Kirstin Lamb is a painter working in Waltham, MA. She has been teaching introductory Painting courses at Brown University and Drawing courses at Providence College. Lamb became obsessed with classical still life and notions of stacking and heaping during her final year of graduate study in Painting at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005. She began her studies as a literature student at Brown University, graduating in 2001 with Bachelors degrees in both Literatures in English and Visual Art.

Education
2005   MFA Rhode Island School of Design, Painting
2005   Collegiate Teaching Certificate Brown University Harriet Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
2002   Post Baccalaureate Certificate School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Painting
2001   BA Brown University, Visual Art and English

Exhibitions
2009 It Changes Everything, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Abbondanza, Ferragamo Gallery, New York, NY, Curator: Blair Voltz Clarke
2007 HEAT, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, Juror: Carole Anne Meehan
2007 The Work of Waltham Mills Artist Association, Attleboro Museum of Art, Attleboro, MA
2007 The Hive Show, Julian’s, Hive Archive Collective, Providence, RI
2007 Triennial Faculty Exhibition, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
2005 Trinity Inspires, Fund Raising Auction for Trinity Church, Trinity Church, Boston, MA
2005 Surface, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2005 Providential, RISD MFA Thesis Show, Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY
2005 MFA Exhibition, RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2005 Would You Stay, Would You Lie By Me? Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Curator: Lauren Pearson
2004 Waterworks, Performance and Installation, Catalyst Arts, Pawtucket, RI
2003 Painting Department Show, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003 Flat Files, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, Juror: Joseph Carroll
2003 Intersections: the Celebration of Women Mentors and Their Students, Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
2002 Storytelling, New England School of Art and Design and Judi Rotenberg Gallery Annex, Boston, MA, Curators: Abigail Ross and James Manning
2002 Boston Center for the Arts 17th Annual Juried Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, Juror: Bill Arning
2001 Post-Baccalaureate Student Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2001 Senior Thesis Show, Solo Show, Brown University, Providence, RI
2001 Juried Student Show, Brown University, Providence, RI
2000 Cross-Sections, Solo Show, Brown University, Providence, RI

Teaching Experience

2009 Visiting Lecturer, Painting I, Summer Studies, Visual Art Department, Brown University, Providence, RI
2008 Visiting Lecturer, Drawing II, Visual Art Department, Brown University, Providence, RI
2007 Visiting Lecturer, Painting I, Visual Art Department, Brown University, Providence, RI
2006 Visiting Lecturer, Painting I, Visual Art Department, Brown University, Providence, RI
2005 Visiting Lecturer, Drawing I and II, Art and Art History Department, Providence College,
Providence, RI
2005 Teaching Assistant, Wendy Edwards, Accessorizing Painting and Painting I, Brown University,
Providence, RI
2005 Teaching Assistant, Adam Cvijanovic, Extreme Painting / History Painting Wintersession Course, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2004 Teaching Assistant, Julia Jacquette, Junior Painting Studio, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, RI
2004 Teaching Assistant, Duane Slick, Junior Printmaking Critique, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003 Teaching Assistant, William Drew, Junior Painting Studio, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,

Residencies
2009 Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, Master Artist: Will Cotton

Visiting Artist Engagements

2010 Lecture and Studio Visits, Accessorizing Painting, Instructor: Wendy Edwards List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
2006 Lecture and Studio Visits, RISD Senior Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003 Lecture and Studio Visits, March 19, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, RI

Commissions

2000 Three Multi-panel Murals for Student Financial Assistance, U.S. Department of Education, Washington DC

Awards

2004 Liquitex 50th Anniversary Artist Award, Acrylic Paint Purchase Award, ColArt Americas, Inc., Piscataway, NJ
2003 RISD Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2001 William Weston Award, Brown University, Providence, RI

Professional Experience

2009 Little Paper Planes, Two prints carried by online retailer, www.Littlepaperplanes.com
2006 Acrylic Paint Techniques Demonstrator, Liquitex Paint, ColArt Americas, Inc, Paperworld, Trade Show, Frankfurt, Germany
2005 Acrylic Paint Techniques Demonstrator, Liquitex Paint, ColArt Americas, Inc, National Art Materials Trade Association, Trade Show, Chicago, IL
2004 Office Assistant, Fine Arts Division, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003 Studio Assistant, Nan Freeman, East Boston, MA

Bibliography

2010 New American Paintings #86, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, Juror: Mónica Ramírez-
Montagut, Curator, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
2007 W Magazine, Art and Commerce, Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, November
2007 Berkshire Fine Arts, Last Blast of Summer Heat: A Provocative and Sexy Show at Bromfield Gallery, Shawn Hill
2005 Providence Daily Journal, Art Scene by Bill van Siclen: Grad Student Show goes from Wonderful to Wacky, Bill van Siclen
2005 Liquitex.com, Liquitex 50th Anniversary Artists, Online Interview and Portfolio, Interviewer: David Pyle
2003 WeeklyDig.com, Boston’s Weekly Dig, “What’s the Story?: Storytelling 1 and 2 at the New England School of Art and Design and Judi Rotenberg Gallery Annex”, Brett M. Rhyne
2002 Boston Herald, “Drawing Attention: BCA Exhibit Celebrates Age-Old and Modern Traditions of Sketching”, Joanne Silver










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