Kristie Bretzke, Artist

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PublicationEDUCATION

University of Minnesota.  B.F.A., Art History Minor.
     (Scholarship recipient, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth Campus)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
The Hurinenko and Paquet Studio.  St. Paul, MN.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Lynnhurst Gallery, Face to Face, Lynnhurst Congregational Church, Mpls.  MN
2008 Bethlehem Lutheran Church,Face to Face,  Minneapolis, MN.
2008  Hennepin United Methodist Church,Face to Face, Minneapolis, MN.
2007 Premier Gallery,Face to Face.  Minneapolis, MN. 
2006/2005 Premier Gallery, Continuation.  Minneapolis, MN.
2004 Premier Gallery, Portraits.  Minneapolis, MN. 

TWO AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2008 Westminster Presbeterian Gallery.  Beauty that Speaks.  Minneapolis, MN. Three-person show.
2005 College of St. Benedict, Reality Show.  St. Joseph, MN.  Two-person show.   
2005 Coffman Gallery,University of Minnesota.  Minneapolis, MN.  Three-person show.
2005 Inez Greenberg Gallery, Extra-ordinary.  Bloomington, MN.  Two-person show.
2004 Paul Larson Gallery, Three Views, University of Minnesota. Three-person show.

JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Premier Gallery. Contemporary Minnesota.   Minneapolis, MN.
2008/2007/2006 Minneapolis Institute of Art.  Art Perchance.  Minneapolis, MN.
2008 Premier Gallery, Genus Elephas, Minneapolis, MN 55403
2008 Form and Content Gallery, Party Party in a Tweety Land…, Minneapolis, MN
2008/2005 Premier Gallery, Gallery Artists.   Minneapolis, MN.
2008  Traffic Zone Gallery,  Figure Zone,  Minneapolis, MN.
2008 Minnesota Center for Book Arts.  Minneapolis, MN.
2009/2008/2005/2004/2003/2001 Fine Arts Exhibit.  Minnesota State Fair.  St. Paul, MN.
2008.  Gallery 13. Northern Exposure. Minneapolis, MN 
2007 Premier Gallery.  Sculpture Scene.  Minneapolis, MN.  Six person show.
2006 Hopkins Center for the Arts.  Society of Minnesota Sculptors.  Hopkins, MN.
2005 Inez Greenberg Gallery.  Society of Minnesota Sculptors.  Bloomington, MN.
2005 Inez Greenberg Gallery.  Member Show.  Bloomington, MN. 
2005/2004/2003/2002/2000 Laura H Miles Gallery. Minnetonka Center for the Arts,    Minnetonka, MN.
2004. Phipps Center for the Arts, Posed.  Hudson, WI.  Six-person show.
2003 Master Framers.  Society of Minnesota Sculptors. St. Paul, MN. 
2003/2002 Premier Gallery, Society of Minnesota Sculptors.  Minneapolis, MN. 
2002 Bloomington Art Center, Group Show.   Bloomington, MN. 
2001 Bloomington Art Center, 20x20.  Bloomington, MN. 
2000 St Paul Art Partnership Exhibit. St. Paul, MN. 

OTHER SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010 Minneapolis Foundation, Art and Justice. Minneapolis, MN.
2009 Kaiping Art Museum, Plein-Air Painters, Kaiping, China
2009/2008/2007 Zone Gallery.  Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, Minneapolis, MN.
2009 Council on Crime and Justice.  Art and Justice.  Minneapolis, MN
2007 The RAIN Collective, Annual Show.  Minneapolis, MN.
2006/2004  Northeast MN Invitational Sculpture Show.  Minneapolis, MN.
2006/2005/2004 Keg House Collective, Annual Show.  Minneapolis, MN.
2008/2007/2006/2005/2004 Art-a-Whirl.  Minneapolis, MN.   
2006/2005/2004 NEMAA Fine Arts Show.  Minneapolis, MN.
2005 Premier Gallery.  Art on the Town.  Minneapolis, MN.  Featured artist. 
2004/2003/2002/2001/2000 The 700 Studio Show.  Minneapolis, MN. 
2003 Babylon Gallery, Images of War.  Minneapolis, MN. 
2002 Lakeview Hospital, 20X20 Group Show.  Stillwater, MN. 

AWARDS

2008 Fine Arts Exhibit, MN State Fair.  Honorable Mention Painting.
2006 Society of Minnesota Sculptors.  Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN.   
     Honorable Mention.
2005 Society of Minnesota Sculptors.  Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington Art Center,
Bloomington, MN.  First place award. 
2005 Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN. Group Show.     
      Award of Excellence.
2004 Fine Arts Exhibit, MN State Fair.  4th Place, Sculpture.
2004 Society of Minnesota Sculptors, Edina Art Center, Edina, MN. 
       Award of Excellence.               
2003 Fine Arts Exhibit, MN State Fair.  4th Place, Painting.
2002 Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN.  Best of Show.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member of the Society of Minnesota Sculptors (Featured in 2004/2005/2006/2007 newsletters), www.mnsculptors.com
Member of Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, www.trafficzoneart.com

PUBLICATIONS  (Reviews or Articles)

St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 2008
The Open Studio Press, Studio Visit, January 2008, November 2008.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Hand to Hand Art Book, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 2008/2007/2006 reviews by Mary Abbe
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 2005
The Rake Magazine, 2007
Lavender Magazine, 2007
The Pulse, 2007
Vitamn, 2008/2007
Downtown Journal, Minneapolis, Oct. and Nov. 2007
Downtown Gallery Guide, Minneapolis, 2007
Minnesota Sculpture Society Newsletter, 2008/2007/2006/2005/2004
Minnesota Monthly, 2007/2006
Metro Lutheran, 2007
College of St. Benedict/ St. Johns Newsletter, 2005

MEDIA & PRESENTATIONS

Curator, EPHEMERA, 4 person show, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2008
WCCO Radio, Interview with Geralyn Steele, 2007
WCCO Radio, Interview, the Jack Rice Show, 2007
United Way Leadership Series, featured speaker, 2007
Thrivent Financial Reception, featured speaker, 2007
Lutheran Social Service Reception, featured speaker, 2007

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