KRISTY GAMMILL - ARTIST

KRISTY GAMMILL - ARTIST

By CID COLLECTIVE

WHO

Naples-based painter Kristy Gammill is known for creating atmospheric paintings that often involve staining large raw canvases with earthy colors, recalling travels to the desert as well as sandy, muted tones reminiscent of the beach nearby her home. She also paints muscular abstracts, botanicals and figurative portraits with the limbs and faces partly hidden or portrayed close up. Imagine mixing the mid-century heft of Helen Frankenthaler with the folded figures of Christina Quarles.
 
WHAT

The artist shows at numerous local galleries and works closely with designers to provide art for specific projects. Last year, Gammill was commissioned by CID Design Group to create a large, stained canvas for a renovation project at OneEleven Chicago in the city’s downtown area. More recently her work “Origin Point” was installed in the Artem Apartments in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood. In years past, her work has also been licensed by Burton Snowboards, Hallmark, and One Kings Lane.
 
WHY

Kristy intentionally engages with other painters and travels to museums worldwide to see where contemporary art—particularly by women—is headed, and to find her place in the conversation. As a result, her work is moodier and quieter, as she turns inward to work through some of her own hard history and finds a form of therapeutic catharsis in her studio.

 

 

KRISTY x CID | IN HER OWN WORDS

"My connection with Jenn and CID seems like it was destined to be.  My first introduction to the company was sometime in 2015 when I lived in Oklahoma.  Merideth contacted me about a super cool residential project they were working on.  The client had seen my work on pinterest and decided to use some of my pieces for pallet inspiration, and ultimately purchased 3 pictures to hang together on a white painted brick wall.  It was really one of the neatest installs of my work--very memorable.  Flash forward to 2019--I was at an event for my sons elementary school where I randomly started talking to Jenn(who I had seen but never talked to before).  Her daughter was in my sons class.  We started talking about our jobs and I showed her some of my stuff to which she responded that she was working on a project for a client that she thought it would be perfect for.  The next morning I got a text from Jenn. She was in awe that she met me because the client that she was thinking of my work for was the client that Merideth used my work for years previous and they had been trying to contact me for a new project. ( At the time I was still transitioning to a new studio and hadn't kept up with my website or emails). The rest is history--My friendship with Jenn has grown--we share a love for creativity, play,art, and adventure and I have loved getting to work with all of the designers at CID.  Everyone is super genuine and easy to work with so collaborating with them and making custom pieces is always a delight!"
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KRISTY GAMMILL & JENN ZELLA x CID DESIGN GROUP

 

"So honored to collaborate with @cid_designgroup on this design project at @oneelevenchicago—seriously dying over the final result."

Photo cred: @petra_ford_interior_photog

 

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