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Holding Paradox, Study by Kristen Abbott spirit The first African-American artist to12X12 Cyanotype and mixed media on silk framed in maple float frame Kristen Abbott (b. 1990, Little Rock, Arkansas) is a mixed media painter and textile artist based in Boulder, Colorado. Her practice moves between abstract painting and cyanotype textiles, shaped through an experimental, process driven approach. In her cyanotype work, sunlight acts as both collaborator and catalyst, imprinting organic forms onto hand coated fabrics such as linen,