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Cindie Kehlet is a scientist and artist with a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. She is a faculty member at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, where she researches and teaches topics concerning the molecular make-up of artist materials and their degradation. Her artistic and scientific practice has over the years developed to be highly interconnected with an imagery in her paintings inspired by her scientific research.
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Selfportrait, Crayon and Oil on Linen, 110 x 130 cm, 2012