| Kira Nam Greene |
| Born in Seoul, Korea |
| Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY |
| Education |
| 2002-2004 |
MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 1999-2002 |
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 1989-1996 |
Ph.D in Political Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
| 1984-1988 |
BA in International Relations, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea |
| Solo Exhibitions |
| 2023 |
Kira Nam Greene: Room of Her Own, Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH |
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Present Tense, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL |
| 2019 |
Women in Possession of Good Fortune, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2017 |
Don’t Grab My Papaya, The Gallery of the College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY |
| 2016 |
America Eats, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI |
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By the Patterns: Art Installation Series, Schaffer Library, Union College, Schenectady, NY |
| 2015 |
Nebraska Suite, Kiechel Fine Art, Lincoln, NE |
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Culinary Patterns: Kira Nam Greene, BBCN Bank Commission, BBCN Bank, New York, NY |
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Kira Nam Greene, Assurity Life Insurance Company Gallery, Lincoln, NE |
| 2013 |
Blue Plate Special, Accola Griefen Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2010 |
feastiality, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2002 |
Kira Greene: New Paintings, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Group Exhibitions |
| 2024 |
The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, Grand Rapid Museum of Art, Grand Rapid, MI |
| 2023 |
The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL |
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The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, Ackland Museum of Art, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 2022 |
The Outwin 2022: The American Portraiture Today, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC |
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Mirror | rorriM: American Self-Portraits in the Expanded Field, The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA |
| 2021 |
Rising Voices: the Bennett Prize Finalists Exhibition, Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA |
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The Portrait Show, Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH |
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Rising Voices: the Bennett Prize Finalists Exhibition, Pittsburgh Cultural District, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2020 |
Rising Voices: the Bennett Prize Finalists Exhibition, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA |
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Rising Voices: the Bennett Prize Finalists Exhibition, Scarfibe/Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL |
| 2019 |
Rising Voices: the Bennett Prize Finalists Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI |
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Table Manners: Art and Food, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE |
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Every Woman Biennial: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY |
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Summer Session No. 26, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY |
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Summer Group Show, Kiechel Fine Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE |
| 2018 |
Our Great Leader Will Nuke You, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY |
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Still Big, Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York, Brooklyn, NY |
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Postmodernism and Aesthetics: Collide or Steer? Gallery Korea, New York, NY |
| 2017 |
Whitney Houston Biennial, Chashama Foundation, New York, NY |
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Agrikultura Triennial, Malmo, Sweden |
| 2016 |
Contexture, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, NY |
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Nature Pops!, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY |
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AHL Foundation Visual Arts Award Exhibition, Art Mora, New York, NY |
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Surface 2, Arena at Brooklyn Dermatology, curated by Renee Riccardo, Brooklyn, NY |
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Recurrences, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY (catalog) |
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Tight Ass: Labor-Intensive Drawings and Realism, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Food Nostalgia, Radiator Arts, Long Island City, NY |
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Belonging, Resnick Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2015 |
Weaving Time: The Archive of Korean-American Artist, Part Three 2001-2013, Gallery Korea at Korean Cultural Service, New York, NY |
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Art Olympia, Toshima-ku City Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
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Hot Sauce and Brown Liquor, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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Female Icons and Identity, The Green Building Gallery, Louisville, KY |
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Still-life, Hutch, Omaha, NE |
| 2014 |
Resident Artists: Group Show, Gallery 72, Omaha, NE |
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Palette, SU Art Galleries at Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD |
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Small Goods, Projekt722, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2013 |
Pollination: Overlappings in Time and in Place, Gallery Korea at the Korean Cultural Service, New York, NY |
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6 was 9, Projekt722, Brooklyn, NY |
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For Which It Stands, Lodge Gallery, New York, NY |
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2013 Wheaton Biennial: Drawing Out of Bounds, curated by Judith Tannenbaum, Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA |
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40/40: A Double Vision, curated by Lilly Wei, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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Pleasant View Art Fest, 2013: Outback, Sharon Springs, NY |
| 2012 |
Feast for the Eye: The Art of Food, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ |
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SCOPE Miami, Accola Griefen Gallery, Miami, FL |
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Visual Feast: A Pattern and Decoration Exhibition, Accola Griefen Gallery, New York, NY |
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I Am in Love: Re-working the Clichés of Love, Michael Kate Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA |
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womenxart (special installation), Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, Accola Griefen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2011 |
Bronx Calling, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY (catalog) |
