Kirsten Stromberg (b. San Francisco, USA, lives and works in Florence, Italy) is an interdisciplinary
artist working in mixed media, painting/drawing, sound art and experimental music. Areas of research include: art education and aesthetic engagement for individual and social transformation, pain and recovery in the world body, feminist inquiry and contemporary art. She received her BA from Dartmouth College where she was a Senior Fellow in electro-acoustic music and studio art. In 2005 she completed her MFA in Arts and Consciousness Studies at JFKU. She has studied for over 20 years with the artists Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky attending numerous workshops and residencies with them in both Italy and South Africa. Kirsten’s work has been shown/performed in both solo and group exhibitions internationally including: Le Murate PAC and Fabbrica Europa in Florence; L.A.C.E and Huntington Beach Center for The Arts in the Los Angeles area; The SF Arts Commission, 21 Grand and Works/San Jose’; in the San Francisco Bay Area; as well as exhibitions and projects in New York, London, Copenhagen, and Berlin.