Stella Kisstiger

I was born and spent the first 20 years of my life in my native Belarus. I'm a self-taught artist. I resonate with the likes of Wassily Kandinsky and Cy Twombly, or my country man Marc Chagall.

Color and its exploration are some of the main driving forces of my work. The shapes and the dynamic created by the flowing paint fascinate me. Rather than fight the crooked line, I embrace it and build on it. Pouring, splashing, dripping, rolling, mark-making help me create the languid, biomorphic dancing shapes, while also leaving almost no trace of me touching the canvas. With my work, I hope to immerse the viewer into a sense of mystery, wonder, fun, and maybe a little contemplation. My process is highly intuitive and physical, and it's moved forward by the emerging image itself as I react to it.

I work out of my studio in Sacramento, California.

City College of San Francisco, CA
Photoacademy of Moscow, Russia
Oaksterdam University, Oakland, CA
Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus

2020
Berkeley Art Center Members Exhibition
"Modern Abstracts" Kennedy Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2019
"New Contemporary" Keep Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
"Music for the Eyes" Studios Eleven, Oakland, CA
"14th Annual Painting Exhibition" Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR

2018
"Turbulence" Studios Eleven, Oakland, CA

2017
"Fluid" - Studios Eleven, Oakland, CA

2016
"Dreamscapes" – O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
"YOLO", Studios Eleven, Oakland, CA

2015
Torpedo Sushi, Oakland, CA
Farley's, Emeryville, CA

2014
Jump'n Java, Oakland, CA

2013
Audible Colors, Blackball Universe Gallery, Oakland, CA

2012
Playscapes, Progressive Grounds Coffee, San Francisco, CA