Kristina Carroll has been drawing pictures since she could hold a crayon. When she was old enough to have those funny little coloring books where you would dip a pen in water and then put it on the pictures to "magically" reveal the colors, she would rather create her own picture stories on the back, blank pages than color the pictures already there. Growing up, nearly every page of her notebooks in school had a doodle on them or even a little story spreading over multiple pages and art was always her favorite subject. On the heels of her high-school graduation, she fled Montana and came to New York City to study Theatre. Quickly after moving she realized she preferred the visual arts and is currently working on expanding on her first love. She graduated with honors from School of Visual Arts' Illustration BFA program and is now happily making art every day.

Clients:

Wizards of the Coast
IDW
Realms of Fantasy
Fantasy Flight Games
Catalyst Game Labs

Awards/Annuals

Leurzer's Archive: 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide, 2011
Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
Spectrum 17: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
Society of Illustrators Student Competition, 2009
SVA Visual Arts Alumni Grant, 2009
SVA Visual Arts Department Scholarship, 2008
Silas Rhodes Scholarship, 2005-2009

Exhibits

2010
Painted Ladies - OhNo! Doom Gallery, Chicago, IL
Replanting the Garden - Big Car Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Fairy Tales: From The Dark Wood to Happily Ever After - Art and Words Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2009
Salon of Love and Horror - Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
Nesting - A.Okay Gallery - Chigago, IL
School of Visual Arts Senior show -SVA Studios, New York, NY
Kings and Queens - SVA Gallery, New York, NY