Kristina Rolander
b. 1979, Santa Cruz, California, US
Lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
EDUCATION
2001 BFA with Honors, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI
CUSTOM BACKDROPS + STAGE DESIGN
2018 In the Soil Arts Festival, Crystal Cave { Lead Designer, The Hub Mainstage } St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
2018 American Klassiks { w/ Klassik, Johanna Rose, SistaStrings } Secret Venue, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Andrea Gibson, Hey Galaxy Tour { w/ Chastity Brown } USA, Canada, UK, Europe
2017 Planned Parenthood WI, Through the Darkness, Rays of Light { 2017 Be Visible Event } Madison + Milwaukee WI
2017 Seussdrops { w/ WC Tank } Usable Space Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2017 Hello Death, Glitchy Rainbow Forest, Usable Space Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2017 Ric Wilson, Tour de Fat, Battle of the Bands, Schubas, Chicago IL
2017 Eaux Claires Music Festival, Neon Forest Galaxy { w/ People Mixtape, Big Red Machine : Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner, Francis and the Lights } The Creek Stage, Eau Claire WI
2017 Alive & Fine Takes A Trip { storefront window for Bay View Gallery Night } Alive & Fine, Milwaukee WI
2017 A Very Dope Dance Party : Chance the Rapper + Kanye VS Kendrick Lamar + Dr. Dre { w/ Ric Wilson } Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2017 Arte Para Todos { w/ Reyna, Lex Allen } The Backroom at Colectivo, Milwaukee WI
2017 AMFM : Maskerade { w/ Dxtr Spits, Barrett Keithley } Lost Arts, Chicago IL
2017 Arte Para Todos { w/ No/No, Taj, Suzie, Gas Station Sushi } Anodyne, Milwaukee WI **collab with WC Tank
2017 Whips, Album Release Show { w/ Surgeons in Heat, Slow Walker } Cactus Club, Milwaukee WI **collab with WC Tank
2017 The Fatty Acids, Album Release Show { w/ Paper Holland, Dogs in Ecstasy } Linnemans, Milwaukee WI **collab with WC Tank
2017 The Fatty Acids, Album Release Show { w/ Aloha Juice, Phat Nerdz, Zed Kenzo } Anodyne, Milwaukee WI **collab with WC Tank
2017 Full Moon Karaoke and Variety Show, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2016 A Very Dirty Dance Party - Beyonce + JayZ VS Rihanna + Drake { w/ Rio Turbo } Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2016 Little Scream { w/ Nightgown } Cactus Club, Milwaukee WI
2016 New Boyz Club, Album Release Show { w/ Fox Face } Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2016 WebsterX: Golden Gala, Lindsay Building, Milwaukee WI
2016 Matt + Cait, Wedding Photo Backdrop, Madison WI
2016 Siamese { w/ Marielle Allschwang, Nightgown } Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2016 Queen Tut, From Milwaukee to Brooklyn { w/ Friends } Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2016 Counter Craft Night Market { outdoor stage w/ Johanna Rose, Siren, Lex Allen } Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2016 Shannon and the Clams { w/ Dogs in Ecstasy, Phylums } Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2016 Arte Para Todos { w/ New Age Narcissism, Group of the Altos, New Boyz Club, SinBad } Club Garibaldi, Milwaukee WI
2016 Lorde Fredd33, Album Release Show, Fire on Water, Milwaukee WI
2016 ARTdentity, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2015 5th Annual Holiday Hip Hop Benefit Show, Riverwest Public House, Milwaukee WI
2015 WebsterX, 4-14 Milwaukee Day Show, Turner Hall, Milwaukee WI
INSTALLATION
solo shows marked with *
2017 The Basement Show, ArtFly Gallery, Eau Claire WI
2015 00000 Ghost Show VI, Borderline, Milwaukee WI
2014 MIAD Alumni Exhibition, Arts Mill, Grafton WI
2014 Missing You, Usable Space Gallery, Milwaukee WI *
2014 Factory Open Studios, Toy Factory, Milwaukee WI
2010 Generate 2010, Off-Campus Alumni Show, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design WI
2010 Spring Gallery Night, Hide House, Milwaukee WI
2010 Here and Now, Milwaukee Art Museum, Collaboration with Maureen McGinn, WI
2007 Maybe It Was All Okay, Afterall, Magpie Boutique and Gallery, San Diego CA *
2004 Mid-Wiz-Est, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2001 Works in Progress, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
2001 The Young and the Restless, Frederick Layton Gallery, MIAD, Milwaukee WI
2001 MIAD Senior Thesis Show, Gaslight Building, Milwaukee WI
OTHER PROJECTS + EXHIBITIONS
2018 ArtFly X, ArtFly Gallery, Eau Claire WI, painting
2018 Tapebenders : We Are All Gone, Milwaukee WI, album art
2017 Inside Job, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI, painting
2017 After Gallery : Grand Opening, Milwaukee WI, backdrop painting
2016 WebsterX, "Everything" Music Video, prop artist
2016 Black Cat Alley Project Gala, Kenilworth Building, Milwaukee WI, backdrop painting
2016 Spring Gallery Night, Meraki, Milwaukee WI, backdrop painting
2016 My Candle Burns At Both Ends, Hot Pop Gallery, Milwaukee WI, backdrop painting
