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Artist Statement

Settling my mind has always been resolved with a pencil and paper.  Line exposes an immediate sense of purpose and belief in organized thought. This is the basis of my work. By focusing on line, I am able to instigate energy from within. I believe in the Renaissance notion of drawing; disegno externo, disegno interno - line names the internal and becomes the external.  It is the messy act of weaving lines like string, erasing and allowing my decisions to become palimpsest. Paper, the surface I lean to, the clean open space that offers the pull of depth, refuge, relief, release, is not a simple medium or muse – it is atmosphere.  The process of resolving ideas through marks on paper or cloth is where I find true engagement.  Material and intuition guide me toward a purpose, and organization. Line sets a temporal devise within those materials.  The result is an opening to real and imagined space.

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Education

Master of Fine Arts Degree, Visual Studies, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Areas of Concentration: Drawing and Painting, 2001, University of Wisconsin, Stout, Menomonie, WI., Bachelor of Science Degree, Art Education 1987, Northeast Wales Institute for Higher Education, Wrexham Wales Great Britain. Areas of Study: Drawing, Print Making, 1986

Selected sites of purchased and commissioned work (not including patron purchases)

Phoenix on the River, Minneapolis, MN., Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, Minneapolis and St Paul Children’s Hospital, East Side Neighborhood Service Inc., Minneapolis, MN, IDS Financial Services, Minneapolis, MN, Anoka, Hennepin Offices, Minneapolis, MN, University of Wisconsin, Stout, Menomonie, WI.

Selected Exhibitions include:

The Mill Yard, Art at Stonebridge Lofts, Minneapolis, MN, Visual Voices. 2022 L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire WI. Best of the West. 2022 Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery, Grand Marais, MN, Found: Three Views on Nature 2018. Public Functionary, Wintertide, North East Minneapolis Arts Association Biennial, 2017, Wintertide, North East Minneapolis Arts Association Biennial, 2015, Public Functionary Minneapolis, MN., Rosemount Public Library, Rosemount, MN, 2013, New Works by Stephanie Molstre-Kotz, ,  Northfield Art Guild, Northfield MN. New Work By Stephanie Molstre-Kotz, 2009,  Plains Art Museum, Juried Exhibit, Fargo, ND., 2009, University of Wisconsin, Women's Invitational Exhibit, Menomonie, WI., Concordia University, St. Paul Minnesota, Adapting, 20052003, SOOVAC Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2001, Women's’ Art Registry 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN, 1998, The Ohio State University, Pearl Conrad Gallery, Paul Whitney Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota, St Paul MN, 1998 Mansfield Ohio, 1997, St. Cloud University, St. Cloud, MN, 1997, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Five Jerome Artists, 1997, Phipps Center For the Arts, Hudson Wi 1996, A.R.C. Gallery Chicago Ill, 1996, Kishwaukee Art Gallery, Malta Il, 1995, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN, 1993, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 1993 University of Minnesota, Morris, MN, 1992

Awards

Wintertide, North East Minneapolis Arts Association Biennial Juried Art Show, Public Functionary, Minneapolis, MN. Second Place, Mixed media, 2017, Wintertide, North East Minneapolis Arts Association Biennial Juried Art Show, Public Functionary, Minneapolis, MN. Second Place, Mixed media, 2015, Purchase Award, Plains Art Museum, 2002, Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging artists, 1996, Bloomingron Art Center Juried Exhibition, 1991.

Speaking Engagements

Wintertide, North East Minneapolis Arts Association Biennial Juried Art Show, Public Functionary, 2015,Concordia College, St Paul MN., 2005, MN., University of St Cloud, St Cloud University, 1997, University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie WI, 1996

Current Employment

Eagan High School, Visual Arts Teacher 9-12, Department Coordinator