Kristina Rose Bakeris an artist working in Sonoma County, California. She is the recipient of the Florence Lief Fellowship, Gamblin Paint Award, Anderson Ranch Brooks Fellowship, and is a Yale/Norfolk Fellowship Nominee. Her residencies include serving as the inaugural Artist-in-Residence at Laguna Lab in Sebastopol, California (2026); receiving a grant to attend the Arroscia Residency in Pieve di Teco, Italy (2025); and holding the position of Community Artist in Residence at The Bascom Center for Visual Arts in Highlands, North Carolina for a full year (2016-2017). She served as board member to Farm Studio in Geyserville, CA (2024-25). In 2021, she co-founded Crit Collective, an artist-run online critique group to inform, motivate, and enrich visual artists’ studio practices. She has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications across the country and her resume includes extensive experience as arts educator; museum preparator & educator; art and social justice research consultant; and art advisory & curatorial assistant. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015.

Kristina’s work is available to view in the gallery and at ELLIO’s booth at the Affordable Art Fair from October 16 through October 18, 2026.