Current teacher at Place des Arts (2024/2025 season)
Biography
Crystal Koskinen (HBFA) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Port Moody, British Columbia. A graduate of The Second City Conservatory in Toronto and an ACTRA performer, Crystal has worked as a writer, director, stage manager, set designer, and creative director. Her arts education experience spans over 20 years, teaching both visual and performing arts from preschool to senior levels. Internationally exhibited, she has participated in several juried and curated exhibitions, including pioneering digital art showcases. Her work blends personal storytelling with bold, layered visuals—bridging the emotional and physical through mixed-media and digital techniques.
Artist Statement
This mixed media digital print embodies the tension between grace and exhaustion, resilience and vulnerability. Drawing from my lived experience with chronic illness and the constant push to appear composed, this piece layers abstraction and figurative elements to reflect the quiet fight within stillness. The masked ballerina — part poised, part unravelling, with a hint of sarcasm — invites viewers to consider what lies beneath curated surfaces. It echoes with city grit and quiet introspection, capturing the fractured beauty found in the act of waiting. Through this work, I explore how even in pause, there is power — and in every crack, light insists on entering.