ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kristin Lindseth is an internationally exhibiting sculptor, printmaker and educator. Her sculptures are all cast bronze figurative and symbolic works, and are each one of a kind. She has done her own casting for the past twenty years which allows for freedom to experiment. She lives and works in the south bay area, and her work has been represented in over 100 exhibitions regionally, nationally and internationally. Her sculptures and intaglio printmaking are included in private collection in Sweden, Germany Spain, France, England, and Greece.
Among the museums which have shown her work are: Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA; Solo Exhibition 2016, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka CA; Solo Exhibition 2013: Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA; Solo Exhibition, 2011, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Marin MOCA), Marin, CA the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, the Euphrat Museum, Cupertino, CA, the Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA and the Palm Springs Museum, CA.
Kristin’s work has been represented by Vorpal Gallery, Palo Alto, CA and Freeman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, Oakland Museum Collectors Gallery, Oakland CA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Sales Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Ventana Gallery, Saratoga, CA, Group 21 Gallery, Los Gatos, CA, and Solo Gallery, Los Gatos, CA.
Currently her sculpture is represented by Sandra Lee Gallery, 251 Post St, Suite 310 San Francisco, CA and by the Morris Graves Museum Collector's Gallery, Eureka CA. She is a member of the International Sculpture Society, Pacific Rim Sculptors, and Nordic Five Arts.
EDUCATION
- MA San Jose State
- BA University of Oregon
- Certificat d’Etudes, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, FRANCE
- Certificat d’Etudes, Universite de Paris, Paris IV (Sorbonne)
Museum and University Collections:
- Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka CA USA
- Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA USA
- New Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA USA
- San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo
- Fayed University, Dubai, UAE
ONE AND TWO ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
- 2021 Returning Home; Sculpture by Kristin Lindseth, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo CA July 2-August 29. Courtney Davies, Curator
- 2021 Far From Home; Sculpture by Kristin Lindseth Pantings by Talia, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA October 30- December 5. Zea Morvitz, Curator
- 2020 Displacement; A Search for Home, Bronze Sculpture and Intaglio Prints by Kristin Lindseth and Mezzotints by Karinna Gomez, Siskiyou Museum of Art, Dunsmuir, CA. March 3 – April 14 Lindsay Budner, Curator
- 2018 Showing Up With Care; Euphrat Museum, De Anza College, Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, February 1- March 22 Invitational exhibtion curated by Diana Argabrite
- 2018 In the Artists Studio; Kristin Lindseth and George Rivera, New Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos CA January-June. Invitational exhibition curated by Marianne Kennedy McGrath March 1-June 1
- 2018 Nordic Voyage; A sense of Place; Exhibition by Nordic Five Artists, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA March 1- April 10
- 2018 Haggin Museum 60th National Exhibition, Haggin Museum, 1201 Pershing Avenue, Stockton, CA May 17-July 15
- 2016 "Inner Alchemy; Bronze Sculpture by Kristin Lindseth", Penninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA June 5-August 14, 2016 Reception June 5, 2:00-4:00 pm
- 2014 Sandra Lee Gallery, 251 Post St., Suite 310, San Francisco, CA Paintings by Kathryn Arnold and Sculptures by Kristin Lindseth
- 2013 “Dark Forest; Sculpture by Kristin Lindseth Rivera and Paintings by George Rivera”, Sandra Lee Gallery 251 Post St, Suite 310 San Francisco, CA, November-December
- 2013 “On Being Human, Sculpture by Kristin Lindseth Rivera, Paintings by George Rivera”. Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA, August-October 2013. Jemima Harris, Curator
- 2011 “Crossing Boundaries, Sculpture by Kristin Lindseth Rivera and Paintings by Ming Jing Wang”, Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos,CA, Catherine Politopoulos, Curator
