​KRISTEN DIEDERICH

Broken Vicious


April 2nd - April 26th
Opening Reception : Saturday, April 4th, 5 - 7 pm

i.e. is so pleased to welcome Kristen Diederich  for her first exhibit with us.

Kristen Diederich is a Portland, Oregon artist whose practice encompasses painting, drawing, sculpture, and poetry. "Broken Vicious" is an exhibit of recent paintings and drawings. Diederich thinks of her body of work as an ongoing poem. There is not a beginning or end to this poem but it flows out visually through the paints or pastels she uses and the titles given to the finished pieces are perhaps beautiful snippets of that poem. She is a powerful painter, both sensuous and fearless allowing the process to take the reins. Her drawings are childlike and raw in their expressive lines and infatuation with the material. 

Diederich's work is internationally collected and has been exhibited across the United States, including a 2025 and 2026 presentations during Frieze Week Los Angeles and a yearlong artist residency and exhibition at the President's Residence, Oregon State University.

She is the current recipient of the Stumptown Artist Grant and a 2026 candidate at Duplex Air residency in Lisbon, Portugal, with international exhibitions on the
horizon. Additional residencies include The Waldoboro Inn, Whitehead Island
Lighthouse, South Jetty Cottage, Sou'Wester Arts, and the Cornish Inn. Her work has been featured in Artforum, Dwell, Oregon State University Press,
Fonograf, Buckman Journal, Bold Journey LA, Travel Portland, Camden Famous,and Art & About PDX.

Diederich works from Whitehead Island off the coast of Maine and from her
studio in Northeast Portland.