About
Kira Nam Greene’s work explores female sexuality, desire and control through figure and food still-life paintings, surrounded by complex patterns. Imbuing the feminist legacies of Pattern and Decoration Movement with transnational, multicultural motifs, Greene creates colorful paintings that are unique combinations of realism and abstraction, employing diverse media such as oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor and colored pencil. Combining Pop Art tropes and transnationalism, she also examines the politics of food through the depiction of brand name food products, or junk food. Recently, Greene started a figurative painting series spurred by the 2016 Presidential Election, Women’s March, #metoo movement and ensuing crisis of conscience, this new body of work aspires to present the power of collective action by women.Instagram Feed
Category Archives: Exhibition News
New Group Exhibition in Greenwich
Still Life: Breaking New Ground I am participating in a group exhibition in Flinn Gallery, which is housed in Greenwich Public Library in Greenwich, CT. The opening is Thursday, October 27, 6pm-8pm. I am also giving an Artist Talk on … Continue reading
Artist Talk at Bronx Museum
I am participating in an Artist Talk this Friday as a part of Bronx Calling: First AIM Biennial. If you have missed the opening, this will be a wonderful chance to see the show (for free 🙂 ), and hear … Continue reading
Cross Currents: Group Exhibition in San Francisco
I will be showing a large scale drawing, Cherry Blossoms Come Crashing In in Crosscurrents, a group exhibition featuring the works of Asian and Asian-American artists at Togonon Gallery in San Francisco. Crosscurrents June 16th – July 16th Opening: June 16th, 5:00 … Continue reading
Bronx Calling: the First AIM Biennial
I am participating in a big group show at the Bronx Museum of Art this summer. Here are the details. June 26 through September 5, 2011 Bronx Calling: The First AIM Biennial Guest curators Wayne Northcross and Jose Ruiz Bronx … Continue reading
Installing at Bronx Museum
I finally finished the large drawing Oviparity that I have been working on since the beginning of the year, and will be showing it at the Bronx Museum of Art this month. We installed the piece by using magnet strips … Continue reading
Visit to Sheldon Museum
I went to the heartland of America, aka Lincoln, NE to see the exhibition, Poetical Fire: Three Centuries of Still-Lifes, and give a lecture at the Sheldon Museum of Art. The exhibition was exquisitely curated by Brandon K. Ruud, Sheldon’s … Continue reading
Surveying the Immigrant Experience: Art Exhibition
EVENT DATE: Wednesday, April 27 2011 : 6:00pm – 7:30pm LOCATION: The LGBT Community Center, 208 W 13th St, Manhattan Wednesday, April 27, 2011 through Thursday, September 1, 2011 Opening Reception, Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 6PM – 7:30PM I am included in a … Continue reading
Campbell Soady Gallery presents Intersecting Identities Show
I am going to be showing a couple of figure drawings at LGBT Center in the West Village. Here is the press release from the Center Campbell Soady Gallery presents Intersecting Identities Show Opening Reception: Saturday, March 19 2011 : … Continue reading
The catalog for Sheldon Exhibition
The catalog for Poetical Fire: Three Centuries of Still Lifes is for sale now at the Sheldon Museum bookstore. Sheldon Museum’s director Jorge Daniel Veneciano discusses my work, Archway to Happiness in the introductory essay, “Foreword: The Fruits of Reading … Continue reading
A fun exhibition in San Francisco touches all senses
I am participating in a fun group exhibition in San Francisco featuring 10 Asian American artists whose work encourages and entices viewers to use all five senses to interact with their artworks, organized by Kearny Street Workshop at the SOMArts … Continue reading
