Evelyn Kiehfuss
Bachelor of Fine Arts Drawing & Painting at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Evelyn Kiehfuss was born in 2000 and raised in the Bay Area, California. Based at the University of Colorado Boulder in the post-baccalaureate program, Kiehfuss is a painter exploring a range of conceptual subject matters. In May of 2020, Kiehfuss received a grant from the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program and was awarded and published as a Savit Scholar which is selected annually from among recipients with priority given to projects with impact in the arts and humanities. In January of 2022, Kiehfuss was commissioned by the Lymphoma Research Campaign to produce work for the launch of their PR campaign that was televised nationally. Additionally, out of the Drawing & Painting BFA candidates, she was elected by the faculty to be a part of the Student Advisory Board for the Art and Art History department during the 2021-2022 school year. Her role includes creating and organizing events to build community within the department. Kiehfuss’ work is derived from the isolating position of managing contamination OCD and the struggles that accompany this disorder. Through the creation of each work, her anxieties and compulsive tendencies therapeutically subside. Her work allows viewers to gain a perspective different from their own.