ST!LL BLOOM!NG: Artist Conversations | Episode #6 - Kristen Allicock

In this episode of Artist Conversations, created alongside ST!LL BLOOMING: Emerging in Radiance, Rooted in Resilience, I sit down with artist Kristen Allicock to explore balance, interdependence, and the sacred tension between complementary forces.

Her diptych Yin & Yang: A Love Rooted in Balance visually explores the necessary tension and eventual harmony between feminine and masculine energies. It reminds us that love is not isolation, but active interdependence.

**She, the nurturing pulse of yin, radiates wisdom and softness that shapes the soil of becoming.

**He, the grounded fire of yang, stands firm in truth and forward movement.

Between them grows a love that is cyclical, sacred, and sovereign a union where individuality thrives, and partnership elevates.

In our conversation, Kristen speaks about the influence of her mother and grandmother, how she faces challenges head on, and why monstera foliage becomes a botanical language of connection throughout the work.

The leaves symbolize relational strength, reminding us that we bloom not alone, but in communion.

Within the exhibition’s curatorial framework of Repositioning Softness As Power, this diptych affirms that harmony is not passive it is intentional, embodied, and alive.

This is a conversation about sacred balance, ancestral inspiration, and creating spaces — like The Salon — where artists gather, grow, and rise together.

Guest: Kristen Allicock @theartofkoa

Artwork: Yin & Yang: A Love Rooted in Balance | Diptych | 2025

🖼️ ST!LL BLOOMING: Emerging in Radiance, Rooted in Resilience

📍 Art Gallery of Burlington

🗓️ On view until May 24, 2026