Kirsten Stolle
Kirsten Stolle (b. 1967, U.S.) is a visual artist working in collage, drawing, and site-responsive installations. Her research-based practice is grounded in the investigation of corporate propaganda, environmental politics and biotechnology. She appropriates practices of redaction, manipulation and distortion to confront industry misinformation. Her work examines the global influence of agrichemical and pharmaceutical corporations on our food supply and considers the connection between corporate interests and public health.
Her solo exhibitions include Turchin Center for the Visual Arts/Appalachian State University, 2015; Dolby Chadwick Gallery 2010, 2007, 2005; ROY G BIV Gallery, 2016; and Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, 2002. Group exhibition include the San Jose Museum of Art 2016, 2013; Power Plant Gallery, Duke University, 2017; William King Museum, 2013; Monterey Museum of Art, 2005; Crocker Art Museum, 2004; Hunterdon Art Museum, 2006; Tweed Museum of Art, 2006; Riverside Art Museum 2005; Triton Museum of Art, 1995; University of North Carolina Asheville, 2012; Truman State University, 2014; Torpedo Factory, 2013; Roos Arts, 2013; Lesley Heller Workspace, 2016; and Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, 2013. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the San Jose Museum of Art; Crocker Art Museum and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.