Krista Leigh Steinke has a MFA in Photography and Digital Imaging from the Maryland Institute College of Art, a BFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute Chicago, and a BA in Art and the Humanities from Valparaiso University. She grew up in Texas and has lived in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Seattle, and Chicago, among other places. Currently, she divides her time between Houston, TX and rural New York state.
Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions across the country, as well as internationally, including The Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe, NM; Spartanburg Art Museum, SC; Brauer Museum of Art, IN; Delaware Museum of Art, DE; New York Hall of Science, NY; The National Weather Center, OK; The Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, FL; Arvada Center for Arts, CO; Women and Their Work Gallery, TX; Pompano Beach Art and Cultural Center, FL; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX; Photo Miami, FL; El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, NM; and the Asia Culture Center, Republic of Korea.
Her time-based works have been screened at the Green Screen Environmental Film Festival, Trinidad + Tobago; Earth Day Film Festival, CA; Currents New Media Festival, NM; The Dallas Contemporary, TX; Jersey City Art Museum, NJ; Aurora Picture Show, TX; Symphony Space, NY; aCinema Space, WI; Detroit Museum of New Art, MI; Palm Springs Art Museum, CA; Sarai Media Lab, New Delhi; Goliath Visual Space, NY; Baltimore Artscape, MD; and Engauge Experimental Film Festival, Seattle; among others.
She has received support for her work from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Puffin Foundation, Sustainable Arts Foundation, Glasscock Center for Art and Humanities, and a Fellowship in Photography from the Howard Foundation. She has been an invited guest artist at numerous colleges and universities and frequently participates in festivals and conferences either as an exhibiting artist, speaker, or curator.
