Born and raised in small town Iowa, Kristine Barrett received a double BFA in Photography/New Media and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute; specializing in film and painting as well as ancient textiles and early Christian art. She went on to Mills College where she completed an MFA in Electronic Music Composition and Recording Media. Her work focuses on the spirit: the conduit space between physical temporal consciousness and the ambiguities and complexities of the soul. She pulls from a wide variety of sources, including natural history, ancient art and literature, 19th century women’s writing, mystic teachings, and contemporary popular culture. At heart she is a storyteller. She works in a wide range of mediums such as painting, ink, printmaking, photography, film/video, and music. She has written music for several dance productions and more recently completed a two part opera entitled Lily Maude Horseman which explores feminine identities. Her work has been shown in various film/ music festivals and gallery shows. She currently resides with her husband on a houseboat with a myriad of plants, shrines, and animals in Sausalito, California. Kristine's music is currently available at http://kristinebarrett.bandcamp.com/ Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.