Upcoming Exhibitions

Mended

 

In association with Museums as a Catalyst: Conceptualizing Health and Wellbeing

Exhibition Dates: March 5 - 7

  •  (b. 1978, Ganado, AZ) is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. A self-taught artist, Kirk has worked for over twelve years in New York City as a professional art handler鈥� a trade that has often influenced his artistic practice in terms of utilizing readily available materials to make his art. His gestural paintings and abstract assemblages are steeped in symbolism and iconography that relate to the visual language of the Navajo, while his use of the grid as compositional armature takes structural inspiration from traditional Navajo weavings and rugs, as well as topographical maps and urban landscapes. Kirk states, 鈥淛ust as family, work, current events, and city life are reflected in the work, my Indian heritage plays an important, but nuanced role.鈥