Krystal Solis

Duncan

Oklahoma based artist, Krystal Solis, has been honing her skills in embodying the Mexican American Experience through contemporary figurative work. Solis received her Bachelors of Fine Art concentration in Painting from the University of Cameron. Raised in a small quiet town of Comanche Oklahoma Solis shares her first-generation story onto canvas. Solis plays with recurring themes of traditional Hispanic color schemes with reimagined familiar environments in juxtaposed compositions. Mainly working with oils in stylized techniques. Themes throughout Solis’s work embodies the middle ground between American and Hispanic cultures. Formal investigations of Norman Rockwell and Frida Kahlo work contrasting the two economic, cultural, and societal roles, that are analyzed, and compared within her work. Solis said “I am a product of the historical line of crossing throughout lands for new beginnings. With new beginnings comes new challenges but also excitement that I want to express. Solis mainly works figuratively using her family and friends to aid her message. Experimentation with painting application, palette knife, and life size scale are seen throughout Solis’s paintings. Solis recently showed at the Leslie Powell gallery co-exhibit titled “In Flux.” Also being published in “Studio Visit Magazine” displaying her piece “Kandy in Wonderland”. This past month Solis was awarded Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition event “Momentum’s Emerging Curator Award.” Solis’s message for her work is to unlock joy for all ages and walks of life. Krystal Solis