Vesna Krezich Kittelson is a Croatian American painter. Kittelson was born in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

and grew up in

Split, Croatia )'' , settlement_type = List of cities and towns in Croatia, City , anthem = ''Marjane, Marjane'' , image_skyline = , imagesize = 267px , image_caption = Top: Nighttime view of ...

. Kittelson received her B.A. in law from the

University of Split The University of Split ( hr, Sveučilište u Splitu) is a university located in Split, Croatia. It was founded in 1974. and is organized in 13 faculties and 124 faculty programmes. As of 2009, a total of approximately 40,000 students have gradua ...

in 1970. She moved to the United States and attended the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

. She earned her B.A. in studio arts in 1974 and her M.A. in design in 1978. In 2009 Kittelson traveled to Cambridge, England where she became interested in

Emma Wedgwood Emma Darwin (; 2 May 1808 – 2 October 1896) was an English woman who was the cousin marriage, wife and first cousin of Charles Darwin. They were married on 29 January 1839 and were the parents of ten children, seven of whom survived to adulth ...

, wife of

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. Kittelson created the installation ''Mrs. Darwin's Garden'', a collection including paintings of garden fountains and strange flora with accordion folded books. The installation was exhibited at Form + Content Gallery. Kittelson's ''Young Americans'' was included in the

Weisman Art Museum The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum is an art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1934 as University Gallery, the museum was originally housed in an upper floor of the university's Northrop Auditorium. In 19 ...

's Tenuous, Though Real exhibition. Kittelson was a member of the Women's Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM). She taught at the

Minneapolis College of Art and Design The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) is a private college specializing in the visual arts and located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. MCAD currently enrolls approximately 800 students. MCAD is one of just a few major art schools to offer ...

. She has received the Bush Artists Fellowship for Painting.

References

External links

Artist website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kittelson, Vesna Living people University of Minnesota alumni University of Split alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent American people of Croatian descent Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina