Studio & Table — Minneapolis
A life made by
hand, brush, and flame.
Paintings, kitchen work, and writing from Kristin Tyborski — a chef formed in the kitchens of the Dakota Jazz Club, Sea Change, Porter & Frye, and The Lynhall, now turning the same eye on canvas and page.
Selected Paintings
The studio.
Oil on canvas. Swipe through — the page borrows its pigments from whichever canvas you're standing in front of.
About
A Minneapolis hand.
Kristin Tyborski has spent twenty years moving between the front of the house and the back of the kitchen — and, increasingly, the studio. She trained in Argentina, then built her career in Minneapolis under Tim McKee at Solera, Steven Brown at Porter & Frye, and Jamie Malone at Sea Change.
In 2011 she stepped up as co-executive chef of the Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, sharing the line with Derik Moran and writing menus to match Minneapolis' best jazz room. Several years later she helped open The Lynhall on Lyndale Avenue — first as a consultant, then as general manager, then as both general manager and chef of the bakery, restaurant, food incubator, and television kitchen rolled into one.
Her paintings and writing come from the same place as her cooking: an interest in how warmth, color, and a sense of a particular room land on a stranger. She is currently developing a debut book that sits between memoir, cookbook, and field notes from a working kitchen — represented inquiries welcome.
The Kitchen
Twenty years on the line.
From Solera to Sea Change to the Dakota to The Lynhall — a working chef's history of Minneapolis, told one menu at a time.
- 2018General Manager & Chef, The Lynhall
- 2011Co-Executive Chef, Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant
- The lineLine cook, Sea Change · Porter & Frye · Solera
- EarlierCulinary school, Argentina · backpacked Europe at 22
In Progress
The book.
A memoir-shaped collection about the rooms where food gets made — the Argentine kitchen where she trained, the jazz club where she ran the line, the Lyndale Avenue bakery she helped open. Equal parts recipe, portrait, and field note. Agent and publisher inquiries welcome at the address below.
Contact
Studio & representation.
For paintings, commissions, and book inquiries:
Minneapolis · By appointment