Kristi was born and raised in Port Elizabeth. Once she completed school, Kristi moved to Cape Town to study and work as a Graphic Designer before pursing her career as a full-time artist.

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Kristi’s art career started off by selling detailed watercolour paintings of South African wildlife to the tourism industry and at the end of 2019 she went from creating mainstream, popular art to conceptualising and expressing her thoughts and emotions through her work.