Bio
Kristen Tordella-Williams is an interdisciplinary artist and arts educator based in the American South. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including a recent two person exhibition at the Shiga-Kogen Museum in Japan. Tordella-Williams has been an artist in residence at WNC Sculpture Park, Salem Art Works, the Ateliers im Alten Schlachthof, and the TIDES Institute & Museum of Art. In 2023, Kristen’s piece 40 Burnt Books was selected for the second place award out of over 1000 entries in the ArtFields competition in Lake City, SC.
Recent solo exhibitions include "Inside Job" at Mississippi State University, "Precipice" at Fort Smith Regional Art Museum in Arkansas, and "Dark Matter" in the Hudson Galleries at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS. She received her BFA in Sculpture and Three Dimensional Studies from UMass Dartmouth in 2010 and her MFA in Sculpture and Dimensional Studies from Alfred University in 2012. Kristen is a former board member and President of the Mid-South Sculpture Alliance (2021-2024) and an Associate Professor of Sculpture at Auburn University. Peek inside Kristen's current studio practice by following her on Instagram.
