Artist's Biography

Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kirsten Stoltmann currently resides and works out of Los Angeles, California.  She received her MFA in 2000 from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and her BFA in film and video from the University of Wisconsin. Kirsten draws from her own experiences growing up in the American Mid-West to articulate her feminist views about suburban culture and values.   Solo shows include exhibitions at Sister, Los Angeles, CA (2009), I Know What I’m Doing, Wallspace, New York City (2006), and Renegade, 1R Gallery, Chicago (2004).  She has been featured in group shows such as Boys and Flowers, Western Bridge, Seattle (2006), and Jonathan Vyner/Fortescue Avenue, London (2006).

Curator's Biography

Sterling Ruby is an American artist born in Bitburg, Germany. He lives and works in Los Angeles and holds a BFA from The Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA. He has had numerous solo exhibitions including Spectrum Ripper, Sprüth Magers, London, "Grid Ripper," Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy, "Sterling Ruby Supermax," Museum of Contemporary Art, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, "KILN Works," Metro Pictures, New, "Chron," and The Drawing Room, New York. He has also exhibited in a range of group shows including "Dirt on Delight: Impulses that Form Clay," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, "The Station," Midblock East, Miami Metro Pictures, New York, "Begin Again Right Back Here," White Columns, New York, and "If you destroy the image you destroy the thing it self," Bergen Kunsthall, Norway.