

Kristine Kollasch’s artwork does not fit into one category. She is a painter and a sculptor, a designer and builder. Her studio art ranges from mixed media assemblages to ethereal landscapes in acrylics that are made with layers of color, textured with the impressions of leaves and twigs. There are small whimsical ceramic sculptures and monumental contemporary steel sculptures. You will find several styles and expressions in her studio, each technique and style backed up with a significant body of work. And as different as her works can be, they do relate to one another, with similarities and subtleties of color or composition, or with love and humor and a joy that can be seen and felt throughout Kris’s work. Kris moved to the Phoenix area in 1995 with a degree in art education from Adams State College, in Alamosa, Co. But instead of getting a job in education she landed a job Habitat, Inc, a design/build firm in Tempe, AZ from 1985-1996. There she built architectural and topographical scale models and grew to manage the 3D department that encompassed model building, signage fabrication and 3D displays. This experience and the connections made there allowed her to start her own business in 1996. Her company, Fine Art & Creative Environments, LLC. that umbrellas her work in Fine Art, Murals & Themed Environments, and Public Art has impacted the southwest far beyond the Kollasch studio. Many hospitals, medical facilities, parks, restaurants, and residences have become brighter spots through the work of Kris and her team. She has also impacted the arts in AZ through her involvement with Free Arts for Abused Children of AZ, with GLSEN Phoenix, as a mentor, teacher and advocate. As the lead curator at the First Studio Gallery in downtown Phoenix since 2012, Kris has coordinated and curated over 65 shows there, featuring hundreds of local and regional artists. To find out more about Kris Kollasch, follow her on FB at Fine Art & Creative Environments, LLC or IG @Art_And_Environments. www.ArtAndEnvironments.com