Kristin Krimmel, born in Vancouver, trained at UBC as a specialist in the teaching of fine arts and later received a Diplome Regional in Painting from the Ecole Regional des Beaux Arts de Reims, France.
After seven years in France, she returned to B.C. to become an instructor with Emily Carr College of Art and Design, teaching drawing, colour and design. In 1987 Kristin was artist-in-residence for the E.C.C.A.D. Outreach Program at Vernon, B.C. and was also Jurist for PACIFETE, the Francophone Festival of the Arts sponsored by the Canada Council. She has been a member of the Maple Ridge Public Art Committee since 2009.