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

Coffee and Art

2021

Artdose Magazine Vol. 32

2020

SEAMS Unfolds in Many Directions at Portrait Society Exhibit