Kristy Gorman’s paintings function as abstract and figurative images, revealing subtle and evocative optical shifts in colour and tone that modulate between the purely aesthetic and narratives alluding to memory and loss.
Gorman graduated from the School of Fine Arts (Ilam) University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (1992) and her work is represented in the collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery.

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