artist statement
In the spring of 2010, I made a decision to keep new work out of the public eye for a year. This was an attempt to allow myself to grow as an artist while in in private. I spent the next several months studying figurative art on my laptop, smoking tobacco pipes, raising my son, and painting virtually nothing. At some point I became depressed and considered giving up art all together. The suffocating Texas heat was finally vanquished by Fall. Winter came and with it returned the familiar craving to paint. My work focuses on the figure, character flaws, emotion....really just the human condition. In creating my mixed media paintings, I use acrylic, oil, spray paint, charcoal, and collage. The 2011 collection has been said have the perfect mix of sensitivity and pandamonium. I guess that's a matter of opinion. One thing is for sure though...after everything I experienced over the course of last year, I can say without a doubt that making art has never meant as much to me as it does now.
bio
ckirk is an urban contemporary painter concentrating on figurative art. For more than a decade, he rambled across the country consuming legendary amounts of booze, drugs, sex, misadventure, and jail food. In 2005 he sobered up, settled down, married and turned his insatiable appetite toward becoming a successful artist. After stampeding the Dallas art scene, kirk's art quickly became a sought after commodity by local collectors, visitors, and those just passing through.
Since then, ckirk has turned his focus toward a broader global audience. His work has been featured in publications (both in print and online) worldwide. The art of C.Kirk hangs in corporate and private collections across the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
C. Kirk lives and works in Texas.
selected exhibits
2011 - Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, California, (“Black Christmas"”)
2011 - Seven Minus Seven, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, (“Less Than Zero"”)
2011 - Seven Minus Seven, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, (“Sacred Nothingness"”)
2010 - Red Propeller Gallery, Kingsbridge, Devon, United Kingdom (“Back Of Beyond”)
2010 - Art Asylum Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
2010 - Art Asylum Boston, New York, New York
2010 - M2 Gallery, Houston, TX, (“Neopopstreetfunk II”)
2010 - The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, California (“MAYhem”)
2010 - 4th Wall Gallery, Dallas, Texas (“Building Character - C.Kirk with Jeru Gabriel & Hatziel Florez”)
2010 - Latitude Zero Fine Art Gallery, Orlando, Florida (“Small Wonders”)
2009 / 2010 - The Contemporary Art Center Of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia (“Davmo & The Young Guns")
2009 - Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas TX (“Art Love Magic: Underground”)
selected print publications
Blisss Magazine
“Designing Obama"
The Houston Press
Juice Magazine
Southern Swagg Magazine
City Art Cal “Fine Art In Dallas”
D Home Magazine,
Envy Magazine
Town Square Magazine
selected online publications
Pelime
Empty Kingdom
Vimby - Video In My Backyard
Stamp Magazine
Urban Art Association
Aleloop
Yellow Plug Magazine
Awesome Abstract Art
Helloooooo
Artshout Art To Rock Your World
Red Door NY
Grounded TV
The Obama Art Report
Hey That's My Cab
NBC Dfw
Dallas Art News
News: POP
Orlando Weekly
Dallas Observer
Glasstire
Modern Dallas
Dallas News
DFW Art
Art & Seek
Guide Live
Dallas Arts Revue Calendar
Pegasus News
The Subrosa Blog Spot
corporate commissions
Absolut Vodka
Pepsi