dusanka kralj is an abstract painter whose work has been exhibited at venues across the country and featured in many publications. She has won numerous awards in juried exhibitions in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle. Recent accomplishments include being a finalist in The Artist Magazine's 25th Annual Art Competition, and being one of twenty-nine artists from the Society of Layerists in Multi-Media (SLMM) to participate in the California Cooperative Art Project at the State Capital in California.

In addition to exhibiting, Kralj is involved with several professional affiliations. She is a signature member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters (ISAP), a juried member of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and the Society of Layerists in Multi-Media (SLMM). She also belongs to the American Watercolor Society (AWS), the International Society of Experimental Artists (ISEA) and the National Watercolor Society, (NWS).

Kralj comes from an artistic family that emigrated to the U.S. from Slovenia. She attended the University of Wisconsin and started her career as a graphic artist in the audiovisual and photography industry. In 1992, she devoted herself to painting in the Abstract Expressionist style under Scottish born artist, Paul Gardner and went on to study with Judith Hale, a student of Helen Frankenthaler. She has traveled extensively throughout Europe, studying art history in France and Italy. She currently lives with her musician husband and three cats in northern, seaside California among the Redwoods.