As a young girl, my father would take me on what I came to think of as junk safaris. En route to our destination, my fathers garage sale-o-meter would side track us for hours. Eventually our Mecca would be found in the form of a flea market.

We would spend the whole day getting sunburned thumbing though treasures of the past. While my father looked at the practicality of objects discovered, I wondered about the worn and weathered histories of the artifacts before me.

It took a while but Ive found that our little trips became a source of inspiration for my artwork.  For my mixed media work and photography, I am drawn to discarded items that have curious histories, interesting textures and evidence of passing hands.                   

                                                                                                                                                                -Kristin Schue

       Growing up north of St. Paul, Kristin spent more time doodling in notebooks than taking notes. She had always drawn, but her first real love in the arts was photography. At a young age, she was lucky to have photography resources around in the form of photo books, photography courses and her dads cameras. Art became an integral part of her life. She she studied art for a year at Rønningen Folkehøgskole in Oslo, Norway. She received her BFA in studio art from the University of Minnesota. Her primary focus was in photography, video and drawing. Since then, she has been involved in showing her work around Minnesota.