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.
Category Archives: News
Park Avenue (by Renée Ahdieh) Cover Art
I’m excited to share that my artwork will appear on the cover of Park Avenue, the upcoming novel by New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh. The book is set to be released on June 3, 2025. It’s a privilege to have my work featured in connection with such a widely anticipated title. Continue reading
Outwin Boochever Portrait Finalists
I am pleased to annouce that I am a finalist for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. My work, along with the other finalists, will be presented in “The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today,” a major exhibition premiering at the National … Continue reading
Visual Arts Journal Feature
My painting is on the cover of Fall/Winter 2020 issue of Visual Arts Journal from @svanycalumni and @svanyc Thank you @danhalm172 for the interview and the insightful article. You can view the Issue at the Visual Arts Journal’s website or … Continue reading
Parsons MFA Part-time Faculty Appointment
I will be joining The New School Parsons Fine Arts faculty in Fall, 2018. I look forward to working with graduate students in MFA program and meeting many distinguished colleagues. http://amt.parsons.edu/finearts/faculty/kira-nam-greene/
MELUS Cover Art
My painting Lychee Cocktail will be featured on the cover of the Multi-Ethinic Literature of the United States (MELUS) Journal.
MICA – Noon Lecture – History of the Figure in Painting
As a McMillan/Stewart Chair in Painting at MICA (Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD), I gave a public lecture at Falvey Hall. The topic was figure painting, ranging from Caravaggio to Kerry James Marshall. I try to weave some distinct … Continue reading
MICA McMillan/Stewart Endowed Chair
This Fall I was honored to find out I had been selected for the MICA McMillan/Stewart Endowed Chair in Painting. I work with graduate and undergraduate students bi-monthly as a visiting critic in student studios as well as giving 2 … Continue reading
MICA – Noon Lecture – Kira Nam Greene Artist lecture
As part of the McMillan/Stewart Endowed Chair position at MICA I was asked to give a presentation on my work.
AHL Foundation Award
I was awarded the Silver Prize in the 13th Annual Contemporary Visual Arts Award by the AHL foundation which is a great organization which support artists of Korean decent. The AHL Foundation is pleased to present Multiple Exposure, a group exhibition of … Continue reading
Bemis Center for the Arts Artist Interview
I was pleased to find out that part of my residency at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art had been documented with an interview.