Kristen Ramirez, a Seattle based artist, draws on signs and symbols of commerce and our built environment to create artworks that shift our daily experiences and perspectives. In her public practice, a focus on place conjures an affection for disorienting urban/suburban environments that are at once everyday, unsightly, and slightly deteriorating.
In Human Frailty, Kristen draws on the architectural lines of a low-rise light industrial building that served as her canvas, to create a pattern of color that conveys motion. Working with a limited palette to mimic colors found in traffics signal operations, her striped, diagonal pattern propels the viewer through space with complimentary colors that appear to vibrate in their juxtaposition.
2960 4th Ave S 
