CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
2018 BA in Studio Art/Painting, University of Puget Sound
BA in French, University of Puget Sound
Professional Experience
2020-present Cofounder of ANIMUS arts collective, organizing events with live bands, performing arts and visual artists, running social media and created website
2020-2021 Social media manager for REcreate/REcrear: crisis response art therapy studio
2018-2021 Museum Educator/ Teaching Artist – Tacoma Art Museum
2019-2020 Fine Artist – Fresh Northwest Design
2017-2018 Course Assistant ARTS 101 Visual Concepts for 4 faculty members, University of
Puget Sound
2017 Curated Pop-Up exhibit for North West 5 Painting Colloquium
Set Design, The Seagull, Norton Clapp Theater
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2023 Haine's Foundation Grant recipient
2020 Accepted to Vermont Studio Center residency, canceled due to COVID
2018 Senior Art Award – Senior Thesis Exhibition
Juried Best in Show Award – Annual Students Annual
2017-18 Art Talent Scholarship
2016-17 Art Talent Scholarship
2015-present Phi Eta Sigma Member
2015 Emerging Artist Scholarship, Elaine Frenett Wallowa Retreat
Exhibition Record
2024 Solo Show, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
Migraine Heroes Exhibition Featured Artist, online exhibition
Endometriosis Awareness Show, Q Gallery Lacock, UK
International Endometriosis Art Exhibition, Kristiansund Kunstforening, Kristiansund, Norway
International Endometriosis Art Exhibition, Rinadal, Norway
2023 Accepted to deYoung Open, San Francisco, CA (canceled due to residency change)
Solo show, Catalyst Ashland, OR
Juried show at 2051 Thirdspace, San Francisco, CA
2022 Dual show with artist Isabella Saavedra, 1078 Gallery, Chico CA
2020 Solo show, Bluebeard Tacoma
Juried art show, Tacoma Art museum
2019 Juried art show, Tacoma Art museum
Collins Memorial Library show (year long)
2018 Body Positive Week Art Show, Student Union Building, University of Puget Sound
Art Students Annual
Senior Thesis Show
12th Annual Alder Arts Walk
2017 Pop-Up Exhibit North West 5 Painting Colloquium
2015 Art Students Annual, Kitteredge Gallery
Pop-Up Exhibit, Student Union Building, University of Puget Sound
Public Speaking
2024 Vision 2025: Building Creative Success Guest Speaker for ART. Domains
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Print Media
Art Odyssey "Success", December 2024, Pages 21-24
Mail Tribune: May 16 2021, Page A2
Ashland Daily Tidings: May 15 2021, Page A2
Counterbound : Summer 2020
Arches: Summer 2018
Crosscurrents: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016
KUPS Zine : Spring 2018
Elements: Spring 2018, Fall 2017
Wetlands: Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
Arches: May 2018
Blogs
Elaine Frenett, “Our Retreat “Emerging Artist” Scholarship Awarded!!”, “Visual Art Journaling”, April 4 2015. https://visualartjournaling.wordpress.com/2015/04/04/our-retreat-emerging-artist-scholarship-awarded/
Website Publications
https://art.art/blog/painting-chronic-pain-and-illness
https://drewaltizer.com/event/21542-san-francisco-art-week-minnesota-street-project/photo/7469747
https://www.mailtribune.com/top-stories/2021/05/14/filming-the-invisible/
https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/41c4809de674f21f5a9aa6d4566cc752-Filming-the-invisible
https://www.glartent.com/US/Chico/113472948696717/1078-Gallery
Dave Davison, " UPS art students explore variety of media in annual exhibit," Tacoma Weekly, January 25, 2018. https://tacomaweekly.com/city-life/ups-art-students-explore-variety-of-media-in-annual-exhibit/
https://tacomaweekly.com/arts/new-art-openings-in-bloom/
https://www.pugetsound.edu/about/offices-services/office-of-communications/arches/sketchbook/
Podcasts
https://majorpainpodcast.com/visualizing-chronic-pain-a-conversation-with-kyrianna/
https://www.audible.com/podcast/Using-Self-Portraits-to-Represent-Chronic-Pain/B0DG29M7QS
https://www.womenunitedartmovement.com/podcast
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-rebchat-candid/episode-10-kyrianna-bolles-sVKST-FJYnA/
Technical Abilities
Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite, Ink, Colored Pencil, Pastel, basic Photoshop
Foreign Languages Spoken
French