Artist Biography


Artist Biography Crystal Wagner was born on February 27, 1982 in Baltimore, Maryland. It was in Maryland where she began her exploration in art by drawing imaginative birds. Thirteen years later she moved to Pine Grove Pennsylvania where painting and creative writing became her primary focus as an artist. Crystal attended Keystone College, a private liberal arts school in La Plume Pennsylvania where she earned her Associate Degree in Fine Art, receiving awards for both her prose/fiction writing and also her work as an artist. During her time there, she spent four months in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, experiencing the diverse terrain of the elevated landscape, studying and drawing from nature in the backcountry. Ms. Wagner then moved to Atlanta where she attended The Atlanta College of Art. After two more years with a double concentration in both printmaking and sculpture, she earned her Bachelor Degree in Fine Art. In 2004 she was the recipient of the undergraduate Southern Graphics Council Fellowship for her achievements in printmaking. Crystal recently completed her MFA at The University of Tennessee as a Graduate Teaching Associate. In 2006 she participated in a month long Artist-in-Residency in Poznañ, Poland. In 2007, she was a Visiting Artist at Kansas City Art Institute, where she co-coordinated a week-long workshop where the students utilized the printed multiple as a way to create wearable art and costumes. The work produced by the students during the workshop led the "Print Parade" at the SGC Conference in the Spring. Also during that year she self-published her novel, "Crimson Sky". In 2007, she was awarded the Terry Burnett Award for her overall achievements in fine art at the University of Tennessee, and also during that year she was a printers' assistant to Koichi Yamamoto at the Frontiers in Printmaking Conference in Normal, IL. During the summer of 2007, Crystal traveled through Europe, visiting 11 different countires. Her work has been accepted into numerous national juried exhibitions and has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. In March of 2008, she was Visiting Artist at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. Currently you can find her large sculptural form "Conversion" where it is a part of the permanent collection at the Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, For the month of July 2008, she was at the Joshua Tree National Park Residency, in Joshua Tree National Park, CA where she was awarded a month-long Artist-in-Residency. Other up-coming shows in 2008-2009 include: "Fresh" AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 7/11/08-7/26/08, "The Organics" Laredo Community College, Loredo, TX, 03/12/09-04/24/09 and "Prints by Crystal Wagner" Arkansas State University, Jonesborro AR, 9/1/08-9/30/08. In October, Crystal delivered her paper, "Artademia", at the 2008 SECAC conference in New Orleans, LA. In 2009 she was the recipient of the Betsy Worden Memorial Artist Residency from the Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance for the duration of six months. Upon completition of the residency, her solo exhibition "The Enigma of Growth" will opened in The Balcony Gallery at the Downtown Emporium in Knoxville, TN and was reviewed by the Knoxville Musuem of Art Collectors Circle. She is currently Assistant Professor of Art, printmaking area head, Auburn University Montgomery. Upcoming events include: Anchor Graphics Artist Residency, Columbia College, Chicago, June 2010, and solo installation, "Plastic Grotto", scheduled for "Window on Broad", during Philagrafika and SGC at The University of Arts, Philadelphia, PA, March 2010.

Artist Biography

Crystal Wagner was born on February 27, 1982 in Baltimore, Maryland. It was in Maryland where she began her exploration in art by drawing imaginative birds. Thirteen years later she moved to Pine Grove Pennsylvania where painting and creative writing became her primary focus as an artist.

Crystal attended Keystone College, a private liberal arts school in La Plume Pennsylvania where she earned her Associate Degree in Fine Art, receiving awards for both her prose/fiction writing and also her work as an artist. During her time there, she spent four months in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, experiencing the diverse terrain of the elevated landscape, studying and drawing from nature in the backcountry.

Ms. Wagner then moved to Atlanta where she attended The Atlanta College of Art. After two more years with a double concentration in both printmaking and sculpture, she earned her Bachelor Degree in Fine Art. In 2004 she was the recipient of the undergraduate Southern Graphics Council Fellowship for her achievements in printmaking.

Crystal recently completed her MFA at The University of Tennessee as a Graduate Teaching Associate. In 2006 she participated in a month long Artist-in-Residency in Poznañ, Poland. In 2007, she was a Visiting Artist at Kansas City Art Institute, where she co-coordinated a week-long workshop where the students utilized the printed multiple as a way to create wearable art and costumes. The work produced by the students during the workshop led the "Print Parade" at the SGC Conference in the Spring. Also during that year she self-published her novel, "Crimson Sky". In 2007, she was awarded the Terry Burnett Award for her overall achievements in fine art at the University of Tennessee, and also during that year she was a printers' assistant to Koichi Yamamoto at the Frontiers in Printmaking Conference in Normal, IL.

During the summer of 2007, Crystal traveled through Europe, visiting 11 different countires. Her work has been accepted into numerous national juried exhibitions and has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. In March of 2008, she was Visiting Artist at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. Currently you can find her large sculptural form "Conversion" where it is a part of the permanent collection at the Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, For the month of July 2008, she was at the Joshua Tree National Park Residency, in Joshua Tree National Park, CA where she was awarded a month-long Artist-in-Residency. Other up-coming shows in 2008-2009 include: "Fresh" AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 7/11/08-7/26/08, "The Organics" Laredo Community College, Loredo, TX, 03/12/09-04/24/09 and "Prints by Crystal Wagner" Arkansas State University, Jonesborro AR, 9/1/08-9/30/08. In October, Crystal delivered her paper, "Artademia", at the 2008 SECAC conference in New Orleans, LA. In 2009 she was the recipient of the Betsy Worden Memorial Artist Residency from the Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance for the duration of six months. Upon completition of the residency, her solo exhibition "The Enigma of Growth" will opened in The Balcony Gallery at the Downtown Emporium in Knoxville, TN and was reviewed by the Knoxville Musuem of Art Collectors Circle.

She is currently Assistant Professor of Art, printmaking area head, Auburn University Montgomery. Upcoming events include: Anchor Graphics Artist Residency, Columbia College, Chicago, June 2010, and solo installation, "Plastic Grotto", scheduled for "Window on Broad", during Philagrafika and SGC at The University of Arts, Philadelphia, PA, March 2010.

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