Kirstin Lamb Opens Two Coats of Paint Residency with Open Studio October 14
From October 12-16, 2026, Kirstin Lamb, a Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based painter, will serve as the Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist at 22-19 41st Avenue, Long Island City, NY. An open studio event is set for October 14, from 5 to 7 pm. Lamb, who received her MFA from RISD in 2004, is an educator at the College of the Holy Cross. Her intricate paintings, which draw inspiration from photographs, emphasize North America's woodlands and feature still lifes along with embroidery-like elements. She has a broad exhibition history and is represented by Gallery NAGA and Dirkse/Prim Gallery, with solo shows planned for 2027 and 2028. For further details, contact staff@twocoatsofpaint.com.
Key facts
- Kirstin Lamb is the Two Coats of Paint Resident Artist from October 12–16, 2026, at 22-19 41st Avenue, 6th Floor, Studio #10, Long Island City, NY.
- An open studio will be held Wednesday, October 14, 5–7 pm.
- Lamb is based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and works in an old textile mill.
- She earned her MFA from RISD in 2004 and has taught at Brown University and Clark University; she is currently a visiting faculty member at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- Her technique combines pointillism and portrait grids, using photographic sources such as wallpaper, fabrics, and forest images that she digitizes and transfers by hand.
- Her recent forest paintings are based on photographs of young deciduous forests and hover between photorealism, computer-generated pattern, and repetition of tiny marks.
- She is represented by Gallery NAGA in Boston and Dirkse/Prim Gallery in Seattle.
- Upcoming solo shows: Dirkse/Prim Gallery, Seattle, WA, in 2027; Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA, in 2028.
- Her exhibition “Scenic Wallpaper” was on view at Dirkse/Prim Gallery in Seattle from July 2–July 31, 2026.
- “Fabrications” at Garvey Simon, Artisan Lofts, 143 Reade Street, New York, NY, is on view through October 25.
Entities
Artists
- Kirstin Lamb
- Sharon Butler
- Georges Seurat
- Chuck Close
- Elizabeth Michelman
- Henri Matisse
- Anni Albers
Institutions
- Two Coats of Paint
- Brown University
- Clark University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Artscope
- Zuber et Cie
- Dirkse/Prim Gallery
- Gallery NAGA
- Wassaic Project
- Sarah Crown Gallery
- Geary
- SPRING/BREAK Art Show
- Fruitlands Museum
- Fidelity Investments
- Providence College
- Garvey Simon
- Artisan Lofts
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- RISD
- MoMA
Locations
- Providence
- Rhode Island
- United States
- Worcester
- Massachusetts
- Pawtucket
- Long Island City
- New York
- Seattle
- Washington
- Boston
- Amenia
- Millerton
- Harvard
- Tribeca
- Maine
- Pompeii
- Herculaneum
- Italy