The Artist in Residence program at A to Z Wineworks offers a dynamic setting far from an artist’s usual surroundings and obligations. Reflection time and workspace are provided after participation in an initial harvest as an intern. The artists bring new ideas to the community and find fresh inspiration and stimulation. During the residency, the artist shares their art through talks, demonstrations, or experiential opportunities, as well as exhibiting their work.

Krystyny Vanderberg (MFA, Otis College of Art and Design), the current 2024 A to Z resident artist, works with painting and textiles. Central to her work are themes of community and identity and the difficulties in forming relationships. While working the 2023 harvest and continuing to learn about the history and craft of winemaking, she has connected with many people in the wine industry. She is making their shared love for wine and community the focus in her new work.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Krystyny Vandenberg (b. 1995 in Ontario, California) is an artist working with painting and textiles whose work explores the significance and the difficulties involved in forming relationships with family, friends and identity. Themes of community, how we connect with others and history are central to her work.

She started her career in after school art classes in 2002 and she went on to receive her BFA in studio arts with an emphasis in drawing and painting from Biola University in 2017. She received her MFA at Otis College of Art and Design in 2022.

Her work has been exhibited throughout California and internationally including a solo show at the Helen and Abraham Bolsky Gallery in Los Angeles, California and group shows at the Brea Gallery (Brea, CA) the Clara and Allen Gresham Art Gallery (San Bernardino, CA), the Earl & Virgina Green Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) and at the Enoteca (Redondo, Portugal).

Krystyny lives and works in the Los Angeles area where she spends the time that she isn’t at her studio braving LA traffic while listening to The Mountain Goats.