Kirsten K. Kester

Kirsten K Kester er vokset op i København, men nysgerrigheden drev hende som ganske ung til Århus, hvor hun har boet siden.
Kunsten har altid fyldt meget.
Tegningen har været i fokus næsten fra start. I folkeskolen i praktik som teknisk designer, og hun deltager i en hel del croquis kurser gennem tiden.
På Vestjyllands Højskole studerer hun både tegning, maling og farvelære.
Kester tager et spadestik dybere, og læser kunsthistorie på det Åbne Universitet i Århus, samt tager Basisuddannelsen på Aarhus Kunstakademi.
Sammen med hendes ægtefælle har hun rejst verden over, med fokus på kultur, natur og menneskers forskellighed og ikke mindst ensartethed.
Kesters værker er i høj grad præget af naturen.
Her er plads til både det fantaserende, samt virkelighedens narrativ.
Hun ser historier i naturen, som fascinerer eller undrer.
Desuden lader hun sig inspirere af hendes mange ind- og især udenlands rejser.
Kester arbejder hovedsageligt på papir med pigmentpen, farveblyanter, akvarel eller blandede medier.

Kirsten K Kester grew up in Copenhagen, but curiosity drove her to Aarhus at a very young age, where she has lived ever since.
Art has always been very important to her.
Drawing has been in focus almost from the start. In primary school, she did an internship as a technical designer, she participated in a lot of croquis courses over the years.
At Vestjyllands Højskole she studies drawing, painting and color theory.
Kester takes a step deeper and studies art history at The Open University in Aarhus, and takes the Basic Education at Aarhus Art Academy.
Together with her husband, she has traveled the world, focusing on culture, nature and human diversity and not least uniformity.
Kester's works are very much influenced by nature.
There is room for both the imaginative and the narrative of reality.
She sees stories in nature that fascinate or amaze.
She is also inspired by her many domestic and especially international travels.
Kester works mainly on paper with pigment pen, colored pencils, watercolor or mixed media.