Kirsten Stolle is a visual artist working in collage, text-based images and installation.  Her research-based practice is grounded in the investigation of agribusiness propaganda, food politics and biotechnology.

Kirsten was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1967, lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for 19 years, and currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the San Jose Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Solo exhibitions include NOME Projects, Berlin; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC; Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC; Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA; Turchin Center for the Visual Arts/Appalachian State University, Boone, NC; Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC; Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Franicsco, CA; Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH; and Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC.

Select group exhibition highlights include Balzer Projects (Basel), Datscha Radio (Berlin), Terrain Biennial, Fridman Gallery (NYC), Lesley Heller Workspace (NYC), John Jay College of Criminal Justice (NYC), San Jose Museum of Art (CA), The Mint Museum (NC), Gregg Museum of Art & Design (NC), Hunterdon Museum of Art (NJ), Tweed Museum of Art (MN), Riverside Art Museum (CA), Triton Museum of Art (CA), The Billboard Creative (CA), Jack Fischer Gallery (CA 2-person show), Power Plant Gallery/Duke University (NC), and the Torpedo Factory (VA).

Her work has been published in The Atlantic, Photograph, Topic Magazine, The Billboard Creative, TAZ Berlin, Le Monde diplomatique, Berlin Art Link, SLEEK, Made in Mind Magazine, Poetry Magazine, Creators Project, Widewalls, Spolia Literary Magazine, Burnaway, Vhcle Magazine, DIALOGIST, Slice Magazine, New American Paintings, Ignatian Literary Magazine, ElevenEleven, Hayden’s Ferry Review and Manifest International Drawing Annual.

She is a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a Dave Bown Project Award, as well as grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission, Artists’ Fellowship Inc., Puffin Foundation, Change Inc., and the Creative Capacity Fund.  She has been awarded residencies at the Ucross Foundation, Millay Colony, Blue Mountain Center, Marble House Project, Willapa Bay AiR, Oregon College of Arts & Crafts, Spiro Arts Center, Anderson Center, and Ballinglen Arts Foundation.

Stolle received a BA in Visual Arts from Framingham State University, and completed studies at Richmond College (London, England) and Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Boston, MA).

Learn more about Kirsten Stolle: KirstenStolle.com