Kirsten Stingle
Resides: Atlanta, GA
Education:
Honors Tutorial College, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Professional Experience:
Mixed Media:
Out of the Box: Narrative Workshop with Kirsten Stingle and Lorraine Glessner; Atlanta, GA (May 30-June 1)
Handbuilding:
Head and Hands; Atlanta Clay. Atlanta, GA (January 19, 2013)
Head and Hands; Atlanta Clay. Atlanta, GA (April 6, 2013)
Teaching Assistant:
Columbia University, Advanced Management Techniques, Executive MPA Program. New York, NY (Fall, 1999)
Columbia University, Advanced Management Techniques, MPA Program. New York, NY (Fall, 1999)
Curatation:
Bless the Children and all the Little Beasts; Holiday Installation with Matt Dutton. Signature Contemporary Craft, 2014.
Taboo: Sexuality and Sexual Identity in Ceramics; Co-curator with Carr McCuiston involving over 30 functional and sculptural ceramic artists. Signature Contemporary Craft, 2015.
Hark, The Herald of Small Voice; Holiday installation with Kathrine Allen-Coleman and Christine Kosiba. Signature Contemporary Craft, 2015.
Instructor Presentation, Pocosin Arts Folk School and Gallery, Columbia, NC (February 18, 2012)
Solo and Group Exhibitions:
2017 Solo Exhibition, Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville, TN (Fall).
Limbo, 360 degree exhibition with Alessandra Mosca and Anastasia Kurakina, Rome, IT (Fall).
2016 Art Palm Beach. Okay Spark Gallery. (January)
Figurative Fascination. NCECA Anniversary Conference. Blue Gallery. Kansas City, MO (March)
Phantasmagoria. Dual Exhibition with Carrie Pearce. Okay Spark Gallery. Norfolk, VA (May)
Sacred and Profane. Solo Exhibition. Signature Contemporary Craft. Atlanta, GA (October - November)
SOFA Chicago. Okay Spark Gallery. (November)
Aqua, Art Miami. Signature Contemporary Gallery. (December)
2015 Art Palm Beach. Okay Spark Gallery. (January 21 - 25)
Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists. MOCA GA. Atlanta, GA (Feb. 28 - April 11)
Ceramix: Georgia’s Creative Claymakers. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Atlanta, GA (February 2015 - February 2016).
Art in True Fashion. Group Show. Abmeyer and Wood. Seattle, WA. (April)
Taboo: Sexuality and Sexual Identity in Ceramics. Co-curator and exhibitor. Signature Contemporary Craft. Atlanta, GA (October)
Figures. Roan And Black. Saugatuk, MI (September)
SOFA Chicago. Okay Spark Gallery. (November 5 - 8)
Hark, the Echoes of Small Soul. Curator and collaborative installation with Kathrine Allen-Coleman and Christine Kosiba. Signature Contemporary Craft. Altanta, GA (November – December)
Art Miami, Aqua. Represented by Signature Contemporary Craft. Miami, FL. (December 3-6).
2014 Emerging Artists Exhibition. Museum of Arts and Sciences. Macon, GA
(March 13-June 29)
Girl Parts. Mudfire. Decatur, GA. (September)
Sculpture Show, Roan And Black. Saugatuk, MI (October)
Block Party. Solo Wall Exhibition. Signature Contemporary Craft. Atlanta, GA (October)
Endangered Visions. Curated by Gromoyko Semper. MANILART. Manila, Phillipines (October)
SOFA Chicago. Okay Spark Gallery. (November 7-9)
Bless the Lost and All the Little Beasts. Curator and collaborative Installation with Matthew Dutton. Signature Contemporary Craft. Atlanta, GA (November - December)
