Kris BSRKO Barit (b, 1999 Las Vegas, NV: works in Los Angeles, CA) is a self-taught artist whose work explores the intersection of painting and sculpture. Driven by graffiti and the dynamic between art materials and industrial surfaces, his work aims to capsulize the human pulse that beats in the inanimate. Humans tear down and redesign the world with man-made structures, and the earth inevitably reclaims its own. Thus, evolving in unison and collaborating to create an environment that couldn’t happen without the other. Barit believes that deterioration shows the presence of life, not the lack thereof. There is a duality between human introspection and natural decomposition.

Barit’s work focuses on the rhythm and form caused by manipulating growth and decay, addition and removal, and the interplay of old and new. The experimentation of industrial techniques combined with traditional composition creates an energetic release through texture and altered color. The very human indecisive battle between simplicity and avariciousness is reflected in the layers of added material and stripping the work down to its base. The majority of his work is entirely intuitive and reactionary, hoping to be more of a witness to the work than a creator.

His body of work thus far holds as a reflection of the juxtaposition between humans' destructive presence and nature's abundance. Barit continues to create in the hope that his work inspires self-reflection and questioning rather than the yearning for answers.