Kristin Dobrowolski
Artist Name: Kristin Kjørlaug
IG: @kristinkjorlaug – FB: Kristin Kjorlaug
Education
Northland Baptist Bible College, Dunbar, WI — Church Ministries, Bachelors —2000-2004
Intergenerational Art Education, Edina, MN — 100+ hours with my Norwegian Grandmother painting Norwegian Rosemaling. My Grandmother was trained in Rosemaling at the Vesterheim Museum Folk Art School, Decorah, Iowa, as well as a study trip to Norway —1997-2000
Bio
Kristin Kjorlaug is a decorative art painter in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania with an intergenerational art education in Norwegian Rosemaling, gained at the side of her Norwegian grandmother who trained in the art of Rosemaling at the Vesterheim Museum Folk Art school. With a passion for her roots in Norway (and Sweden), Kristin continues to embellish and expand the decorative art strokes she learned from her grandmother.
Experience
GALLERY840, ALLENTOWN PA — 2021-2024
Gallery Assistant. Receptionist, Scheduling, Curating, Communication, teaching, gathering artists, social media.
Citylight bible church — 2023-present
Visual art and Design team leader. Wall art and furniture.
Vast (Valley Against Sex Trafficking) — 2019-2020
Fundraising Gala Committee. Art Gallery Curator and Event Decor
Allentown bible Church — 2012-2023
Volunteer Coordinator. Schedules, Curriculum, and training for Children’s class teaching team.
Market Vision partners — 2005-2008
Data Entry
Skills
Art Gallery Assistant, Decorative Art Painting, Folk Art Stroke Painting, Scheduling, Data Entry, Receptionist, Curating, Brainstorming, Research.
Art Exhibits and Events
2025 – Lehigh Art Alliance Spring Juried Show, Luckenbach Mill, Bethlehem, PA
2024 – Cultivating Artists exhibit and artist care day. Organizer, speaker, exhibitor
2024 – Creatures Great and Small exhibit at gallery840, Allentown, PA
2024 – Plein Air Nazareth exhibit, Nazareth Center for the Arts, Nazareth, PA
2024 – Art in the Park exhibitor at West Park, Allentown PA
2024 – LAA Studio Tour at gallery840, Allentown, PA
2023 – Inklings Art Exhibit, Square Halo Gallery, Lancaster, PA
2023 – Moment of Joy exhibit at gallery840, Allentown, PA
2023 – Around the Valley Juried exhibit at gallery840, Allentown, PA
2023 – Holiday Show at gallery840, Allentown, PA
2022 – Collaborative Art Project coordinator for the members of Allentown Bible Church.
2022 – Coming Alive exhibit at gallery840, Allentown, PA
2022 – Something Blue exhibit at gallery840, Allentown, PA
2022 – Branches exhibit at gallery840, Allentown PA
2022 – Holiday Show at gallery840, Allentown, PA
2021 – Collaborative Art Project coordinator with Valley Against Sex Trafficking victims. Decorating a space for the women to be in.
2021 – Waking Up exhibit at gallery840, Allentown, PA
2021 – Holiday Show at gallery840, Allentown, PA
2019 – Freedom to Fly Art Exhibit for the Valley Against Sex Trafficking Gala
2018 – Coauthor and Illustrator for “Jesus’ Unexpected Family Tree.”
2007 – Wall Mural Commission at Slate Belt Baptist Church
2000 – Senior Art Project, Decorative Arts – Norwegian Rosemaling on a wooden plate. 1st Place in the state of Missouri and exhibited at the high school National Art Competition.
1997-2000 – Intergenerational Art Education, Edina, MN — 100+ hours with my Norwegian Grandmother painting Norwegian Rosemaling. My Grandmother was trained in Rosemaling at the Vesterheim Museum Folk Art School, Decorah, Iowa, as well as a study trip to Norway.