A SOLO EXHIBITION BY KRISTEN FREITAS – Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

A Solo Exhibition by Kristen Freitas 

Are You Feeling Blue? 

Exhibition Dates: July 3 – August 1, 2026 

Location: TAG | The Art Gallery, Boston, MA 

TAG | The Art Gallery is pleased to present Are You Feeling Blue?, a solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Kristen Freitas, on view from July 3 through August 1, 2026. 

Known for her luminous abstract paintings, printmaking, and installations, Freitas creates work that explores the expressive power of color and its ability to evoke emotion, memory, and human connection. Her practice is rooted in an ongoing fascination with the psychological and physical qualities of color, inviting viewers into moments of contemplation through rhythmic compositions, layered surfaces, and fluid movement. An active member of the Greater Boston arts community, Freitas is also recognized for her work as an arts advocate, curator, and community builder, fostering creative collaboration and expanding access to the visual arts. 

Blue is a color of paradox. It embodies both tranquility and turbulence, vastness and intimacy, clarity and mystery. It is the color of open skies and deep oceans, of quiet contemplation and profound emotion. It can evoke serenity, longing, wonder, nostalgia, and hope, all at once. 

In Are You Feeling Blue?, Freitas explores the many dimensions of this elusive color, inviting viewers into a visual meditation on perception, emotion, and connection. Through layered compositions, luminous surfaces, and subtle shifts in tone and texture, she examines how color functions as both a physical phenomenon and an emotional language. 

The exhibition draws inspiration from the remarkable nature of blue itself. Unlike many colors found in the natural world, blue is surprisingly rare. What we often

perceive as blue is not created by pigment alone, but by the way light bends, scatters, and reflects. This interplay between reality and perception becomes a powerful metaphor for human experience—how emotions emerge, transform, and linger beneath the surface of what can be seen. 

Freitas’s paintings move effortlessly between the scientific and the poetic, considering how light reveals the invisible and how color can carry memory, mood, and meaning. Blue becomes more than a hue; it becomes a space for reflection. Each work encourages viewers to slow down, notice subtle shifts in atmosphere, and engage with the emotional landscapes that exist within themselves. 

Rather than defining what it means to “feel blue,” the exhibition embraces the richness and complexity of the phrase. It acknowledges melancholy while celebrating depth, sensitivity, introspection, resilience, and wonder. In these works, blue is not simply a color—it becomes a state of being, a lens through which we experience both the world around us and our inner lives. 

“Kristen’s work reminds us that abstraction can communicate emotions that words often cannot,” says Claudia Fiks, Founder and Director of TAG | The Art Gallery. “Through color, movement, and light, Are You Feeling Blue? invites us to pause, reflect, and discover the profound emotional possibilities contained within a single color.” 

Through Are You Feeling Blue?, Kristen Freitas invites visitors into a quiet conversation between the seen and the felt, where light, color, and emotion converge to reveal the beauty and complexity of human perception. 

The exhibition will be on view at TAG | The Art Gallery from July 3 through August 1, 2026. Visitors are invited to experience this immersive exploration of color and emotion in Boston’s SoWa Art + Design District. 

About TAG | The Art Gallery 

TAG Gallery is a contemporary exhibition space located in Boston’s SoWa Art + Design District. Operated by New England Art Center, TAG supports emerging and established artists through curated exhibitions, public programs, artist talks, and community engagement initiatives.

Contact 

Claudia Fiks 

claudia@newenglandartcenter.com 

774-551-6824 

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