KRYSTLE LEMONIAS

2023 CHRYSALIS AWARDEE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 | 2:30PM - 3:30PM eastern
free and open to the public | hosted on zoom

Grounded in the principles of painting and sculpture, Krystle Lemonias' stitched tapestries combine intricate woodblock printing with an array of post consumer textiles to depict a contemporary narrative of care work through the lens of Black immigrant women. With her background as a Jamaican born immigrant and experience as a former care worker, Lemonias depicts the complication of what’s gained and lost in resilience. “It’s an honor to receive this award and take advantage of the opportunities included. With this recognition for innovation and merit, I look forward to sharing my work’s conceptual thought with hopes to inform a wider audience on its themes.“ says Lemonias. 

Lemonias earned her MFA at the University of South Florida in 2022, and currently teaches as the Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Art at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. She has completed artist residencies at Aferro Gallery, Guttenberg Arts, and most recently at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. In addition to her studio practice, Lemonias is a co-creator and co-host of The Hidden Critique, a podcast to support young artists of color navigating MFA programs to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. 
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A special thank you to longtime JRACraft member Chris Rifkin for generously sponsoring this year's Chrysalis Award.

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Go play wit yuh toys till I done., 2020, 54 x 65 in. Baby clothes and woodblock relief print on upholstery fabric.

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America sun just different ehh, 2022, 40 x 30 in. Baby clothes, upholstery fabric, produce mesh, onion wrapper, relief print on upholstery fabric.

Since when yuh eat lollipop before lunch, ehh, 2022, 64 x 56 in. Children's clothes, diapers, relief print on upholstery fabric.

Har pocketbooks; she did say me know bout man a God?, 2023, 45 x 32 in. My sister’s clothes and dishcloths, my mother’s and my clothes, onion mesh, wooden beads, upholstery fabric, grief, prospect, skepticism, relief blocks of my mother’s hands printed on upholstery fabric.