bio :


Reagan Kruse received her BFA from the College of Charleston in 2023 and currently lives and works in Atlanta, GA, where she is pursuing an MFA at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her paintings meld everyday encounters with mystical, imagined worlds. Her obvious respect for the art historical canon, through the use of traditional oil on canvas techniques, is playfully adapted with subjects of unreal dolls, animals and spaces which seem to come from a dream. Reagan began her education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where her palette and architectural inspiration were shaped by the diverse environments she inhabited. Most recently she has participated in a group exhibition with Rampant Gallery at the Goat Farm Arts Center in Atlanta, GA for Out There (2025). She was selected in 2024 to participate in ArtFields in Lake City, SC and in Festival of Flowers, a juried group exhibition with the Arts Center of Greenwood in 2024. Her work has been exhibited at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art and Gap Gallery in Charleston, SC (2022 and 2024). Her collector base continues to grow with current work in private collections in Charleston, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Dallas.

education :

2023: College Of Charleston, BFA
2025 - Present: Savannah College of Art and Design, MFA

cv :

  • 2025: Out There Group Exhibition - Rampant Gallery, Atlanta, GA

  • 2024: Art in Motion Two Person Exhibition - Leslie Jandrain Art, Raleigh, NC

  • 2024: Festival of Flowers Group Exhibition - Arts Center Greenwood, Greenwood, SC

  • 2024: Group Exhibition 2024 - Gap Gallery, Charleston, SC

  • 2024: Selected for Art Fields competition 2024 - Lake City, SC

  • 2023: Dreams and Nightmares Group Exhibition - Boomer Gallery, London

  • 2023: College of Charleston Senior Thesis Show 

  • 2022: Group Exhibition 2022 - Gap Gallery, Charleston, SC  

  • 2022: Young Contemporaries Group Exhibition - The Halsey Institute, Charleston, SC

publications :

Voyage Raleigh ‘Local Stories: Conversation with Reagan Kruse’

Shoutout Atlanta ‘Local Stories: Meet Reagan Kruse’

Featured in VoyageRaleigh Magazine for ‘Inspiring Stories’