Krista Franklin is an American poet and visual artist, whose main artistic focus is collage.
15 Facts About Krista Franklin
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Krista Franklin is based in Chicago, Illinois, where in 2007 she was the recipient of a Chicago Artist Assistance Program Grant for her art book SEED, which she says was based upon the dystopic visions of the award-winning African-American science-fiction writer Octavia E Butler.
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Krista Franklin has described her approach as both Afro-Futurist and Afro-Surrealist.
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Krista Franklin's artwork has been featured in the television series Empire.
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Krista Franklin's collages have been used on the covers of several poetry collections, including John Murillo's Up Jumps the Boogie and Lita Hooper's Thunder in Krista Franklin's Voice.
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Krista Franklin has had her work published in American Studies, Callaloo, and Ecotone.
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Krista Franklin's writing was influenced by the poets of the Black Arts Movement, including Nikki Giovanni and Sonia Sanchez.
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Krista Franklin's poetry is included in the anthologies The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order and Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam.
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Krista Franklin has had her poetry published in Black Camera.
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Krista Franklin was inspired to create the character by Octavia Butler's novel Wildseed.
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Krista Franklin gave an associated artist talk on October 23,2015.
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Krista Franklin was Creative Lead for the FEAR installation in White Box Gallery at the University of Dayton.
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Krista Franklin transformed the prior installation, titled Consumption, into the new FEAR iteration.
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Krista Franklin is the artist-in-residence at the Salina Art Center Warehouse through June 23,2019.
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On June 7,2024, Krista Franklin opened any bright spark, her first exhibition with the Chicago-based gallery Western Exhibitions.