Selected Solo Exhibitions

Common Ground, Deschutes Gallery, Rogue Valley Manor, Medford, OR. Jan 2022
Oregon Coast, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Feb – March 2021
Deschutes Gallery, Rogue Valley Manor, Medford, OR. Sep 2017
Oregon Coast Trail series, Barnstormers, Grants Pass, OR. 2016
Santa Cruz County Parks & Recreation Department, Santa Cruz, CA. Oct 2014- Jan 2015
Santa Cruz County Government Center, Arts Council Santa Cruz County. Aug-Oct 2014

Selected Group Exhibitions

Rogue Valley Biennial, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford, OR. 2023
Featured Artist, Manley Art Center, Brookings, OR. July 2022
Faux Fun, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR. 2021. Curator, exhibiter.
6×6, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR. 2021. Curator.
Rogue Valley Biennial, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR. 2021
Rogue Valley Biennial, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford, OR. 2019
Black, White, and the Blues,  OR. 2019
Membership Exhibition, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR. 2015, -16, -17, -18, -19, -20
Featured Artist, Gallery One, Grants Pass, OR. 2018
Open Studios Preview Exhibition, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR. 2018
Black, White, and the Blues, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR. 2018
Rogue Valley Biennial, Grants Pass Museum of Art, OR. 2017
Oregon Coast Trail, Untitled 2.0 Gallery, Grants Pass, OR. 2017
Strange Bedfellows, Untitled 2.0 Gallery, Grants Pass, OR. 2017
A Radical Light, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR. 2017
Black, White, and the Blues, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR. 2017
Open Studios Preview Exhibition, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR. 2016
Southern Oregon Art Show, Firehouse Gallery, Grants Pass, OR. 2016
Black, White and the Blues, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR. 2016
Umpqua Plein Air, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR. 2015
Everybody’s Ocean, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA. 2014- 2015
Local Essence, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. 2014
Perspectives, 1301 Gallery, Omaha, NE. 2011
The Passageway Gallery, Omaha, NE. 2011-2012
The Art of Painting, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. 2006
BFA Show, The White Tower, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 2003
ArtWindows, Nordstrom on Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Il. Juried by Jeannie Long and Nordstrom. 2003
Accreditation Review, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Invitational. 2002
Noggins, Cabrillo College Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California. 2000
Women’s Art Show, University of California at Santa Cruz. Invitational. 1999
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA 1997
Santa Cruz County Government Center, Santa Cruz, California. 1996-97

Bibliography

Bob Hicks, No news like good news, Oregon Arts Watch, February 18, 2021
Cathy E. Kelley, A Shot of Paint: Grants Pass Artist Kristen O’Neill Turns Photos into Treasures Rogue Valley Messenger. February 17, 2021
Edith Decker, Coastal scenes get spotlight at reopened Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass Daily Courier. February 11, 2021
Kathleen Alaks, Instructor takes students outside to learn composition, Grants Pass Daily Courier. August 23, 2020
Julie VandenBerg, The Art of Justin Gordon and Kristen O’Neill The Sneak Preview (Ashland) – January 3, 2020
Kathleen Alaks, Music, dancing, beer, artwork and more – it’s First Friday Live, Grants Pass Daily Courier. October 4, 2018
Drawing class designed for artists of all levels, Grants Pass Daily Courier. September 12, 2018
Any Aye for Art, Ashland Tidings. May 4, 2018
Edith Decker, Fifth graders do art at GPMA thanks to grants, Grants Pass Daily Courier. March 18, 2018
Gigi Rosenburg, Don’t Skimp on Follow-Up, Professional Artist magazine. December 2017/January 2018 issue.
Kathleen Alaks, Digital Snapshots, Acrylic Strokes: Embark upon the Oregon Coast Trail through photographs by Pete Miller and paintings by Kristen O’Neill at Untitled 2.0, Grants Pass Daily Courier. May 18, 2017
Jefferson Exchange, The Oregon Coast, By Foot and Paintbrush, radio interview. August 25, 2016
Art Along the Trail: Kristen O’Neill and her Oregon Coast Trail Paintings,  Southern Oregon Magazine, Spring 2017 issue, pg. 37
Edith Decker, Paint like a famous artist at popular new class series,  Grants Pass Daily Courier. March 30, 2017
Edith Decker, Working artists: 23 will be part of revived studio tour, Grants Pass Daily Courier. September 22, 2016
Madeline Shannon, Children enjoyed a summer of art, Home & Family, Grants Pass Daily Courier. September 9, 2016.
Edith Decker, Winners chosen for 68th Southern Oregon Art Show, Grants Pass Daily Courier. August 9, 2016
Umpqua forest art up at Ma Mosa’s, Grants Pass Daily Courier. April 2, 2016
Tarmo Hannula, Capturing a personal feel of nature, Register-Pajaronian. Review. August 21, 2014
Julia Chiapella, A Roaring Tribute to Emerging Artists, Santa Cruz County Sentinel. Review. May 23, 1997
Vicki Winters, Santa Cruz Art League Encourages Young Artists, The Mid County Post, May 27, 1997
Art on Broadway: A Publication of the Santa Cruz Art League Center for the Arts, Vol. 5, No. 2, June 1997

Selected Awards

2nd Place, Southern Oregon Art Show, Firehouse Gallery, Rogue Community College, 2016
Award of Distinction, by juror Mike Hernandez, Umpqua Plein Air. 2015
Honorable Mention, by juror George Rivera, the Senior Curator of the Triton Museum during the Santa Cruz Art League’s “The Art of Painting.” 2006
Outstanding Achievement Award in Painting, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. 1997

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 2003 
Connecting Communities Leadership Award, Department of Exhibitions and Events, SAIC. 2003

Common In-Person Teaching Venues

Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, Oregon
Rogue Valley Gallery and Art Center, Medford, Oregon
Manley Art Center, Brookings, Oregon
Southern Oregon Guild, Illinois Valley, Oregon

Volunteer

Josephine County Cultural Coalition, Treasurer, Board of Directors. 2022 – current
Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, OR. Dec. 2020
Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR. Oct. 2015 – current
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA. October 2014 – Jul 2015
FEA$T, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE. May 2012
Gala 13th Annual Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE. Oct. 2011