Education
- Born 1975, San Diego, United States
- Lives and works in Los Angeles, United States
- 2008
- California State University, Los Angeles, United States
Selected Exhibitions
- 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
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 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
Awards & Grants
- 2021
- American Academy of Arts & Letters- Purchase Award
Bibliography
- 2023
- Piejko, Jennifer. "Don't Miss These 7 LA Shows Opening During Frieze Week," Cultured, February 17 (Link)
- Nys Dambrot, Shana. "A Pair of Exhibitions Renovate Portraiture and Perfection at Vielmetter Los Angeles," LA Weekly, February 9 (Link)
- 2022
- Cultured Magazine Staff. "How Instagram Became a Game-Changing Platform for This Art Collector," Cultured, August 26 (Link)
- 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 (Link)
- 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)
Publications
- 2018
- "Body Count," Chimento Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (exhibition catalogue)
Public Collections
- 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