hey y'all - I'm abby -

hey y'all - I'm abby -

The artist behind the glass, the human behind the Janet (etc. etc.)

Abigail [abby] Kosberg

she/her | pisces | tummy ache survivor

I’m a Minneapolis-based artist, curator, & nonprofit consultant. I currently live with my loving husband and our flock of dogs (Janet, Titan, & more??) in the beautiful plains of one of the suspiciously too many regions claiming to be associated with Paul Bunyon.

I started my career in the art world just over 10 years ago with hopes of one day working as a dignified museum curator. Since then, I sprinted through three degrees, many internships, lots of part-time jobs, & any curator-adjacent opportunity I could find—eventually working my way up to the title of ‘Executive Director & Curator’.

Unfortunately, years of sprinting led to some serious burnout. I stepped down from my director role in early 2023 to recover from that burnout, prioritize my physical & mental health, and heal from some work-related trauma. I decided to focus on creativity as a daily habit, & through that practice, I started to more seriously teach myself stained glass.

As someone who’s constantly jumped from one art-related hyper focus to another, I’m not sure if it’s the fact that I got diagnosed/medicated for ADHD for the first time or that I was unemployed & had a lot of time on my hands, but I fell hard for stained glass. Much of my work is biographical in some way, exploring my relationship to my body, my femininity, and my loved ones (in addition to things I find funny & Janet spam). I believe I’ve found my voice through glass, I’m excited to share it, and I haven’t looked back since walking away from my burnt out life.

All that goes to say, I’m so glad you’re here and thankful you read this far on my ‘about me’ page. Feel free to send me a message if you have any questions, thoughts, or even if you just want a random Janet picture. Cheers to you!

— XOXO Gossip Girl

& now, what you were actually looking for:

my resume

(to skip this junk and download a pdf copy, click here)

Education

Arts & Cultural Work Experience

Other Work Experience

  • Early Childhood Educator, New Horizon Academy | Maple Grove, MN

  • Server Manager, Trappeze Pub | Athens, GA

  • Server, Kieran’s Irish Pub | Minneapolis, MN

  • Bartender; Neighborhood Expert, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill

  • Financial Scribe, CopyTalk Business Services | Athens, GA

  • Data Entry Clerk, Dealership Development Incorporated | Barrington, IL

  • Languages: German (highly proficient); French (reading proficient)

  • Strong written and oral communication skills; experienced editor

  • Highly experienced exhibition preparator, art handler, & gallery/collection photographer

  • Experienced grant writer and fundraiser

  • Highly proficient with social media and low budget marketing strategies

  • Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, and Adobe Suite

  • Experienced with museum, archive, and metadata databases (Past Perfect, Art Logic, MDID, VRACORE)

  • Highly proficient with Quickbooks, Constant Contact, Mailchimp, Squarespace, Wordpress, Asana, Slack

  • Practicing artist; trained in painting, stained glass, graphic design, fiber arts, letterpress, and printmaking

Skills

Select Curatorial Work

Kingdom Animalia | Winter 2023 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

34th Annual Members Exhibition | Fall 2022 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

NSCA Installation Invitational | Fall 2022 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

Ope! Minnesota Artist Feature | Summer 2022 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

This is Normal | Spring 2022 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

Minnesota Artist’s Association Annual Juried Exhibition | Spring 2022 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

Connected: Art and the Environment | Fall 2022 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

Mini-Sota | Summer 2021 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

Cory Favre’s The White Knuckled Project | Summer 2021 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

Suburbia | Spring 2021 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

Monochrome | Spring 2021 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

Home of Memories: Stories of the Iraqi-American Reconciliation Project | Fall 2020 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

Extremely Minnesota: 25th Annual Juried Exhibition | Winter 2020 | The Robbin Gallery

The Circle: Tapestries of Susan Gangsei | Fall 2019 | North Suburban Center for the Arts

A Room of Their Own | Summer 2019 | Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation

Ultra Normal: Tales from Nowhere | Spring 2019 | curator; Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation

Southworks: 25th Annual Juried Art Exhibition | Spring 2019 | Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation

David & Goliath | Winter 2018 | Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation

Georgia Watercolor Association Annual Juried Exhibition | Winter 2018 | Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation

Making Masters: 9th Annual Exhibition | Summer 2018 | Madison Museum of Fine Art

Louise Blair Daura: A Virginian in Paris | Winter 2018 | (assisted) Georgia Museum of Art

Opera in Print: Posters from the Collection of Murray & Anne Blum | Fall 2017 | Georgia Museum of Art

Exhibitions By Mail: The Art & Project Bulletin | Summer 2017 | Georgia Museum of Art

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