About

Kristina Petrash is a printmaker based out of Steamboat Springs, CO.

Her work centers around nature and our relationship to it. Petrash loves to create layered images, marrying different printmaking processes to create new forms of visual communication. She often draws inspiration from her travels, incorporating the local flora and fauna.

Petrash creates all her work through the printing press using various techniques of printmaking. One of her main techniques is copper plate intaglio, or etching into copper with a needle. Petrash also enjoys creating different forms of monotypes, or one of a kind prints. She picks weeds and other flora growing in the area, inks them up and runs them through the press in interesting configurations. These prints are one of a kind because once the ink is stripped from the subject, it can never be recreated. Within the last year, Petrash has recently started using more watercolor in her monotypes. Influenced by the colors of the seasons, her gestural watercolors mixed with local flora create a variety of landscapes that all feel familiar.

Kristina Petrash attained her Bachelors of Fine Arts from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan in 2017. In 2018 she moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado where she started working at Oehme Graphics, a fine arts printmaking studio. Petrash has shown in a few Michigan galleries and around Steamboat Springs, including the W Gallery, the Barley, and the past two summers at Saturday Farmers Markets.