Meteorite Flings Around the Sun Pendant by Kris Mills

Kristine Mills

Kris Mills received her B.A. in Fine Art from the University of California Davis and her M.F.A from the University of New Mexico. She has won numerous awards including the “Invitational Du Voyager Symposium Snow Sculpture Competition” (Winnipeg, Canada) “Fuzzy Logic” in Southern Exposure (San Francisco, CA), “Seen and Unseen” (Portales NM), The Friends of Art Award (Albuquerque NM), and The People’s Choice Award for “The Roads to Chaos” exhibit. (Albuquerque NM). She has also received numerous scholarships, fellowships, and residencies, including recognition from the Ansel Adams Center for Photography (San Francisco, CA), the Pasadena Art Center (Los Angeles, CA), and a Kohler Residency (Ashland, WI). She is an adjunct lecturer at both the Central New Mexico Community College and the University of New Mexico, where she also runs the jewelry area of the sculpture department.