Kirstin Guenther
OPEN STUDIO
7 + 8 NOVEMBER 2026
Day + Time | Saturday + Sunday | 10am – 4pm
Location | 1 Luther Place, MacGregor ACT
Access | Wheelchair accessible toilets | Wheelchair accessibility | EFTPOS | Cash | Toilet | Refreshments
Visit Kirstin’s light-filled studio and browse a selection of artworks, textiles, tea towels and lampshades. There may be honey and bees, cups of tea and even a sneaky glass of bubbles. Lots of things to buy, with locally handmade art products perfect for Christmas gifting and the year ahead. Expect wonderful artworks and beautiful objects to love and inspire.
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Kirstin Guenther is an artist who searches for the esoteric beauty and meaning in everyday life. Growing up in Canberra, Australia in the 1970s, Kirstin has always been fascinated with the beauty of the natural world. She grew up enjoying the simplicity of spending time in the environment, exploring the connection between living things, their structures and the underlying mystery of life.
Educated at the Australian National University with a BA Visual Arts (Hons) specialising in Textiles and Glass, her graduation work culminated in the creation of immersive spaces. She later completed a Masters in Teaching and for several years Kirstin used her artistic ability to create screen printed textiles for homewares. She also worked as an educator in regional and national galleries and in adult education. During these career moves she continuously engaged in artistic life and a practice motivated by expressing beauty and connection between humanity and equality, psychology and spirituality, science and nature and how these ideas intersect.
As is common with many women artists, Kirstin is finding more time to dedicate to her art practice as her children grow to independence. In this time of re-emergence, Kirstin’s work is focussing intellectually and visually on the connection between the building blocks of the natural world, the beauty of space and time, luminosity and shadow, transparency and opacity and what is seen and what is hidden. She works in multiple mediums including fabric, paper, ink, oil pastel and markers. Kirstin lives and works in Canberra with her husband, two children, two dogs and three cats. She works at her art practice in her sanctuary and home studio and as an art teacher for students with disabilities.
Images | Kirstin Guenther | Open Studio, 2025 | Photos by 5 Foot Photography