Crystal Mallon Kershaw is an English interdisciplinary artist living in Portugal, whose work includes sculpture, painting and installation in situ. She has lived, studied, taught and exhibited internationally.  Using elements from nature that she collects or reuses, she explores the themes of interior/exterior, delicacy/strength, safety/risk. She is interested in the magical properties of objects and spaces and the interaction of people with them. One of the main interests of her artistic activity is the evocation and creation of spaces of intimacy.