The artist in her Manhattan Kansas studio, 2023.
Working primarily in soft pastel, Kira Ru-djen (b Nashville 1989) creates vibrant pieces ranging from expressive landscapes to intimate portraits to cheeky skeleton works (“skelebuddies”). Their ambidextrous approach gives the audience a window to her way of thinking, and her work has been described as a colorful sidestep from realism.
Her work has been featured in galleries in the Midwest and published in both online and print magazines out of Detroit and New Jersey.
Currently based in Pennsylvania.
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