Krista Svalbonas is a mixed-media artist based in Chicago. She holds a BFA in photography and design from Syracuse University and an interdisciplinary MFA in photography, sculpture, and design from SUNY New Paltz. Svalbonas experiments with traditional materials in unexpected ways. She is heavily influenced by her urban environment and focuses on spatial relationships and architecture when developing abstract pieces and installations.

The above project, “Migrants”, turns an analytical gaze on the architecture of her past and present while offering a personal reflection on the nature of home.

My Experimentation

To recreate her style, I took photos that I had previously taken which I believed showed interesting architecture. I cut out sections of these buildings and placed them together at different angles. Like Krista’s work, I made the background a simple colour to allow the architecture to stand out.