me
Kristy Sandoval is a Los Angeles based artist from Pacoima. As a first generation Latinx Artivist her work touches on social justice, and womyn empowerment themes. Her brushstrokes have been mainly dedicated to social practice art in mural work. This came about in 2008 while developing arts education programming for local organizations. Through the healing power of creativity she, along with other local artists, changed the reputation of the neighborhood with the uprising of Mural Mile in Pacoima. The recognition for this success led Sandoval to go international with being the first woman muralist for the Mural Istanbul Festival in 2015.
Shortly after Sandoval was presented with the Phenomenal Woman Award in 2016 by the Department of Gender & Women's Studies at Cal State University Northridge amongst several other awards presented by the City of Los Angeles for her continued practice. She has presented her work and spoken at many universities, museums, organizations, events and in the media. For most of 2017 Sandoval worked with Amnesty International in their Art for Amnesty campaign creating art pieces representing individual political prisoner cases from around the world. Having experienced it first hand, she believes in the healing power of art and continues to paint murals, direct and develop Arts Programing. She consults on event productions and paints commissioned pieces.
Kristy is a self-taught muralist, her time spent at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco exposed her to formal art training but she is not afraid to mix and explore new mediums in her designs while keeping sustainability and green space in mind. She's picked up the artist name kSan and a distinct and unique style with her sarape-like dripping texture that is representative of her culture and is ever changing in it’s color schemes.