2015 The Wisconsin Dinner Party, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee WI, painting
2015 45 North Squared, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac WI, painting
2013 Before I Die : Milwaukee Wall, Sky High Skateboard Shop and Gallery, Milwaukee WI, public art
2008 Au Printemps! Magpie Boutique and Gallery, San Diego CA, painting
CURATORIAL
2018 Hip-Hop Dance Party : Kendrick Lamar + The Leaders of the New School, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2018 Arte Para Todos 2018 Poster Series, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2017 A Very Dirty Dance Party, The Remix : Beyonce + JayZ VS Rihanna + Drake, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2017 A Very 90s Dance Party : 90s HipHop & RNB VS The End of Summer, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2017 A Very Dope Dance Party : Chance the Rapper + Kanye VS Kendrick Lamar + Dr. Dre, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2017 Arte Para Todos 2017 Poster Series, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2016 A Very Dirty Dance Party : Beyonce + JayZ VS Rihanna + Drake, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
2016 Arte Para Todos 2016 Poster Series, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI
AWARDS + RESIDENCIES
2016 Artist Residency, Stage Design, Company Brewing, Milwaukee WI, creation and installation of custom backdrops for select shows and bands
2001 Artist Residency, Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT { August, 4 weeks }
2001 Partial Fellowship, Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
2001 Best of Show Award, MIAD Senior Thesis Show, Milwaukee WI
1997 Academic Excellence 4-Year Scholarship, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design WI
COLLECTIONS
Trouble Bar + Spirits "Crystal Cave"
Not A Venue "Amerikan Klassiks"
Planned Parenthood "Through the Darkness, Rays of Light"
Cactus Club "Op Art Psychedelia"
Company Brewing "Full Moon 1970s Variety Show Color Explosion"
Little Scream "Neon Abstract Galaxy"
Company Brewing "New Boyz Club Trilogy"
Siamese "Geological Set"
Company Brewing "90s Neon Explosion"
Shannon and the Clams "Bizarro Jungle"
VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS, LECTURES + PANELS, TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
2018 Stage Design Workshop, Backdrops on a Budget, Girls Rock MKE Camp, Milwaukee WI
2017 Dream Job, Panelist, Curtin School - 8th Grade, Milwaukee WI
2017 Women in the Music Industry, Panelist, Girls Rock MKE Camp, Milwaukee WI
2017 Teacher Assistant, Humboldt Park School, Milwaukee WI
2016 Teacher Assistant, Humboldt Park School, Milwaukee WI
2010 Visiting Artist, Lecturer, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI
2002 Visiting Artist Workshop, Installation Art, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee WI
2001 Teacher Assistant, Precollege Program, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI
2000 Teacher Assistant, Artists Working in Education, Milwaukee WI
2000 Teacher Assistant, Precollege Program, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI
PUBLICATIONS + PRESS
Macek, Katy: "Catch it before it’s gone: ArtFly to hold four-hour pop-up gallery", Leader-Telegram, October 19 2017
Kneevers, Kat, Review, "Alumni Return for 'Inside Job' at MIAD", WisconsinGazette, August 24 2017
Herbert, Edyn, Audio Interview, “The Spirit of the Eaux Claires Music Festival”, WUWM 89.7, June 24 2017
Gurpreet: "Interview - Kristina Rolander on creating immersive environments and large-scale paintings", Pixpa, January 26 2017
Burich, Amelinda: “Painting the Milwaukee Music Scene”, 88.9 Radio Milwaukee, August 1 2016.
Imig, Nate, Backdrop featured from Arte Para Todos 2016, “MILWAUKEE with John Gurda: Bayview (Episode 5)”, 88.9 Radio Milwaukee, April 27 2016.
Williams-Ng, Stacey: “Usable Space Exhibits the Uncommon and Poetic”, JSOnline, May 13 2014.
Antlfinger, Carrie, Interview, “'Before I Die' Walls Inspire, Motivate”, Associated Press, December 4 2013.
Simonson, Lisa: “What do you want to do before you die?”, OnMilwaukee.com, November 17 2013.
Schumacher, Mary Louise: “'Before I Die ... ' wall goes up in Bay View”, JSOnline, November 5 2013.
Kacner, Krystal, Interview, “Artwork in Milwaukee asks what you want to do before you die”, Fox6Now.com, November 5 2013.
Schumacher, Mary Louise: “Candy Chang's 'Before I Die...' comes to Milwaukee”, JSOnline, October 22,2013.
Art is Moving, Interview, "I Am An Artist: Kristina Rolander, Wisconsin", ArtIsMoving.com, October 11 2011.
Seymour, Rebecca: "The Value of an Art Education", Metroparent Magazine, August 2010
Schumacher, Mary Louise: “A Few Pix from MAM After Dark”, JSOnline, March 15 2010.
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Admissions Postcard, 2001
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Admissions Catalog, 1999-2000