about
Kitty Chrystal is a non-binary artist from Naarm (Melbourne), whose work focuses on figurative drawing, rendered in a combination of ink and digital media. Their work explores themes of queerness, body image, dysphoria and identity. Depicting characters at odds with their surroundings, Kitty pushes to the forefront uncomfortable notions of public safety and gender performance, which contrast with their packaging in a palate of vibrant hues — homage to the façade we present as we persevere, and that presented by our environment.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 'Lovesick Rodeo' group show, At Current Gallery, Melbourne
2018 'Bloom' group show, At Current Gallery, Melbourne
‘Occult’ group show, in.cub8r gallery, Melbourne
‘Tough and Tender’ group show, Hope St space, Melbourne
‘I See You’ group show, in.cub8r gallery, Melbourne
‘NSFW’ group show, BSIDE gallery, Melbourne
‘MYTH’ group show, in.cub8r gallery, Melbourne
‘Colour Me This’ group show, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2017 ‘FEMS EXHIBITION’ group show, 1000 Pound Bend Gallery, Melbourne
‘First Rodeo’ group show, in.cub8r gallery, Melbourne
‘Another Space’ artist in residence show, takt gallery, Berlin
2016 ‘Smallworks’ group show, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
‘Art vs Music’ group show, Grace Darling Hotel, Melbourne
‘Girlhood 2’ group show, Old Bar Gallery Space, Melbourne
‘GRLPARADISE’ group show, Shuaspace, Jersey City, USA
2015 ‘Misc’ group show, The Wilde Art Space, Melbourne
‘FEMS 3’ - group show and performance night,Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray
2014 ‘Reframing Gender’ group show, Northcote Town Hall, Northcote
‘The Full Picture’ group show, Nicholas Building, Melbourne
RESIDENCIES
2017 Artist residency at Takt Institute, Berlin
2016 Online residency at The Suburban Review.
EMPLOYMENT
2016 — present Associate editor at The Ripe
2015 — 17 Art editor and associate editor at The Suburban Review
2015 Illustrator for Judy’s Punch
2012 — 15 Illustrator for Farrago
PUBLICATIONS
2018 Nakid Magazine
Be Inspired Magazine
Period Magazine (China)
2017 Concrete Queers
Cooked Poets Society
FEMS issue 4
2016 Ladies of Leisure
The Suburban Review
FEMS issue 3
Keep Brave
Cluster
The Bettyz
2015 FEMS issue 2
Farrago
Judy’s Punch
2012-15 Farrago