Matthew Kirk is an artist born in 1978 in Arizona, who was raised in Wisconsin and lives and works in Queens. His recent solo shows include How the Rest was Won in 2016 at Louis B. James Gallery in NYC, in 2012, Push Came to Shove also at Louis B. James in 2006 He also had a solo show this past October at Makasiini Contemporary in Finland called The Good Land.
He’s had group exhibitions including 2010’s Hell No! at Convent of Saint Cecilia in Brooklyn, NY, in 2008 The Wall at Exit Art in NYC and in 2006 Strays at Art Chicago amongst many others.
His work has been published in The New York Observer, Modern Painters, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
He also was nominated for a 2019 Eiteljorg museum fellowship. His show opens there in November.