KIRSTEN STOLTMANN
EDUCATION
2002
MFA, Studio Arts Department, University of IL at Chicago, Chicago, IL
1993-94
Graduate Studies, Film Department, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1991
BFA, Film and Video Department, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
SOLO EXHBITIONS
2009
Motivational Posters and Meditation Sculptures, Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Vaginal Rejuvenation (in collaboration with Amanda Ross-Ho), Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY
2007
Worn Bush on The Horizon, Sister Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Rough Bush, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2006
I Know What I'm Doing, Wallspace, New York, NY
2005
Reinvention is A Bitch, The Suburban, Chicago, IL
Adjoining the Voids, (in collaboration with Sterling Ruby), Sister Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Renegade, 1R Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
Behind The Pedestal, (in collaboration with Sterling Ruby), Bower Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Dinner and A Movie with Kirsten Stoltmann, Women in the Director's Chair, Chicago, IL
2002
Constructing The Dramatic, Suitable, Chicago, IL
2001
Searching for Home, The Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI
DYG Projects: Kirsten Stoltmann, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000
I’m Forever, Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Artforum Ad, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL, Artforum, no. 1 (September 2000), p.112
1999
Kirsten Stoltmann, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Bitch is the New Black, curated by Emma Gray, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
Video Journeys, curated by Katie Brennan, Sister @ Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
Shape Of Things To Come, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2008
Funny Not So Funny, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
Deadliest Catch: Hamptons at Core, 1750 Meadow Lane, Southhampton, NY
I Can See For Miles, Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
You are what you eat, (curated by Kevin McGarry) Impakt Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
The Phantom Menace (curated by Kevin McGarry) New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
Out of the Blue, Proof Gallery, Boston, MA
2007
Flipside Exterior, (curated by Richard Hawkins), Overduin and Kite, Los Angeles, CA
Sonotube® Forms - Contemporary Art and Transport, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Warhol and …, Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
In Defense of Ardor, (curated by Joao Ribas & Becky Smith), Bellwether, New York, NY
Oliver Twist, Rental Galley, New York, NY
Distinctive Messengers, (curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensela of Scenic), House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA
Obscene Soft Sounds, Wallspace, New York, NY
The Imminent Failure Show, (curated by Ben Russell), Ice Capades, Chicago, IL
The Cable Car Cinema, Providence, RI, D21 Art Space, Leipzig, Germany
UND#2, Karlsruhe, Germany
2006
Female Machine, (curated by Katie Brennan), Sister Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Look, Win, Get it On, (curated by Art Office) University of California, Los Angeles
Boys and Flowers, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
Behind The Pedestal (in collaboration with Sterling Ruby), Jonathan Vyner/Fortescue Avenue, London, UK
MFA Invitational, (invited by Amanda Ross-Ho), Roski MFA Galley, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2005
“Downstrokes and Feedback,” (curated by Lisa Schiff), Allston Skirt, Boston, MA
“The General’s Jamboree,” Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
“Behind the Pedestal,” Volta (participating w/Foxy Productions), Basel, Switzerland
“Up Close with Artists,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
“Excessive Projections/Projections of Excess,” Open Screen CAA New Media Caucus, Atlanta, GA
2004
“Contested Fields,” (curated by Chris Gilbert), Des Moines Art Center, IA
“Selections from the True Collection,” Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Imitations of Life, De Balie Cinema,” Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Infinite Fill,” Foxy Productions, New York, NY
“Stuart Horodner’s Affair @ The Jupiter Hotel,” 1R Gallery, Portland, OR
“Two by Two for Aids and Art,” for AmfAR and the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
“Art Chicago,” 1R gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
“Uncovered,” (8.5 x 11 exhibit), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
“Aim V, SYZYGY,” Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2003
“Material Eyes,” LFL Gallery, New York, NY
“Art Video Lounge,” (curated by Chrissie Isles), Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
“When Darkness Falls,” (curated by Melanie Schiff and Kristen VanDeventer), Midway Contemporary Art, St. Paul, MN
