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Kirsten Stromberg is an interdisciplinary artist and lecturer at Syracuse University in Florence, Italy. Her areas of interest include contemporary art, feminism, postcolonial thought, esoteric philosophical inquiry, intercultural exchange and education. Her work addresses these issues through various media from sound to video to collage, installation, collaboration and painting.

Kirsten graduated a Senior Fellow from Dartmouth College focusing on experimental music, sound sculpture, sound installation and painting. In 2005 she completed her MFA in Arts and Consciousness Studies at John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, CA with her thesis 'Negotiating Desire' exploring duality through the intersections between poststructuralist feminism and ancient buddhist texts. She has lectured and taught at several universities and art institutes throughout Italy including Washington University in St Louis-Florence Campus, Mediterranean Center for Arts and Sciences, and Florence University in the Arts. She has also participated in several workshops taught by the collaborative duo Rosenclaire including a residency in Michaelis Art Institute in Capetown, South Africa as well as an artist cultural exchange in the province of Venda, South Africa working with Master Carvers from the region. Her work has been shown in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Florence, London, Copenhagen and Berlin.

www.kirstenstromberg.net