Shannon Kringen
Poetry
Writer and Musical Spoken word Artist
Bio:
Multi Media Artist
Shannon Kringen grew up in San Diego California and Whidbey Island
Washington. She is a self taught poet, multi media visual artist
with a background in Graphic Design. She has worked as a figure model
in Seattle since 1992. She completed her BA degree in Arts and
Literature from Antioch University in 2013. She sees her creative
expression as a tool to connect with community and a way of
increasing self awareness and tap into a deeper wisdom within.
Artist Statement:
I work with
words in writing poetry and cameras and paint improvisationally. I am
very kinesthetic and use my whole body when I create. Im very
sensitive to sound and music and phrases pop into my head and I write
them down and then “riff” off them. I like to say “Catch the
Windsong Spiral Drive, Crack the Code, Left and Right node” my
poems start with one phrase that I hear in my head then I start
writing and adding from there and usually end up with metaphors and
double entendres that surprise and delight me.
In my photography, I fall in love
with shape, texture, and light while out wandering. I like to capture
what is naturally there but in a way that abstracts it and allows the
viewer to notice something new and different about ordinary physical
reality. I carefully compose all my photos spontaneously as I am
shooting, moving the camera angle until I see what looks like a
balanced, dynamic composition.
In my painting, I allow my hands to
move intuitively on the canvas creating shapes and textures that feel
right. I repeat patterns and choose colors from somewhere beyond my
thinking mind. I am very inspired by the repeating patterns I see in
nature. Plants and animals move me a great deal.
I also created an art car called
“Opal Moonstone” that is intricate patterns of Rhinestone that I
hand crafted over the last 3 years. I was recently interviewed about
my Multi Media Art by Seattle Magazine:
https://seattlemag.com/seattle-culture/seattle-artifact/the-performance-art-of-goddess-kring/
Several of my Poems have been
recorded into music with Interactive Jack Records Seattle and can ve
listened to here:
https://interactivejack.com/
I am taping into my unconscious and
go into a dream like state when I create art. My visual art music
and poetry and video monologues are include an improvisational stream
of consciousness that weaves it all together in one cohesive body of
creative expression.
I
was also interviewed recently on this podcast “something rather
than nothing”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ZHOesfpcZxH53BaN6y88X
