My work is rooted in personal fiction – specifically ideas of home and displacement. I handle collage as a conceptual tool for creating anomalous landscapes of layers and unexpected pairings. I use poetic devices such as extended metaphor, rhythm and allegory to construct narratives where beauty and sadness can coexist. The gestures and techniques in my work develop through my observations of design and experience as a printmaker.

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Kelda Martensen is a print and book artist and arts educator in Seattle, Washington. She is currently Associate Faculty at Cascadia Community College; teaching artist at Arts-Impact; and printmaking and book arts instructor at the Frye Art Museum, Pratt and Sev Shoon Art Centers. Kelda received her MFA in Visual Art from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art at Washington University in St. Louis.