- 2007 Figurative Sculpture by Kristin Lindseth, Alliance of Visual artists, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
- 2006 Figurative Sculpture by Kristin Lindseth, Alliance of Visual Artists, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
- 1995 “Cirque des Arts”, Intaglio Printmaking by Kristin Lindseth, Olive Hyde Art Center, Fremont, CA
- 1993 Prague Series, Intaglio Prints by Kristin Lindseth, Elizabeth Norton Gallery, Palo Alto CA
- 1990 Intaglio Prints by Kristin Lindseth, Elizabeth Norton Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
- 1988 Prague Series, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA, Invitational Exhibition, George Rivera, Curator
- 1980 Kristin Lindseth, Intaglio Printmaking, Group 21 Gallery. Los Gatos, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2020 Finding Your Voice in America Today, National Juried Exhibition, Kelwood Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge LA, January 10-March 8
- 2020 Women Pathmakers, Euphrat Museum DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA Invitational Exhibition Diana Argabrite, Curator, January 23-March 12
- 2020 Water: A Source of Survival, Life, Livelihood, Exhibition by Nordic 5 Arts, Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, Iowa, August- July 2021
- 2018 Current Forms and Sequences, Siskiyou Museum of Art, 5824 Dunsmuir Avenue, Dunsmuir, CA Juried by Phil Linhares, August 11- October 6
- 2018 Showing Up With Care; Euphrat Museum, De Anza College, Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, February 1- March 22 Invitational exhibtion curated by Diana Argabrite
- 2018 In the Artists Studio; Kristin Lindseth and George Rivera, New Museum of Los Gatos, MainSt., Los Gatos, CA January-June. Invitational exhibition curated by Marianne Kennedy McGrath March 1-June 1
- 2018 Nordic Voyage: A sense of Place; Exhibition by Nordic Five Artists, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA March 1- April 10
- 2018 Haggin Museum 60th National Exhibition, Haggin Museum, 1201 Pershing Avenue, Stockton, CA May 17-July 15
- 2017 Abstractions, Marin MOCA, 400 Palm Drive, Novato, CA Catherine Clark, Juror October-November 19
- 2017 Californnia Sculpture Slam, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St., San Luis Obispo, CA, September 1- October 30, Brigitte Micmacker, Juror
- 2017 Brushstrokes, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad St, San Luis Obispo, CA June-July
- 2017 Woven Heritage International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition", Fayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 13-18 , 2017
- 2017 25th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Parkside Art Galleries, Kenosha, Washington February 23 - April 12
- 2017 Beginnings, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station,CA January 27-February 19, 2017
- 2017 The Figure Interpreted Through Contemporary Mediums, National Juried Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz CA February 10- March 12
- 2017 Faculty Exhibition, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara CA February-March
- 2017 "Brushstrokes" National Painting Exhibition , San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, May 19-July 2, 2017
- 2016 "Full Circle; 9th Annual Spring Sculpture Exhibition", Oakwilde Sculpture Ranch, Valley Springs, CA April 2-26
- 2016 "International Sculpture Day Celebration, An Exhibition by Pacific Rim Sculptors", Art Object Gallery, 592 N 5th St San Jose, CA Reception April 23 7-9 pm
- 2016 "Runes Revealed; An Exhibition by Nordic Five Arts" Scandinavian Cultural Center, University of the Pacific, Sealttle, WA June-August
- 2015 "Sculpture" Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery, Athens GREECE September 22-October24 Curator Prof Peter Seltz, founder Berkeley Art Museum and former Curator of Sculpture and Painting, New York MOMA
- 2015 Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria Illinois, March 7-April 17 Juror Prof Beth Grabowski, Professor of Art Univ of North Carolina
- 2015 Spring Sculpture Exhibition Oakwilde Ranch and Sculpture, Valley Springs CA March 28-April 26, Reception March 28 Curator Andrew Connelly, Prof of Art, CSUS
- 2015 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, 1505 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA April-May.
