Kirsten Blair is a visual and ceramic artist living in Cape Meares, Oregon.

Kirsten’s work is an expression of presence. It aims to recreate the shapes and repetition found while exploring her home on the Oregon Coast. Through immersion in nature and observation her work explores the concept of space, rest and sense of place through abstraction. Her work is a connection back to those moments of presence and place.

Exhibitions:

March 2024 - Untitled
Solo Exhibition at FINE ART FRUIT in Portland, OR

October 2023 - “Art of the West”
Juried Show at Life in the West Art Gallery, Broomfield, CO

October 2023 - “Gesture”
Juried Show at La Mecha Contemporary , El Paso, TX

August 2023 - “Picnic”
Group Show at Nemo Design, Portland, OR

August 2022 - “What We’ve Left Behind”
Bay City Arts Center Main Gallery, Bay City, OR

January 2020 - “Osmosis”
Mana’s Kitchen, Bay City, OR

September 2016 - “Balance”
Group Show at Nemo Design, Portland, OR

December 2010 - “Feathers in Graphite”, Crafty Wonderland, Portland, OR
November 2010 - Audobon Society Wild Arts Festival Benefit, Portland, OR
May 2010 - “Feathers in Graphite”, Crafty Wonderland, Portland, OR
January 2010 - “Feathers in Graphite”, Winestock, Oregon City, OR

November 2009 - Audubon Society Wild Arts Festival Auction, Portland, OR
November 2009 - “Feathers in Graphite”, Floyd’s Coffee NW, Portland, OR
June 2009 - “Feathers in Graphite”, Floyd’s Coffee, Portland, OR

Relevant Studies:

2023 - Earth Pigments with Caroline Ross & Lake Pigment with Natalie Stopka
2020 - 6-week Painting Studio with Sara Siestreem @ Pacific Northwest College of Art
2019 - The Dao of Seeing with Jeff Gunn @ Sitka Center for Art & Ecology
2015 - Contemporary Painting with Michelle Ross @ Oregon College of Art & Craft
2012 - Drawing with Phil Sylvester @ The Drawing Studio, Portland Oregon
2000 - Associates of Applied Science in Design @ Mt. Hood Community College