Kristy Cavaretta
Kristy Cavaretta (b. 1980) is a Maine-based multidisciplinary artist whose meditative prints explore the beauty and imperfection found in everyday life and the natural world.
Cavaretta holds degrees in Media Arts from Boston’s Emerson College and Graphic Design from the MassArt. In 2012 she moved to the seacoast after a decade of working in the film industry in Los Angeles. She worked as a graphic designer until she had her first child in 2016 and continued to work as a freelance designer for organizations including the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (2015-2019) and Old York Historical Society (2015-current.) Cavaretta began printmaking in 2014 at Chases Garage in York, Maine. Since having her children she has leaned into block printing, direct object printing, and collagraph printing for their accessibility and speed.
In 2021 Maine Magazine named Cavaretta one of the years’ artists to watch, in 2023 she held her first solo exhibition at the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts.
Cavaretta teaches printmaking at Chases Garage and is proud to sit on the board of non-profit ArtHope ( 2015-present.) In 2024 Cavaretta was honored to become a juried member of the New Hampshire Art Association and the New England Monotype Guild.
Kristy’s artwork was featured in ‘Feral Beauty’ on view July 11-31, 2026.
“This series of woodcut prints evolved from a creative exercise inspired by domestic debris. My children are prolific creators and paper offcuts from printed coloring pages often cover the flat surfaces of my kitchen. I started keeping these scraps rather than throwing them away and using the negative shapes as jumping off points for my own work.
The process of responding to existing composition elements is different than creating in a void and adds a levity and playful quality to the often tight and precious feeling woodcut process. After a few weeks of working in this way I noticed various series of content evolving. This grouping highlights pests and invasive species and their own inherent beauty.”
Kristy’s artwork was featured in ‘All Together Now,’ on view February 11-26, 2023.
“This woodblock print illustrates the natural state of mother’s body as shelter, comfort, and plaything to young children.”
