Krista Dedrick Lai

Artist's Statement

Krista Dedrick Lai is a long time resident of Philadelphia, PA having originally moved there, from Pittsburgh, PA, to attended Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. Using cut-paper or paint she has traditionally used art to navigate and illustrate her own inner landscape.  Dreams, nightmares, extreme emotions, personal traumas and private turmoils have typically been the subject matter for her abstract work and inspiration for her representational work.

As time has gone on her artist’s eye has looked increasingly outward, sometimes as far as millions of light-years away, in the case of her Space Exploration series, and sometimes closer to home, as in the case of her Icons series. As Krista has become increasingly aware of the injustice in her country her focus has turned to creating artwork that incorporates political and social themes. Krista has found this new way of working to be compelling and looks forward to seeing where her work takes her in the coming years.

Krista lives in Philadelphia’s Point Breeze neighborhood with her husband where she also maintains a studio. She enjoys walking around the city looking for new street art, eating chocolate, doing yoga, taking naps and, of course, making artwork.