Kris Sanford grew up in southeast Michigan and received a BFA in photography from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. She received her MFA in photography from Arizona State University, where she served as art editor for Hayden’s Ferry Review.

Kris has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, including group exhibitions in Amsterdam, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Houston, London, Miami, and New York. She was selected as a finalist for the LensCulture Exposure Awards 2015 and included in the 2016 Critical Mass Top 50. Recent awards include the Fellowship 17 International Award from Silver Eye Center for Photography and the Visual Studies Workshop Residency Award through Critical Mass 2016. Her photographs have been featured in Fraction Magazine, Light Leaked, and Slate. She is represented by Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston, Texas and Tilt Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Her art explores intimate relationships, specifically queer desire, through the use of appropriated images and text.

Join us for a mid-day artist talk and open studio on Wednesday, May 31 at 1 pm to see what Kris has been working on during her time at VSW.