“Recess and In the Shadow of Summer Bliss,” Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Transference,” (curated by Jeanine Oleson), The Russian Contemporary Art Centers in Ekantrinburg and Kaliningrad, Russia, "Pro-Arte Institute, the Media Forum conference in conjunction with the Moscow International Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia", The Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
“What an Art Life,” (curated by Kristen VanDeventer and Beate Engel,) Stadtgalerie, Bern Switzerland
“Looking is Better Than Feeling You,” (curated by Astria Suparak), Yerba Buena Center for The Arts, San Francisco, CA, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
“Kirsten Stoltmann,” Videotheque, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
“Subtle Not So Subtle,” 1R Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Stray Show,” 1R Gallery Booth, Chicago, IL
2002
“Boys and Flowers,” (curated by James Rondeau), Art Video Lounge, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
“Stray Show,” Western Exhibitions Booth, Law Office Booth, 8.5x11 Booth, Hypothetical Continent Booth, Chicago, IL
“Here and Now,” Chicago Culture Center, Chicago, IL
“Some Kind of Loving,” (curated by Astria Suparak), Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporareo, Mexico City, Mexico
“Sailor Lady,” Art in General, New York, NY
“Art After Art,” Neues Museum, Weserburg, Bremen Germany
“You Think I’m Superficial,” (curated by Miguel Calderon & Sybille Canthal), Lake Worth Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
“Photography by Gallery Artists,” Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Metropolis,” (curated by Peter Dorshenko), Art Chicago 2002, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
“Plat + Form,” (curated by Nick Frank), Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
“Chicago 7 Film Shorts,” Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
“Tasty Dog,” (curated by Michelle Grabner & Brad Killiam), Atelier Top 25, Krem, Austria
“8.5x11,” (curated by Gabe Fowler), website and box set, Bodybuilder Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Kirsten Stoltmann,” Charley Magazine, (edited by Maurizio Cattelan, Bettina Funcke, Massimiliano Gioni, Ali Subotnick), New York, NY p.21
“The Armory Show,” Donald Young Gallery, New York, NY
“Some Kind of Loving,” Cinematexas International Film/Video Festival, Houston, TX, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
“Pretend TV,” El Parche, Bogotá, Columbia
“Meet Me in St. Louis,” Crowe T. Brooks, St. Louis, MO
“Video Screening,” in conjunction with the Michael Auder exhibition, (curated by Jennifer Reeder and Hamza Walker), Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
“The Program,” (curated by Pedro Velez), ONI Gallery, Boston, MA, Museo de las Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001
“Dis/en/courage,” LFL Gallery, New York, NY
“Without Hesitation: The Olbreicht Collection Part 2,” The Neus Museum, Bremen, Germany
“Art/Music: Rock, Pop, Techno,” the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
“Kirsten Stoltmann and Laura Chasman,” Allston Skirt Gallery, Allston, MA
“New Chicago Works,” Blinding Light Cinema, Vancouver, BC Canada
“Extremely Shorts IV,” Aurora Picture Show, Houston, Texas
“A New Romantic/TV sounds,” (curated by Astria Suparak), traveling film screening from March 1 – April 27 at various venues in California, New York, Washington, and Oregon
2000
“The Program,” FGA, Chicago, IL
“Life, After the Squirrel,” Location One, New York, NY
“Sound, Video, Film,” Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Libidinal,” TBA, Chicago, IL
“Buena Onda,” Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Camp/Fire,” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
“Undershorts Film Festival,” Music Box, Chicago, IL
“Pretend TV,” La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico
“My Friend Oona,” Unquote Television, DUTV, Philadelphia, PA
“Photography 3000,” Dogmatic, Chicago, IL
1999
"A & E,” Chicago Project Room, Chicago, IL
“Chicago Film & Video,” The Lab, Los Angeles, CA
“Multiples Show,” Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Audio Visual,” (co-curated by Kelly Taxter), Allston Skirt Gallery, Allston, MA
“Chicago’s Own, Biographies, Portraits & Confessions,” Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
“www.Couchprojects.com,” Angie Waller, New York, NY
“Video Room,” (curated by Marissa Woloszczuk), ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Vincent Darmody’s Evil Show,” Law Office, Chicago, IL
“Home Movies From The Media Underground,” Portland, OR
“Inside/Outside Film Festival,” Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“Perfect Sleeper,” Embassy Suites, Chicago, IL
“Pretend TV,” Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“Hot Sauce,” Law Office, Chicago, IL
“Cat House,” Dogmatic Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Tough and Tender,” Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Serious Play,” the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
1998
