Kirsten Roberts holds a BDes (Hons) 2009 and graduated with Distinction in 2014 with a practice-led MDes from Unitec, Auckland. Her project engaged with theoretical writings on interiority to inform the pursuit of perpetual spaces or places in the medium of paint.

In 2013 Roberts was awarded winner of the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, administrated by the Waikato Society of Arts. In 2008 Roberts won the Glaistor Ennor Art Award awarded to the top Auckland Art Graduate. In 2007, Roberts was Runner Up in the Wallace Art Awards.

Roberts’ paintings are held by the James Wallace Arts Trust, Deercourt Trust, Vela Family Trust and in private collections both in New Zealand and overseas.

Kirsten lives in Pt Chevalier, Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, NZ.