Kirsten Meier she/they
b. 1998 Brookfield, WI
Education
2020 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, BFA New Studio Practice with a minor in Art History, Milwaukee, WI
Selected Exhibitions and collaborations
2025
Voices of the Animal Kingdom, group performance with Anja Notanja Sieger, Grove Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Lynden Sculpture Garden Winter Carnival, River Hills, WI
Bridge Work: 10 Years of Making, Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2024
Kirsten is Typing…, Fiddleheads Coffee, Shorewood, WI
The Clackathon, group performance with Anja Notanja Sieger, Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI
2023
Home is a Teddy Bear, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, WI
Galleria, Alive and Fine, Milwaukee, WI
Small Works, Small Works Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
30x30x30 Exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
bARisTas See, Fiddleheads Coffee, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Pillow Talk, Gray Area, Milwaukee, WI
Slasher Bash 2, Alive and Fine, Milwaukee, WI
Flight Day, Plume, Milwaukee, WI
Slava Accord, Anodyne Coffee, Milwaukee, WI
2021
Flight Night, Plume, Milwaukee, WI
Bridge Work 06, Allen Priebe Gallery, UW-Oshkosh, WI
2020
Seams: Contemporary Textile Artists, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Bridge Work 06, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Virtual Senior Thesis, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Curate the Quarantine, Digital Art Space, @curatethequarantine Instagram
Sugarfree Red Bull Milwaukee Regional Snow and Ice Festival, Gluon Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2019
Ghooost Show X, The Open, Milwaukee, WI
Beyond the Fray, Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Exhibition, featured intern for Anja Notanja Sieger, Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
FemFest Film & Video Showcase, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Dimensions, Genesis, Milwaukee, WI
Creative Fusion, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
The Junior Project, Meltwater Studios, Milwaukee, WI
The Advice Tent, photographer for Anja Notanja Sieger, Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL
Union Gallery Juried Show, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2018
Ghooost Show IX, The Open, Milwaukee, WI
Bay View Gallery Night, Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI
Live/Work Opening Celebration, dancer for Jessica Jackson Hutchins, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Late Night at the Haggerty, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
The Museum of Advice, performer for Anja Notanja Sieger, Center Street Days, Milwaukee, WI
The Museum of Advice, performer for Anja Notanja Sieger, Bay View Bash, Milwaukee, WI
Community Frames, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Talks
2024
MIAD Student Thesis Panel - Camille Matusiak
2022
MIAD Student Thesis Panel - Avery Faye
2020
Artist Talk, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Artist Talk, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Jobs at Art Museums Docent, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019
Union Gallery Artist Talk, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Awards and Residency
2024
Fiddleheads Shorewood Artist-in-Residence
2022
Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship for Individual Emerging Artist Semi-Finalist
2020
Bridge Work 06 Development and Residency Program
PRESS
2025
Bridge Work: Ten Years of Making at the Frederick Layton Gallery
MIAD celebrates 10 years of helping artists flourish with Bridge Work program
2024
QWERTYFEST MKE Typewriter Festival is Back with a Fun-Filled Lineup
2023
Fiddleheads Coffee shops offering opportunities for artists
2021
2020
SEAMS Unfolds in Many Directions at Portrait Society Exhibit