2013 Beautiful Bondage. Solo Figurative Ceramic Exhibition.
Mossrock Gallery. Houston, TX (March 22-April 22)
Seventh Teapots! Invitational. Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA (April 5-June 10)
Solo Trunk Show. Copper Fox Gallery. Leiper’s Fork, TN (April 4)
Shadow Circus, Museum Dual Exhibition. Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art. Marietta, GA (September 28-December 15)
Narrative Gestures, Dual Exhibition. River Gallery. Chattanooga, TN (October 4-30)
2012 Body & Soul Exhibition. FRANK Gallery. Chapel Hill, NC (January 13-30)
Pocosin Arts Cabin Fever Reliever Exhibition. Maria V. Howard Arts Center. Rocky Mount, NC (January 29-May 20)
Sixth Teapots! Invitational. Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA (April 12-June11)
Don’t Box Me In, Invitational Exhibition. Signature Contemporary Craft. Atlanta, GA (December 1-January 15)2011
2011 Alchemy, from Dust to Form. Contemporary Figurative Ceramics Exhibition.
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Gainesville, FL (March 1-September 11)
The Contemporary Figure: New Trends in Narrative Painting and Sculpture. The Swan Coach House. Atlanta, GA (March 3)
StoryMakers. North Carolina Clay Invitational. FRANK Gallery. Chapel Hill, NC (March 8-April 24)
Fifth Teapots! Invitational. Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA (April 1-June11)
The Southern Swan Invitational: Contemporary Southern Pottery and Handmade Objects. The Swan Coach House. Atlanta, GA (June 9)
Hot Tea 2. del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles, CA (July 16-August 13)
Solo Exhibition. MossRock Studio and Gallery. The Woodlands, TX (October)
2010 Little Girl Lost. Solo Exhibition. Signature Contemporary Craft. Atlanta, GA
(December January 31)
Dual Exhibition. Clay Scot Artworks. Birmingham, AL (November 5-January 31)
Contemporary Figurative Ceramics. Figurative Invitational. Barton College Art Galleries. Wilson, NC (October 3-November 4)
Positioning the Figure. Figurative Invitational. Signature Shop and Gallery. Atlanta, GA (September 10-October 12)
Art Miami, AQUA. Miami, FL (2015)
Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach (2015)
SOFA, Chicago. Chicago, IL. (2014. 2015)
MANILART. Manila, Phillipines. (2014)
Palm Beach Fine Craft Show. Palm Beach, FL (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Philadelphia Museum Fine Craft Show. Philadelphia, PA (2009, 2012)
Smithsonian Craft Show. Washington D.C. (2009, 2013)
Washington Fine Craft Show. Washington D.C. (2010, 2011, 2012)
Publications:
Ceramics Art and Perception (Dec, 2016).
Hey! Bilingual Art Magazine, Issue # 23, 2015.
Doll Quarterly Magazine, Summer 2014
500 Ceramic Figures, Lark Books, Spring 2014
HiFructose Magazine Blog, Kirsten Stingle’s Surreal Ceramic Sculptures. February 7, 2014
Nashville Arts Magazine, Kirsten Stingle: Stories in Sculpture. October 2013
Combustus Magazine, Kirsten Stingle: Into the Shadows. April 7, 2013
500 Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books, Spring 2009
Awards:
Best In Sculpture, Four Bridges Art Festival, Chattanooga, TN
Third Place, National Juried Show, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA
Best in Clay, Atlanta Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
Award of Merit, National Juried Art Exhibition, South Cobb Arts Alliance, Atlanta, GA
Emerging Artist Scholarship, Association for Visual Arts, Four Bridges Arts Festival, Chattanooga, TN
Honorable Mention, Works in Clay, Roswell Visual Arts Center Clay West, Roswell, GA
Second Place, Juried Show, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA
Museum Exhibitions and Permanent Collections:
Museum of Contemporary Art, GA. Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists (February –April, 2015)
Museum of Arts and Sciences. Emerging Artist Exhibit. Macon, GA. (March 13 -June 29, 2014)
Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art. Dual exhibition. Shadow Circus. Marietta, GA. (September 28-December 15, 2013)
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Alchemy, from Dust to Form. Contemporary Figurative Ceramics Exhibition. Gainesville, FL (March 1-September 11, 2011)
Museum of Arts and Science. Macon, GA. Permanent Ceramics Collection, 2014
Cafesjian Foundation. Permanent Collection of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts, 2012