About

About Kala

Hello! I am a multi-disciplinary artist and photographer from Eau Claire, Wisconsin. I have been making art and exploring my creative side for as long as I can remember. I graduated from The University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in ceramics, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. I have always been attracted to the morbid side of life. I am interested in preserving life after death by incorporating bones, teeth, and other oddities in my art and jewelry. When I'm not in my home studio, you can find me relaxing with my cats, and watching horror movies.

About My Work

My artwork is heavilly influenced my psychology, the human experience, and identity. I enjoy telling stories using text, color, imagery, and texture.

I strive to be a Jane of all trades, and a master of all of them too. I enjoy experimenting and trying out new and different media. 

Ever since I was a child, I always had a fascination with the macabre, the unnatural, and the mysterious. I remember looking through my grandpa's stash of "Ripley's Believe it or Not" books that detailed shrunken heads and people that could shoot a bow and arrow with their feet. I translated my naive delight for the unusual through my art today. The process and the care that goes into each muskrat skeleton display or each coyote molar necklace is intentional. My goal is to respect the beings my art once belonged to while expressing the beauty of life and death.

Recently, I have been dabbling in cyanotype printing. My process involves taking my own film photos, and printing them using cyanotype techniques.