​I create out of necessity.  
         To stay centered, grounded, balanced.  
         To navigate more calmly through this human experience.  
         To connect with God; the spiritual, all-knowing realm.   
I create to answer the calling, 
         the raw, deep creative desire from within. 
         An internal to external release of life force energy.        
         Exhaling truth into the world.  
To transmute unseen feelings and emotions into visual encounters that resonate with the intrinsic part of others. 
The personal metamorphosis that occurs in union with the divine, the natural, the primal; that is what drives me.   
Creativity is compulsory to my existence.

ARTIST BIO

Kayla (Gustin) Boeckman is the creator within KMG ARTISTRY.  She is a painter & intuitive who lives & works in Central Minnesota.  She grew up in a creative family, where she drew the inspiration to become an artist & energy healer.  Kayla earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from St. Cloud State University in 2007.  Since then, she has received certifications in Reiki, Integrated Energy Therapy, essential oils, and intuitive painting.
 
Kayla draws her main inspiration from nature & the connected beauty that is all around.  Her work is created by tapping into the eternal reservoir of creativity that resides within.  She accesses this vast, primal space of pure existence through meditation, breath work, prayer, & emotional release.  She sees colors & visions while in this realm & replicates the vibrations of those images & feelings once back in the physical.  She journals, dances, & sings as part of her creative process, continually tapping into spiritual & physical forms of expression; to make visual that which is generally only felt.  Her process is intuitive, tactile, visceral, meditative. 
 
In order to allow creative energy to flow through her rather than be generated from her, she surrenders to the paint and trusts her intuition to guide the layout, colors and overall direction of each piece.  She releases control as she works, trusting the process rather than her conditioned mind.
 
She believes that we are all creative beings who have the ability to connect to the energy of artistic expression.  This is what she hopes to share with others in her Meditative Art Sessions.  During these sessions she leads a guided meditation to balance & realign, followed by explorative painting & energetic release; all without judgement of the process or expectation of outcome.

artistic endeavors

EDUCATION

2018​     ESSENTIAL OIL CERTIFICATION, NORMADALE COLLEGE, RICHFIELD, MN
2015     ​ADVANCED INTEGRATED ENERGY TRAINING, KIHH, RICE, MN
2013​     REIKI 1 & 2 CERTIFICATION, CONSCIOUS LIVING NOW, DULUTH, MN
2007    BFA IN PAINTING, CUM LAUDE, ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY, ST. CLOUD, MN  
2006    ART HISTORY & CULTURE STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM, PALACKY UNIVERSITY, OLOMOUC, CZECH              
                    REPUBLIC
 
EXHIBITIONS
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2022​    CULMINATATION, SOLO SHOW, PARAMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ST. CLOUD, MN
2020    ROOTS: A HOMECOMING, GROUP ART EXHIBIT, ART IN MOTION, HOLDINGFORD, MN
2019     HOLDING SPACE, SOLO SHOW, THE CHANGE HAIR SALON, SARTELL, MN
2017     PHASE – NEW FINDINGS, SOLO SHOW, GREAT RIVER ARTS, LITTLE FALLS, MN
2017     DUALITY, SOLO SHOW, THE CHANGE HAIR SALON, SARTELL, MN
2016     DUALITY, SOLO SHOW, PARAMOUNT VISUAL ARTS CENTER, ST. CLOUD, MN 
2016     1ST ANNUAL SCSU JURIED ALUMNI SHOW, GALLERY SAINT GERMAIN.  ST. CLOUD, MN   
2016     ENERGY ART II, SOLO SHOW, THE LOCAL BLEND, ST. JOSEPH, MN 
2015     ENERGY ART, SOLO SHOW, THE LOCAL BLEND, ST. JOSEPH, MN 
2015     ENERGY ART, SOLO SHOW, GOOD EARTH FOOD CO-OP, ST. CLOUD, MN
2012     ANNIVERSARY PARTY, SELECTED GROUP SHOW, MN STREET MARKET, ST. JOSEPH, MN 
2011      MAPLE GROVE ARTS CENTER ART SHOW, SELECTED GROUP SHOW, MAPLE GROVE, MN    
2007    NASCHLEDANOU, MY FAREWELL SHOW, SOLO SENIOR SHOW, SCSU, ST. CLOUD, MN      
2007    POST CZECH, GROUP SHOW, ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY, LAWRENCE HALL, ST. CLOUD, MN  
2006    CUOMOLO DUOLCTS, GROUP SHOW, PALACKY UNIVERSITY ART DEPARTMENT, OLOMOUC, CZECH REPUBLIC 
2006    40TH ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION, GROUP SHOW, SCSU, KIEHLE GALLERY, ST. CLOUD, MN 
2005    39TH ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION, GROUP SHOW.  SCSU, KIEHLE GALLERY, ST. CLOUD, MN  
  
