About

Nick C. Kirk is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in New York City. A graduate of Texas Christian University with an MFA from the New York Academy of Art, Kirk’s art depicts memories both real and imagined. His style-clashing practice sees simplistic and crude drawing being paired with refined oil painting techniques….. Kirk has been an artist in residence at Mana Contemporary in Miami, Fl. He has been featured in Art Net News and The New York Times and his clients include the Wu-Tang Clan and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

EDUCATION
2016 MFA in Painting, New York Academy Of Art, New York, NY.
2002 BFA in Painting and Sculpture, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2013 Western Super Soaker, The Usual, Fort Worth, TX
Brainwash, 459 Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Landscapes, Live Oak, Fort Worth, TX.

2012 Blatantly Garish, Mokah Gallery, Dallas, TX.

SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Art Basel Pop-up Solo Exhibition/Installation, Mana Contemporary, Wynwood, Miami.
Solo Exhibit, 13 Karat, Manhattan, NY.
Group Show, Westwood Gallery, Manhattan, NY.
Group Exhibit, curated by Art2Heart & Soho Broadway Initiative, Manhattan, NY.
Group Exhibit, Carrie Able Gallery, Manhattan, NY.
Solo Exhibit, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
Solo Exhibition, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Summer 2020, curated by the National Art Club, Manhattan, NY.
In Action Figure 9, Clutter Magazine, Beacon, NY.
2020   Pop-up Installation, Wynwood, Miami.
In Action Figure 8, Clutter Magazine, Beacon, NY.
Decadence: A show about art fairs, culture, commercialism, propaganda, politics, experience, TNC Gallery, New York, NY.
Corona Cats, Art News, Manhattan, NY.
2019 Take Home A Nude, Sothebys Auction House, New York, NY.
Remix, Space Gallery, Pasadena, CA.
In Action Figure 7, Clutter Magazine, Beacon, NY.
2018   Invitational Private Yacht Gallery during Art Basel, Miami, FL.
Group Show Invitational, Perry Street Art, New York, NY.
RWK Invitational, My Plastic Heart Gallery, New York, NY.
Group Show, DesignerCon 2018, DKE, Pasadena, CA.
X Trump X, 13 Karat, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ.
Group Show, ComicCon 2018, DKE, New York, NY.
Group Show, Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL.
In Action Figure 6, Clutter Magazine, Beacon, NY.
Group Show, ComicCon 2018, DKE, San Diego, CA.
Five Pointz Fest, Brooklyn, NY.
DFW Collectives, Fort Worth, TX.
2017 Take Home A Nude, Sothebys Auction House, New York, NY.
Deck The Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.
Power Of Silence, Art Lines Gallery. Jersey City, NJ.
American Dotard, World Money Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Wu24Ever, Hotel Rivington. New York, NY.
California Designercon 2017, Pasadena, CA.
New York ComicCon 2017, New York, NY.
  Art Relief for Direct Relief, Arlo Hotel, New York, NY.
  Post, Con Art Gallery, New York, NY.
Group Show, ComicCon 2017, DKE, San Diego, CA.
Urban Art Fair, Fat Free Gallery. New York, NY.
Five Pointz Festival, Pier 81, New York, NY.
Group Show, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ.
2016 Workbook, FWCAC, Fort Worth, TX.
Picturing The Unprintable, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY.
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.
Summer Show Competition, Jury - Matthew Flowers, Ken Johnson and Helen Toomer. Flowers Gallery, New York, NY.
Super(un)natural, New York, NY.
Take Home A Nude, Sothebys Auction House, New York, NY.
Most Imaginative, Agora Gallery, New York, NY.
Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.
Trumpmania. AMOR Art Museum of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
The Locals, Group Show Invitational, Bar Ridge Art Space, New York, NY.
Group Show, Art-Hunger, FWCAC, Fort Worth, TX.
2015 Take Home A Nude, Sothebys Auction House, New York, NY.
Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.
Gallery Night, Art-Hunger, FWCAC, Fort Worth, TX.
2014   Gallery Night, FWCAC, Fort Worth, TX.
Artopia, Dallas, TX.
2013   FWCAC, Fort Worth, TX.
ArtCon9, Dallas, TX.
Art-Hunger, Stage West Theatre, Fort Worth, TX.
Arts Goggle, Near South Side, Fort Worth, TX.
Ink, White Space Gallery, Dallas, TX.
The Locals, Bizheard, Dallas, TX.
Fort Worth Gallery Night, FWCAC, Fort Worth, TX.
New Wave, Waas Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Art-Hunger, The Clamp Light Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
The Frontier, Unidos En La Frontera, El Paso, TX.
Art-Hunger, Zubar, Dallas, TX.
Arts Goggle, Fort Worth, TX.
Equestrian Spirit, Ethos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Wasted, 3409 B Main St. Dallas, TX.
2012   So Pop, FWCAC, Fort Worth, TX.
East meets West, Kettle Art Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Vinyl Thoughts Art Show 3, Life in Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX.

PROJECTS IN PARTNERSHIP
2021   Open Studios, Spring and Fall exhibits, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ.
2020   New York City Action Labs, Art Shields, Manhattan, NY.
2019   Open Studios, Spring and Fall exhibits, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ.
2018   Open Studios, Spring and Fall exhibits, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ.
2017   Open Studios, Spring and Fall exhibits, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ.
2016   Open Studios, Spring and Fall exhibits, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ.
Most Imaginative Bartender Project, Collaboration with Bombay Sapphire & Golden Paints, Agora Gallery, New York, NY.
2014   Main Street Arts Festival, Juried Competition, Fort Worth, TX.
2013   Art Outside Festival, Juried Competition, Apache Pass, TX.
Juried Show, The Underground, Dallas, TX
Invitational, Homegrown Festival, Dallas, TX
Invitational Competition, Art & Code; The Weld Show, Dallas, TX
F6 6th Anniversary. Arlington, TX
2012   Toys for Tots Benefit Show, Esoterica, Fort Worth, TX
Tarrant Area Food Bank Fundraiser, Fort Worth, TX
Art Con 8, Dallas, TX

RESIDENCIES
2018 Mana Contemporary Miami Summer Residency, Miami, FL

OUTDOOR/INDOOR MURALS
2020   Soho District, Manhattan, New York.
2018   Wynwood, Miami, FL.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY.
Midtown Salon, New York, NY.
2017   JFAC Summer Series, The Sky Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
VIP, Prospect Park Underground, Brooklyn, NY.
2013   Esoterica, Fort Worth, TX.
Esoterica, Dallas, TX.
2012   Cut, Fort Worth, TX.

PUBLICATIONS
2021   Korean Art Magazine Art in Culture, January 2021
2020   Vestoj, Who’s Streets? June 18, 2020
Fashion Forward Men, The Social Movement of Soho, June 18, 2020
Street Art NYC, June 18, 2020.
Up Magazine, June 30, 2020
Supa Modu Society and Culture, July 4, 2020
The Verge, 33 Powerful Black Lives Matters Murals, July 5, 2020
The Dusty Rebel, Do You Understand Yet, July 16, 2020
Afterthought News, July 25, 2020
Street Art NYC, Soho’s Open-Air Museum, August 2, 2020
The New York Times, New York’s Sidewalk Prophets, August 7, 2020.
Sold Magazine, 2020 Sold’s Year in Review, Dec 29, 2020
2016 Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2016
Instagram @Barbiestyle Studio visit photoshoot
2015   ArtNetNews, April 14, 2015