“Of Experimental and Unexp.,” Kind, Alma Loev Museum, Sunne, Sweden
“My Friend Oona,” European Underground Film Festival, Krakow, Poland
“Kirsten Stoltmann”, Department of English, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
“It’s All Good,” Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Breakdown 900,” Butcher Shop, Chicago, IL
“Talking Pictures Film Festival,” Taos, NM
1995-97
“No More Sweets For You,” (curated by Elisabeth Subrin), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buchannon, WV, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY, The Knitting Factory, New York, NY
“True Confessions of An Artist,” Women In The Director’s Chair Film Festival, Chicago, IL, Media Studies Department, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, Intermedia Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Bildweschel-Video Kollektion, Hamburg, Germany
“PXL this 4,” Re: Solution Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Tender Chunks,” Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH, New Orleans Film Festival, New Orleans, LA
“Through The Lens 3,” WYBE TV 35 (PBS), Philadelphia, PA
“Articulated Speculation,” Channel 34, Monmouth County, NJ
Selected Bibliography
2007
Cotter, Holland, “Quirks and Attitude to Burn,” The New York Times, June 8th, 2007
Sholis, Brian, "Studio City," Artforum.com/Diary, April 10, 2007
McQuaid, Cate, "A Pattern of Success," The Boston Globe, March 15, 2007
2006
Knight, Christopher, "Artist's Who Stand Out From The Group," Los Angeles Times, E23, August 11, 2006
Sholis, Brian. "Kirsten Stoltmann," Artforum, May 2006
Yablonsky, Linda, “Young Chelsea Dealers Head to Hudson River With $3000 Sneakers,” Bloomberg News, January 30, 2006
Halle, Howard, "Block Party," Time Out New York, Issue 537, January 12 - 18, 2006
Wang, Michael, "Tunnel Vision," Artforum.com/Diary, January 2006
2005
Yoshua Okon and Miguel Calderón, La Panaderia: 1994-2002, Turner; Bilingual edition (November 2, 2005)
Drea, Amber. “Kirsten Stoltmann,” Venus Magazine, Fall 2005
Hait, Jane. “Dear Kirsten Stoltmann,” Madame Figaro, No. 302, 2005
2004
Vey Duke, Emily, “Kirsten Stoltmann, Let’s Get It On,” C Magazine, Summer 2004, p. 44
Yood, James, "Kirsten Stoltmann," Artforum, Summer 2004, pp 252-253
BlackBook Art List, (with image), "1R Gallery," Spring 2004 p. 28
Catalog: Two by Two for Aids, Sotheby’s, p. 79, 2004
Gilbert, Chris, Catalogue: Contested Fields, Des Moines Art Center, pp. 21 & 41, 2004
Jeremijenko, Natalie, Catalogue: Aim V: SYZYGY: The Human Remix, University of Southern California School of Fine Arts, p.13 and 26, 2004
Stabler, Bert, "Fever Dreams," The Chicago Reader, March 12, 2004, p. 30
LaBelle, Charles, "Kirsten Stoltmann and Sterling Ruby," Frieze: Issue 81, March 2004, p.102-103
Johnson, Ken, "Material Eyes." The New York Times, January 9, 2004, p. B42
Scott, Andrea K., "Reviews: Material Eyes," Time Out New York, January 1-8, 2004, p. 52
2003
Ferrara, Annette, "Representing Simulacra (After Debord): A Case Study," www.tenbyten.net, Spectacle Issue, 2003
Frank, Nick, “Kirsten Stoltmann,” Art Papers, January/February 2003, pp. 44-45
2002
Deecke, Thomas and Friese, Peter, Catalog: Art After Art, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, p.10, 2002
Elms, Anthony, Catalogue: Here and Now, Chicago Cultural Center, 2002, pp. 46-47
Frye, Brian, “NYUFF 2K,” Cahiers Du Cinemart, no. 13, Spring 2002
Snodgrass, Susan, “Report from Milwaukee, Poise to Soar?” Art in America, no.5, May 2002, pp. 48-55
Grabner, Michelle, “INOVA, Institute of Visual Arts,” New Art Examiner, no.4, March-April 2002, pp. 60-65
“Art Fair Future,” Artnet, December 23, 2002
2001
“See Hear,” Chicago Sun-Times, Arts section, October 26, 2001, p. 53
Jackson, Carol, “Kirsten Stoltmann,” Frieze, Issue 60, June, July, August 2001, pp.119-120
Walker, Hamza. ”Kirsten Stoltmann.” New Art Examiner, July-August 2001, p. 83
Taz, Bremen, “The Cabinet of The Olbricht,” June 3, 2001
Thompson, Nato, “Chimerical Miracle Whip: Into the Border Lands with the Wild Kingdom,” New Art Examiner, March 2001, pp.31-35
Hawkins, Margaret, “Artists Put Yearnings on Public View." Chicago Sun-Times, Arts section, March 30, 2001, p. 28
Schmidt, Eva, "Places and Spaces," Catalogue: Without Hesitation, The Olbricht Collection Part 2, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, 2001, p. 85 and pp. 93-97
Maurizio Cattelan, Bettina Funcke, Massimiliano Gioni, Ali Subotnick, eds. Charley Magazine, n°01, p.21, 2001
2000
Sensemann, Susan, Catalogue: Libidinal, Chicago Contemporary Arts Council, 2000
Velez-Rodriguez, Pedro, “Photography 3000,” New Art Examiner, April 2000, p. 49
“Pedro’s Observations on Summer Shows,” FGA, no.3, September 2000, p.1
1999
Bulka, Michael, “Art 1999 Chicago Diary,” Spaces.Org/Rants, no. 7, June 2,1999
“Mob Rule.” NY Arts Magazine, May 1999
Booth, Mark, “Vincent Darmody’s Evil Show,” Gravy, no. 3, p. 4, February 1999
1996
Sherman, Betsy, The Boston Globe, February 23, 1996, p. 46
1995
Troy, Maria, “No More Sweets for You.” Pform, No.37, Fall 1995, p. 35