- 2015 "Runes Revealed; Exhibition by Nordic Five Artists, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo CA July 24-August 25
- 2015 “Cross Pollination” Faculty Exhibition Art Ark Gallery, San Jose CA, March-April
- 2015 Bay Area Arts Educators Exhibition, Vernon Davis Foundation for the Arts/Gallery 85, Santana Row, San Jose, CA. August 24-November 7, 2014. Melissa Kreisa, Curator
- 2014 Sculpture! Exhibition by the Pacific Rim Sculptors, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA July-August, 2014. Juror John Toki
- 2014 Art Party San Jose, September 20-25, 2014, Curators: Tobin Keller, Susan Hillhouse and Mark Di Stuhe
- 2014 Haggin Museum 58th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Haggin Museum Stockton, CA, Juror: Dale Laitenen August-September, 2014 First Place award in sculpture
- 2014 “Runes Revealed”, Exhibition by Nordic 5 Arts at the Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, July 11th-August 10th
- 2014 Sandra Lee Gallery, 251 Post St, Suite 310 San Francisco, CA Ongoing
- 2014 “Works on Paper”, National Juried Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, August –September, 2014, Juror: Noah Buchanen
- 2014 Bay Area Arts Educators Exhibition, Vernon Davis Foundation for the Arts/Gallery 85, Santana Row, San Jose, CA. August 24th-November 7th. Melissa Kreisa, Curator
- 2012 57th Juried Exhibition, Haggin Museum of Art, Stockton, CA, Craig Nelson, Juror
- 2012 San Francisco Design Center, Living Green, Sculpture, San Francisco, CA
- 2012 “Next to Nature”, Long Beach Art Center, Long Beach, CA, Philip Pregill, Juror
- 2011 “Works on Paper”, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, Preston Metcalf, Juror
- 2011 56th Annual Juried Exhibition, Haggin Museum of Art, Stockton, CA
- 2010 National Drawing Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
- 2010 Statewide Drawing and Printmaking Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA, Juried by Roberta Loach
- 2010 “Works on Paper”, Statewide Exhibit. Long Beach Art, Long beach, CA
- 2009 Twelfth Annual International Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juried by Yolanda Lopez
- 2008 Triton Museum of Art Santa Clara, CA, Mission College Instructors Exhibit, Helayna Thickpenny, Curator
- 2008 Chicago Printmakers Collaborative Invitational, Chicago, IL, Deborah Maris Lader, Curator
- 2008 Original Drawings/Prints Exhibition, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA. Pat Bertram, Curator
- 2008 “All Fired Up”, City of Santa Clara Indoor Sculpture Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA , Juried by the Santa Clara Cultural Advisory Commission
- 2007 City of Santa Clara, Indoor Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
- 2007 Instructors Exhibition, Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
- 2007 Los Angeles Society of Printmakers, National Exhibition, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. Linda Lyke, Professor of Art, Curator.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2014 Haggin Museum, 58th Annual National Exhibition, Stockton,CA, First Place Award in Sculpture.2010 Haggin Museum, 56th Annual Exhibition, Stockton, CA Second Place Award Sculpture.
2009 Invited Sculptor, Live Art Fundraiser Auction, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2008 All Fired Up City of Santa Clara Juried Sculpture Exhibit, Award of Merit
2008 Invited Sculptor, Live Art Fundraiser Auction, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA
2007 Invited Sculptor, Live Art Fundraiser Auction, Triton Museum of Art
2007 Invited Sculptor, Fundraiser Auction for the Knights of St John of Malta and Jerusalem, LaRusticana,LosGatos,CA
2006 AVA, Triton Museum of Art, Juried Exhibition; Award of Excellence
2005 Invited Sculptor, Live Art Fundraiser Auction, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2005 AVA, Triton Museum of Art, Juried Exhibition; Friends of AVA Award of Excellence
2004 Thirty Ninth Annual Statewide Fine Art Exhibit, Fremont, CA; Best of Show Award
2003 City of Santa Clara Biennial Sculpture Exhibition; Award of Excellence
2003 Thirty-eighth Annual Statewide Fine Art Show, Fremont, CA; First Place award, Sculpture
2003 Los Gatos Museum of Art Juried Membership Exhibition; First Place Award in Sculpture
2002 Los Gatos Museum of Art, Open Juried Exhibition; First Place Award in Sculpture
2001 Los Gatos Museum of Art, Juried Membership Exhibition; First Place Award, Sculpture
PUBLICATIONS
”On Being Human; Sculpture and Painting by Kristin Lindseth and George Rivera”, Catalog of the exhibition at the Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA, August 4-September 21, 2013
“Crossing Boundaries” Sculpture by Kristin Lindseth and Paintings by Ming Jing Wang, Catalog of the exhibition at the Los Gatos Museum, 2011.
“Faith and Hope; A Thirty Year Survey; Paintings by George Rivera” Catalog of the Exhibition at the Los Gatos Museum 2012