Forrest Kirk
Born 1975, San Diego, United States
Lives and works in Los Angeles, United States
2008
California State University, Los Angeles, United States
2023
"The Owl of Minerva Flies at Dusk," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Beneath No One," Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, CA
2022
Fores Project artist residency, London, UK
"Temple Run," Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK
2021
"A Villain’s Origin Story," Marianne Boesky Gallery, Aspen, CO
"Blind Tiger," Gavlak Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
2020
"9 Fists," Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY
"Show me the Signs," Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
"Artist for New York," Hauser Wirth, New York, NY
"Behind Face," Gallery Platform, LA (online)
2019
Bed-Stuy Art residency, Brooklyn, NY
2018
"Body Count," Chimento Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2022
"Combinations," Sugar Hill Children's Museum, Harlem, NY
"Abstract Generations," Brand Library, Glendale, CA
"Open Doors," Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
"New Acquisitions show," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Armory Art Fair New York, Rebecca Camacho Gallery, New York, NY
2021
"Facing the Sun," Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"Show 2," Airfield Gallery, Kingston, NY
"In Situ," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
2020
"Abstract Generations," The Brand Library, Glendale, CA
"Artists for New York," Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
"Show Me the Signs," Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
"Devil’s In The Detail," Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK
FOG Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2019
"Wide Range of Restraint," Outono Projects, Lisbon, Portugal
"Behind Face," Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Untitled Art Fair, Miami, FL
Benefit Auction, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA
Plan B Art Fair, EC Lina Gallery, New York, NY
Spring Break Art Fair, EC Lina Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Rema Mann Hort Foundation Auction, Wekartz, Los Angeles, CA
"Protest, Noun," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2018
"Killers Three," Post, Los Angeles, CA
"Aztlanization," Center for Arts, Pomona, CA
"Make Your Mark," Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin Novato, CA
"Barker Hanger," ODD Ark LA, Los Angeles, CA
"Altered Book," Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin Novato, CA
Rema Mann Hort Foundation Auction, Nicodem Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 – 2018
"Contemporary Landscape," Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin Novato, CA
"Drawn Together," Art Share LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Grand Blackness," DSR Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2021
American Academy of Arts & Letters- Purchase Award
2023
Piejko, Jennifer. "Don't Miss These 7 LA Shows Opening During Frieze Week," Cultured, February 17
Nys Dambrot, Shana. "A Pair of Exhibitions Renovate Portraiture and Perfection at Vielmetter Los Angeles," LA Weekly, February 9
2022
Cultured Magazine Staff. "How Instagram Became a Game-Changing Platform for This Art Collector," Cultured, August 26
2021
Brewer, Gary. "Lightning Strikes and Other Stories," Art and Cake, Sept
Dobroth, Kirsten. "Listen: LA Based Artist Forrest Kirk Channels Aspen History Through ‘A Villain’s Origin Story’," Aspen Public Radio, August 5
Berg, Allison. "Hand over Fist," LALA Magazine, Spring 2021 Print Issue
"Forrest Kirk: Blind Tiger at Gavlak Gallery." Palm Beach Social Diary, February 24
2020
Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Forrest Kirk: ‘It Doesn’t Always Have to be Didactic.’" Artillery Magazine, September 8
Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Arts at Home (Wednesday is the new Thursday): July 22 – 25." LAWEEKLY, July 22
Mizota, Sharon. "COVID-19 and Anti-Racism Movements Create New Urgency for Working Artists." KCET, July 10
2019
"Sacha Baumann’s FULL BLEDE," Art and Cake, July 23 (online)
Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Meet An Artist Monday: Forrest Kirk," LA Weekly, March 25 (online)
Davis, Genie. "Protest, Noun at Torrance Art Museum," March 8
VoyageLA Staff. "Meet Forrest Kirk," Voyage LA, January 2
2018
Mizota, Sharon. "Review: Police, violence and an artist who paints to provoke," Los Angeles Times, July 9
Miranda, Carolina A. "Datebook: Police violence paintings," Los Angeles Times, June 21 (online)
Holcomb, Shelley . "Studio Visit: Forrest Kirk," Curate LA, March 25 (online)
2018
"Body Count," Chimento Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (exhibition catalogue)
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA