A textile artist and entrepreneur, Kristie Arias presented a solo exhibition at the Amano Museum in 2019. Her career has been defined by collaborations with artisans throughout Perú in different projects related to hand spinning, product development and retail. 

Kristie holds a bachelor of Art and Design of the Catholic University of Peru, and postgraduate of Byam Shaw School of Art - Central Saint Martins, United Kingdom. She studied Fashion Management at Mod´Art Peru and specialized in textile design at North Carolina College of Textiles, in the United States. 

Kristie has been a social entrepreneur, and a professor at the Instituto Mod´Art and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru in the specialty of Art, Fashion and Textile Design. She directed Bodega MATE, the local and sustainable design store of the Mario Testino Museum in Lima, currently she is the commercial director of the sustainable fashion Peruvian brand, Escvdo, as a continuation of her mission to support Peruvian art, culture and crafts.