ABOUT THE ARTIST

Kristin Lindseth is an internationally exhibiting sculptor, printmaker and educator. Her sculptures are figurative and symbolic works and are each one of a kind. She works in both wood multimedia constructions and in metal. Her work has been represented in over 200 exhibitions regionally, nationally and internationally. Her sculptures and intaglio printmaking are included in private collections in Sweden, Germany Spain, France, England, United Arab Emirates and Greece.Recently she has completed a series of 18 wood multimedia constructions and carvings in response to the California wildfires of Fall 2020. This body of work is titled San Ardo Refuge, and has been exhibited in four solo shows in museums and art centers.

Solo exhibitions of her sculptures have been held at the Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino,CA, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA, Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, CA, Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA, Morris Graves Museum, Eureka CA, Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA. Group museum exhibitions which have included her work are 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, New Museums of Los Gatos 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.

Lindseth is professor of Art at Mission College in Santa Clara CA where she teaches Digital Art, Drawing, and Sculpture.

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

Solo Exhibitions

2023 San Ardo Refuge, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, October 1-December 27. Diana Argabrite, Curato

2022 San Ardo; Olive Hyde Art Center, Fremont, CA , November 3-December 17. Sana Chiang, Curator

2021 Searching for Home; Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, Marin, CA October 30-December 5. Zea Morovitz, Curator

Group Exhibitions

2024 Glimmers; Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, October 22- December 12. Diana Argabrite, Curator

2024 Uprooted; Reflections on Relocation and Resilience; Yolo Arts; The Barn Gallery, March 14- June 1, Janice Purnell, Curator

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.

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

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