Born Newton, MALives and works in Asheville, NC. Education 1985-89 Framingham State College, Framingham, MA 1988Richmond/Kensington College, London, England Solo Exhibitions2010 Anatomy of a Future Forest, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009silva in posterum, Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT 2007Evolutionary Soup, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CAArboretum and Exquisite Inspirations, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 Uncovered: New Works by Kirsten Stolle, Julie Nester Fine Arts, Park City, UT 2005Room to Breathe: New Paintings by Kirsten Stolle, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003Ohm and Shorthand: New Monotypes and Paintings, Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA 2002Kirsten Stolle: New Monotypes from Trillium Press, Trillium Press, Brisbane, CANew Works: Kirsten Stolle, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY, NY 2001New Prints by Kirsten Stolle, Turner Martin, Palo Alto, CA 2000Retro(spective): Monoprints and Monotypes by Kirsten Stolle, Octavias Haze Gallery, San Francisco, CASelect Group Exhibitions2009 Macrocosm, Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GASounding Out, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL2008 Encaustic Paintings, Julie Nester Art Gallery, Park City, UTSeventeenth Biennial Art Auction, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CAMoving Pictures, Julie Nester Art Gallery, Park City, UTSolvent Whisper, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, ILArt on the Vine Centennial Auction, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR2007The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CASenior Artist Fellowship Group Show, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA2006 5th Minnesota National Print Biennial, University of Minnesota, Katherine E. Nash Gallery 5th Minnesota National Print Biennial, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN Natural and Unnatural: Imagining Landscape, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ2005 17th Anniversary Show, Butters Gallery, Portland, OROut of Line, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CANeo Mod: Recent Northern California Abstraction, Monterey Art Museum, Monterey, CA2004Neo Mod: Recent Northern California Abstraction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CAInaugural Exhibition, Julie Nester Contemporary Art, Park City, UTNew Works by Kirsten Stolle and Chris Metz, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WAPrintmaking & Process, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA 20034th Minnesota National Print Biennial, University of Minnesota Juror: Siri Engberg, Associate Curator, Walker Art Center, Marjorie Devon, Tamarind Institute77th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, Juror: Mark Pascale, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, The Art Institute of Chicago 2002 Trillium Press: Contemporary Prints, Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2001 Surfacing: Furniture, Boxes and Monotypes, Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA 1999 Ink & Clay, 25th Anniversary Show, W. Keith and Janet Kellog Art Gallery, Pomona, CA 1998 First Northern Ireland Print Exhibition, Townhouse Gallery, Belfast, IrelandCommunity of Prints: Laney College and the CSP, Laney College, Oakland, CATradition and Transition in the 90s, Somar Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Beyond Boundaries, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 1995 Biennial Print and Draw Competition & Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA 1994 Drawn to Abstraction, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA Small Works Juried Exhibition, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CAWest Coast Works On/Of Paper, The Ink People, Eureka, CA 1992 Stockton National Print/Drawing Exhibition, the Haggin Museum, Stockton, CAResidencies/Awards 2010Ucross Foundation Residency Program, Clearmont, WY 2009Artists Fellowship Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, IrelandArtist Residency, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NYArtist-in-Residence Program, Spiro Arts Center, Park City, UT 2008Cultural Equity Individual Artist Grant, San Francisco Arts CommissionArtist Residency, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 2007Senior Artist Residency/Fellowship, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, ORFinalist, Chateau de La Napoule Artist Residency/Fellowship, La Napoule, France 2006 Artist Residency, Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN 2005 Artist Residency, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 2004Print and Drawing Council, Minneapolis Institute of Arts Purchase AwardApplebaum Family Purchase AwardMaxine and Stuart Applebaum Award of Excellence 2002Individual Artist Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation 2001Invited Artist, Trillium Press 2000Individual Artist Grant, Peninsula Community FoundationMuseum Collections Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CACommissioned Works Graciela Hotel, Burbank, CA Pillsbury, Winthrop LLP, San Diego, CA Excelsior Peabody Hotel, Little Rock, ARSelect Corporate Collections Northwest Trust Bank, NYC Imperial Bank, Palo Alto, CA Royal Park, Yokohama, Japan Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, Redwood City, CA Gordon & Goddard, LLP, Oakland, CA KPMG Peat Marwick, Menlo Park, CA Kimpton Group, San Francisco, CA Mastercard Collection, Dover, DE Hilton Hotels, Atlantic City, NJ and Memphis, TN Prescott Hotel, San Francisco, CA Four Seasons, San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Scottsdale, AZ Marriott Desert Ridge, AZ Pfizer, NYC Hyatt Hotels, Chicago, IL Much Chelist, Chicago, IL Friedman & Taitelman, Los Angeles, CA Spear Street Capital, San Francisco, CA Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP, San Francisco, CA Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, Los Angeles, CA Wellington Management Company, Boston, MA KPMG Peat Marwick, San Francisco, CA Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA Coudert Brothers LLP, San Francisco, CA VeriSign, Inc., Mountainview, CA Greenberg Traurig LLP Nordstrom, Seattle, WA Barclays Global Investors, San Francisco, CA Miles and Stockbridge, Baltimore, MD Backen Gillam Architects, Sausalito, CA Hotel Palomar, Washington, DC Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE Intercontinental Hotel, San Francisco, CA Bibliography 2010Feher, Erin, 2010 CH+D Award for Showcase Design: Matthew Leverone, California Home and Design, February 2010New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, Pacific Coast Edition, # 85, Juror: Dominic Molon, Curator Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 2009Donahue, Joe, The Roundtable: Millay Night in Hudson, WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, August 2009 Marshall, Greg, An Acme Lab for Artists, The Park Record, April 2009, pp C1-C2 Fulton, Ben, Visual Art Notes, Salt Lake Tribune, April 2009 2008ElevenEleven, Small Press Distribution Inc, California College of the Arts, editor Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Issue # 5, June 2008 Wichert, Geoff, Color from the Hive, New Encaustic Paintings at Julie Nester Gallery, 15Bytes, September 2008 Cheng, Dewitt, Kirsten Stolle: Evolutionary Soup at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, Art. Ltd., March 2008, pp 20-21 2007Daniels, Diana, Assistant Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Kirsten Stolle, Evolutionary Soup, Catalog Essay, December 2007Koppman, Debra, Previews, Artweek, November 2007, p. 6 Gallivan, Joseph, September Shebang Flattens for Fall, Portland Tribune, October 2007, p. B2 2006Marshall, Greg, Uncovered, The Park Record, July 2006, p. C2SLWeekly.com, 24Seven, City Weekly, July 2006, p. 29 2005New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, Pacific Coast Edition, Volume 61, 2005 Derailed, Di Bonaventure Pictures, starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen, Spring 2005 2004St. Paul Pioneer Press, Crown Prints, January, 2004 2003San Mateo County Times, An Artists Mecca, June, 2003 2002Haydens Ferry Review, Arizona State University, Spring/Summer 20021998Haydens Ferry Review, Arizona State University, Spring/Summer 1998 , … Read More