Emily Kirby | The Work

 

Statement

Emily Kirby was born into a family of artists in Zambia in the early eighties. These roots have always had a deep impact on her painting. A loose style and bold colour combinations have become a defining aspect of the work.

The majority of the work has drawn on the study of people. Kirby finds the figure to be a fascinating object of expression, exploring concepts of tribe and identity and more recently  concerned with exploring methods of painting that allow me to celebrate human emotion, movement and expression.

Although Kirby uses photography as a reference point she not concerned with portraying the subject in an exact or photorealistic way. She works with both oils and acrylics. Currently working from a studio in Dalston, London she feels immersed in a fresh and exciting cultural melting pot.

CV

Group Shows

2012 Dec    Pop Up Show, View Art Gallery   Suffolk

2011 Nov    Colour-scapes – Troubadour Gallery    London

2011 Sept   Shoreditch Unbound – Spitalfields Market   London 

2011 July    Wildlife Artist of the Year – Mall Gallery   London

2011 Jan     Hidden Portraiture - View Art Gallery   Bristol

2010 Oct     100 Sqft   New Orleans

2010 Sept    210 Pentonville, Pop Up Show, Art & Escape Gallery   London

2010 Aug     Art and Escape Gallery  London

2010 Aug     100 Sqft  London

2009 Nov     The Cross Club   Prague

2009 Sept    Pyrimida Gallery  Prague

 

Solo Shows

2011 Apr    Ababa House   Lusaka

2011 Mar   Kings College   Cambridge

 

Art Fairs

2011 September   Brighton Art Fair   Brighton

2011 Spring   Affordable Art Fair Bristol   View Art Gallery

2010 Spring  Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London  Art-File Gallery                                   

 

Education

2004  BTEC Art and Design Foundation  Brighton City College