A Brief Bio
Kae Ashtin is a freelance artist and photographer residing in central Connecticut. Born in 1990, she grew up in a small New England town in Connecticut. After graduating from high school in 2008, she moved to New Britain, Connecticut to pursue a degree in Art Education. She changed her major two semesters shy of graduating and received her Bachelors in Art Degree in May 2012 from Central Connecticut State University.
Ashtin began displaying her artwork at shows in 2010, but has won various local art awards since childhood including the Scholastic Art Awards and the Connecticut Association of Schools Outstanding Arts Award. Ashtin mainly experiments with various found objects and paint to create her mixed media pieces.
Her current works include grotesque paintings from the “Zombie Series” and twisted, controversial sculptures from “The Doll Series”. Ashtin is a full-time art editor and marketing associate at a local manufacturing company. In her spare time, she does design work for other local businesses, sells offbeat parenting products under her company entitled “Scary Mama”, and raises her daughter.
Ashtin began displaying her artwork at shows in 2010, but has won various local art awards since childhood including the Scholastic Art Awards and the Connecticut Association of Schools Outstanding Arts Award. Ashtin mainly experiments with various found objects and paint to create her mixed media pieces.
Her current works include grotesque paintings from the “Zombie Series” and twisted, controversial sculptures from “The Doll Series”. Ashtin is a full-time art editor and marketing associate at a local manufacturing company. In her spare time, she does design work for other local businesses, sells offbeat parenting products under her company entitled “Scary Mama”, and raises her daughter.
Artist Statement
My goal is not perfection, but rather the absence of it.
"In my work, I try to break down the barrier between personal emotions and visual expression. By reusing materials such as cardboard, wood, wire, and magazine paper, I am able to repurpose forgotten objects that create a unique variation of colors and textures throughout. My goal is not perfection, but rather the absence of it. Work that has been distressed, destroyed, and altered in different ways tells a story. It also develops a connection between the artist and the experience of creating the individual piece.
I love to experiment with materials and techniques that evoke a controlled chaos and present twisted images from my mind. When my pieces are finished, the viewer is not only looking at the controversial message that I am trying to convey, but at my mutilated interpretation of reality."
I love to experiment with materials and techniques that evoke a controlled chaos and present twisted images from my mind. When my pieces are finished, the viewer is not only looking at the controversial message that I am trying to convey, but at my mutilated interpretation of reality."