Kristin Vestgård was born in Horten, Norway in May 1976. She studied art at Oslo Painting and Drawing School before moving to the UK to complete a BA Hons. in Fine Art at Falmouth College of Art and continued to live and work in Cornwall for a further seven years. In 2007 Kristin moved back to Norway and now lives in a beautiful, small artists town by the sea called Åsgårdstrand, where Edvard Munch used to spend his summers.
"My painting process is intuitive. I paint layers upon layers, scraping away whilst keeping marks until I find an atmosphere and an expression that I am searching for. I keep looking for a place where I can subconsciously belong. Drifting between what is real and fairy-tale, I find wordless poetry and belonging."