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Kristine’s Sweet Shoppe of Liberation Online Is NOW Open—Help Me Let Go, One Acrylic Cube at a Time
The online store is open. And on the shelves—digital, but so real—you’ll find something unexpected: acrylic cubes packed with the confetti of my past. They’re called liberation blends. Clear Acrylic boxes featuring of every shred I’ve run through a buzzing machine in pursuit of something lighter (oh, and sometimes louder). Each one is like a holding cell for what I couldn’t hold any longer: report cards, nostalgia, the ghost of an eating disorder, wigs I wore just to see if I


Perceive Me Keeps Growing
"Perceive Me" isn't slowing down – it's expanding. After The Other Art Fair in 2024 reminded me why this work matters, I realized this project has become bigger than just my own artistic practice. It's become infrastructure. A movement. A way for artists and participants to experience what it means to be truly seen without judgment. And now we're heading to the Startup Art Fair, February 28-March 1st, 2026 . We'll have two spaces: one showing new collaborative work, and anoth


Two Chances to See Kristine This Week!
Hey everyone! This is a big week for me, and I'd love to see you at one (or both!) of these openings. Two very different projects, two very different spaces, both asking the same questions about visibility, liberation, and what it means to take up space. Thursday, October 23: Self/Not Selfie Golden West College Art Gallery Opening Reception: 4-6pm 365 selfies with friends. Floor-to-ceiling. A grid of moments where I chose visibility over hiding. This installation is proof tha


Three Sweet Celebrations This Month!
This October, I'm thrilled to invite you to three exhibitions exploring transformation, liberation, and the radical act of taking up...


From Hotel Room to Shredded Bits to Fancy Boxes
So I'm sitting here looking at these clear acrylic boxes filled with shredded pieces of my Plus series and thinking about how weird art...


Building Walls, Breaking Through: How Art Brings Us Together
Someone called it a quilting bee yesterday, and honestly? That's exactly what it was. Except instead of fabric squares, we were working...


The Wall That Holds Us All
I've been sitting with this tension for months now, surrounded by thousands of fragments of my shredded history, trying to figure out...


Why I Keep Doing the Same Thing Over and Over (And Why That's the Point)
I've been thinking about repetition in my work. Like, a lot. Because when I look at everything I've made over the past few years, there's...


My Imaginary Wall breaks through this Saturday - come celebrate with me!
Hi friends, Something beautiful happened this week. I've been working on breaking through my imaginary wall—that invisible barrier built...


From Fragments to Walls: Closing One Show, Opening Another
Sunday marks the closing reception for "The Architecture of Perception" at The Los Angeles Makery, and I'm feeling all the emotions....


DTLA Art Night and Why We Gather
Tonight I'll be hanging out at The Los Angeles Makery for DTLA Art Night, and I keep thinking about what it means that downtown is open...


We Pivoted and We're Ready (Show This Weekend)
"The Architecture of Perception" A Two-Person Show with Julie O'Sullivan Hey everyone, As artists we learn to pivot and be flexible. The...


When Cutting Up Your Art Is Actually Making Art
I saw this comic recently that stopped me cold. Four panels of someone reorganizing their space, saying "I wanted to assert control over...


Why I Keep My Head Shaved
"Hair means a timeline. Hair means a connection. Hair means a history." When I first read those words from visual artist Paola Fernanda,...


800 #selfieswithfriends and Counting
I hate pictures of myself. (Well, I used to. Still working on it.) I could have sworn I had 5,000 selfies with friends. Or it seems like...


What Holds Me
People ask me about the containers. The clear plastic organizers meant for gift wrap. The glass jars with metal lids lined up like...


Through Lines
I've been thinking about who I am as an artist. I do different things but they all have through lines. Maybe you've been thinking about...


What if...
What if I was thin? What if, what if, what if. Those three words have been circling my mind for years now, sitting alongside a...


Moving Forward with "Perceive Me" - 2025 Edition
Drawing session with Ada Pullini Brown I thought I was done with "Perceive Me." I couldn't do it anymore. In 2023, life got complicated...


Kristine Schomaker at the BREWERY ARTWALK May 3-4 11-6pm PST
Artist Statement BRAND NEW WORK at the Brewery Artwalk!!! May 3rd and 4th 11-6pm PST I have been on a roll!! Cleaning, organizing,...
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