Audrina Warren & Kristen Martin-Aarnio
Audrina Warren
Instagram: @audrina.bell11
a.bellwarren@gmail.com
Kristen Martin-Aarnio
Instagram: @violetbluesaarnio
kristen.martin84@gmail.com
For this installation, overconsumption and how to manage waste is the focus. Overwhelmed by how much waste humans produce, both artists have been collecting and using waste products in their art. Audrina wants the companies who create this waste to be held responsible for its disposal via a post consumer mail-in campaign. Kristen has been upcycling the waste to create new sculptures and deter it from landing in a landfill. They both strive to make companies and people think differently about managing the endpoint of products because we can’t keep going the way we are without dire consequences.
Audrina Bell Warren was born in Greenfield Massachusetts. She has been making artworks out of found objects, socio-economic systems, and time in a place known as Boston Massachusetts since 2005. During college Audrina’s work was highlighted by the Medal Award, Medici Society, and the Dean’s List. Local affiliations include Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston Artists Group, Proof Gallery, and the SMFA.
Kristen Martin-Aarnio is a Massachusetts native specializing in mixed-media painting, sculpting, and performance art. She earned an AAS at Greenfield Community College in Massachusetts, receiving the Medici Award and Archibald MacLeish Award for Art. She received a BA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is an active member of ProArts NJ and the National Association of Women Artists. The artist has participated in exhibitions at the New Jersey State Museum, Noyes Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art, and many others. Kristen currently lives and works in Bayonne, New Jersey.
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