About

Artist and long-distance hiker Kris Grenier explores the profound connection between identity and environment by interpreting landscapes in two-dimensional, 100% wool feltings. Having logged more than 10,000 miles in the backcountry and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, Grenier considers her role as an artist to go beyond the visual interpretation of wild lands and aspires to kindle a conservation ethos in viewers of her work.

A juried artist in the Kentucky Crafted Program, Grenier was awarded a 2022 Emerging Artist Grant by the Kentucky Arts Council. Her work has been showcased in solo exhibitions around the Ohio Valley and is part of the University of Kentucky’s Arts in HealthCare collection. Grenier’s work was recently included in the 47th Mid-States Craft Exhibition at the Evansville Museum and Fantastic Fibers 2025 at the Yeiser Art Center. Grenier was the artist-in-residence at Shenandoah National Park this past May and is a current recipient of the Kentucky Foundation for Women’s Art Meets Activism grant, for which she is coordinating a 500-participant community art project.