ART FAIRS, CRAWLS, FESTIVALS

2022​    OCTOBER ART MARKET, EXHIBITOR, ART IN MOTION, HOLDINGFORD, MN
2021​     OCTOBER ART MARKET, EXHIBITOR, ART IN MOTION, HOLDINGFORD, MN
2021​     SAINT GERMAIN STREET SPRING MARKET, EXHIBITOR, ST. CLOUD, MN
2017​     EARTH & OM, ART, YOGA & MUSIC FESTIVAL, CREATOR/ORGANIZER, ST. JOSEPH, MN
2016 ​    EARTH & OM, ART, YOGA & MUSIC FESTIVAL, CREATOR/ORGANIZER, ST. JOSEPH, MN    
2015     FALL ART CRAWL, EXHIBITOR, ST. CLOUD, MN  
2015     MILLSTREAM ARTS FESTIVAL, EXHIBITOR, ST. JOSEPH, MN
2015     COMMON GROUNDS YOGA FESTIVAL, VENDOR, RICHMOND, MN  
2014     ST. CLOUD ART CRAWL, EXHIBITOR, ST. CLOUD, MN
2014     MILLSTREAM ARTS FESTIVAL, EXHIBITOR, ST. JOSEPH, MN
2013     MILLSTREAM ARTS FESTIVAL, EXHIBITOR, ST. JOSEPH, MN
2013     BIRTH & BABY FAIR, EXHIBITOR, DULUTH, MN 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2023  MEDITATIVE ART SESSION, SEREMETA SPIRITUAL WELLNESS CENTER, WAITE PARK, MN
​2023  MEDITATIVE ART SESSION, CHAKRA SOUND GARDEN, SARTELL, MN
2023  MEDITATIVE ART SESSION, PARAMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ST. CLOUD, MN
2021-22  MEDITATIVE ART SESSION, BELLA VITA SALT CAVES, ST. CLOUD, MN
2020    MEDITATIVE ART SESSION, ART IN MOTION, HOLDINGFORD, MN    
2016-19    RESIDENT ART TEACHER, MONTHLY PAINTING CLASSES, ST. SCHOLASTICA CONVENT,  ST. CLOUD, MN
2016    ENERGY ART RELEASE SESSION, KMG ARTISTRY STUDIO, ST. JOSEPH, MN
2016    ENERGY ART RELEASE SESSION, WHITNEY SENIOR CENTER, ST. CLOUD, MN
2016    ENERGY ART RELEASE SESSION, CENTRAL MN MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, ST. CLOUD, MN
2016    ENERGY ART RELEASE SESSION, DOCTORS PARK MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, ST. CLOUD, MN
2015    ENERGY ART RELEASE SESSION, DOCTORS PARK MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, ST. CLOUD, MN 

COLLECTIONS/COMISSIONS

2023    FLY HIGH, PRIVATE COMMISSION, ZIMMERMAN, MN
2022    ​JENNY’S FIRE, PRIVATE COMMISSION, PORTLAND, OREGON
2020    GRETCHEN, PRIVATE PORTRAIT COMMISSION, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE 
2019     FLORAL GARDEN, PRIVATE COMMISSION, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
2018     VALUE TREE MURAL, ST. SCHOLASTICA CONVENT, ST. CLOUD, MN
2015     FASTCAR, PRIVATE COMMISSION, ST. JOSEPH, MN
2014     OM LOTUS MURAL, OMTOWN YOGA, ST. JOSEPH, MN
2013     STREETSCAPE MURAL, VIEWCREST HEALTH CENTER, DULUTH, MN 
2010     TREE, PRIVATE COLLECTION, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
2009    JELLYFISH, PRIVATE COLLECTION, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
2006    MARQUETTA, PALACKY UNIVERSITY ART & MUSIC DEPT., CZECH REPUBLIC 
 
ARTIST TALKS/OTHER

2020    GRANT EVALUATOR, CMAB ARTIST CAREER DEVELOPMENT, CENTRAL MN
2018   ​  CURATOR, 2ND ANNUAL SISTER ART SHOW, ST. SCHOLASTICA CONVENT, ST. CLOUD, MN
2017   ​  CURATOR, SISTER ART SHOW, ST. SCHOLASTICA CONVENT, ST. CLOUD, MN
2016​     ARTIST TALK, DUALITY SHOW, PARAMOUNT ART CENTER, ST. CLOUD, MN   
2013​     ARTIST TALK, VIEWCREST HEALTH CENTER, DULUTH, MN 
2007   CURATOR, POST CZECH, GROUP SHOW, ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY, ST. CLOUD, MN 
2007    JUROR, PARAMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL ART COMPETITION, ST. CLOUD, MN