Crystal Latimer

b. 1988, Hollywood, USA.

“In 2020, I introduced vintage cowboy imagery into my work without fully realizing where my curiosities were rooted. However, this led to creating drawn tapestries composed of vintage cowgirls, cheetahs, florals and plants. An intriguingly odd assortment and definitely NOT AN AMERICAN WESTERN. Rather, I’m alluding to an idea of allowing ourselves, as females, to become untamed. There is such an abundance of breeding within feminine culture; we’ve become accustomed to holding back, playing the supporting roles in history. Our very essence can become erased. Yet, there’s an attitude when it comes to cowboy imagery, a bravado and cavalier connotation that I want to reclaim as female, while cheetahs tie to the idea of being untamed (and nod to the novel by Glennon Doyle). The format of a tapestry also interests me as an allegorical conduit, as it’s historical background is based in “female” and “craft”. - Crystal Latimer

In 2010, Crystal completed her BFA Slippery Rock University and received an MA and MFA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2013 and 2016, respectively. After graduating, Crystal taught several courses at Penn State University and Indiana University and has lectured at Slippery Rock University and Carlow University.

Latimer's work has been shown extensively in both solo and group exhibitions, including at Collect Art Fair, Art Miami, the Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Chautauqua Institution, The Mine Factory, George Washington University, and Union Hall among others.

Latimer has shown her work internationally in Hong Kong and London and participated in a residency at the Joaquin Chaverri Fabrica de Carretas in Sarchi, Costa Rica. Crystal's work has been featured in Create!, Pikchur, Local Arts PGH, Art Maze, Ruminate, and Fresh Paint Magazines.

Crystal work is included in both private and public collections nationally and internationally: including Indiana State University of Pennsylvania, PNC Corporate, the Benter Foundation, and Wyndham Tryp Hotel.

Crystal Latimer was a finalist for the Young Masters Art Prize in 2019.

Carry On Creativity: A Series of Interviews with Young Masters' Artists: Crystal Latimer

Crystal Latimer is represented internationally by Cynthia Corbett Gallery.

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