Jurisich, Krista

Krista Jurisich is a New Orleans born visual artist working in Photography, Mixed Media, Collage, Sculpture and Painting. Recurring themes center on the metamorphosis of the New Orleans landscape. Her various works address transitional landscape anomalies, cultural artifacts from urban archeological sites, mapping of the historic and contemporary permutations of the Mississippi River, contrived landscapes of extraterrestrial life and coined ironic political statements.

Krista Jurisich has been working as a professional artist in New Orleans since receiving her MFA from The University of New Orleans in 1978. Ms. Jurisich received a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art in 1974. In 1995 Ms. Jurisich was awarded a lifetime Ancillary Degree from The State of Louisiana, Department of Education. This is a National/State/District program that employs Professional Artists to mentor students that have been designated as artistically gifted (for student grade levels PreK-12). Between 2005 and 2015 Ms. Jurisich created “The New Orleans Immortelle Series,” a photographic mixed media series memorializing various aspects of the vast destruction of the New Orleans Landscape forever altered by Hurricane Katrina.

Various museums and private individuals have commissioned and collect her works, including The James and Cherye Pierce Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii, Denzel Washington, Los Angeles, CA, The Tony Scott Estate Los Angeles, CA, The Virlane Foundation, New Orleans, LA, the New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, The Freeport-McMoRan Building, New Orleans, LA, Equitable Real Estate Investment Co., New Orleans, LA, The Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans,LA.

Ms. Jurisich’s Instructional Resume includes:
2006-2020 - Talented in Art instruction at Edward Hynes Charter School, New Orleans, LA for students PreK-8th grade
2006 - Jefferson Parish School System; Testing Evaluator for the Gifted and Talented in Art Program
1995-2005 - New Orleans Public School Assignments, Talented in Art Program
1993-1994 - External Assessor for Loyola University Art Department, Senior Art Exhibit Course

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