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Still Life: Breaking New Ground, The Flinn Gallery at the Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT |
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Poetical Fire: Three Centuries of American Still-Lifes, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE (catalog) |
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Group Exhibition: Cross Currents, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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AAF New York, Accola Griefen Gallery, New York, NY |
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Intersecting Identities: Women Artists of New York, LGBT Community Center, New York, NY |
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A Map of the World, LGBT Community Center, New York, NY |
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A Sensory Feast, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA |
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Making the Leap: Crossing Borders, curator, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2010 |
Provisions, Nathan Cummings Foundations, New York, NY |
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Fountain Miami, Thaddeus Kwiat Projects, Miami, FL |
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Radial Patterning, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, NY |
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Memento Mori: Contemporary Vanitas, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY |
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Show Untitled, Thaddeus Kwiat Project, Saugerties, NY |
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Art Hamptons, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY |
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re: Form, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY |
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25th Anniversary Salon, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, NY |
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AAF New York, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2009 |
Redux, Posie Kviat Gallery, Hudson, NY |
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Generation 7, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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Graphic Content, Posie Kviat Gallery, Hudson, NY |
| 2007 |
ARWI International Art Fair, Galeria Galou, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 2006 |
Circle Takes Square, curator, PS II Gallery, Long Island City, NY |
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IV Juried Show, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY |
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Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY |
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Pattern and Process, PS II Gallery, Long Island City, NY |
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CMC Consultants and Management Exhibition, Sar House, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
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Generation 5, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2004 |
NYC: Emerge, Pool Art Center, Drury University, Springfield, MO |
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AAF Art Fair, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY |
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In A Bind, Westside Gallery, New York, NY |
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The World in Everything/Everything in the World, curated by Michele Maccarone, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2003 |
Revisiting Art History, Westside Gallery, New York, NY |
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Painted Figure, curated by Sam Cady, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY |
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Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY |
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2003 SFAI Fundraising Auction, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
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Unease in Motion, Westside Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2002 |
Group Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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Spring Show, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2001 |
Il Passaggio, Piccolomini Palace, Pienza, Italy |
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Spring Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
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SFAI@Microsoft, Microsoft Landmark Building, San Francisco, CA |
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Variations on the Humans, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| 2000 |
Spring Show, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
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Bold Expressions, Northern California Arts, Inc., Sacramento, CA |
| Teaching Experience |
| 2018- |
Faculty, New School Parsons MFA Program, New York, NY |
| 2017-2018 |
Visiting Critique, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| Fellowships/Awards |
| 2023 |
MTA Percent for Art Site Specific Window, 82nd Street, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY |
| 2022 |
Bau Institute/Carmago Foundation Residency, Cassis, France |
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The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Finalist, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 2018 |
The Bennett Prize, Finalist, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Semi-Finalist, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC |
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Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, VT |
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MTA Percent for Art Site-Specific Mural, Bronx, NY |
| 2017 |
McMillan/Stewart Endowed Chair in Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| 2016 |
Visual Arts Award, AHL Foundation, New York, NY |
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Marble House Project Residency, Dorset, VT |
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Studio Fellowship, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY |
| 2014 |
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Residency, Omaha, NE |
| 2011 |
A.I.M. (Artist in the Marketplace) Residency, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY |
| 2009 |
A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2004 |
Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 2003 |
ArtLink International Young Artists Finalists |
| 2001 |
The Gamblin Award for Painting, San Francisco, CA |
| Lectures/Panels |
| 2024 |
Kira Name Greene in conversation with curator Jonathan F. Walz, Ph. D., Columbus Musuem of Art, Columbus, GA |
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Colubus State University / Bo Bartlett Center, Masterclass: Conceptutal Self-Portrait Painting on Paper, Columbus, GA |
| 2023 |
Montgomery Musuem of Art, Self-Portrait Workshop, Montgomery, AL |
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Montgomery Musuem of Art, lecture, Montgomery, AL |
| 2018 |
Maryland Institute College of Art, lecture on history of figure painting, Baltimore, MD |
| 2017 |
Maryland Institute College of Art, lecture, Baltimore, MD |
| 2016 |
Being Her Now, Panel Discussion, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD |
| 2014 |
University of Nebraska, Omaha, lecture, Omaha, NE |
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Salisbury University, lecture, Salisbury, MD |
| 2013 |
The Lodge Gallery, Art Salon, artist talk, New York, NY |
| 2012 |
Transnationalism and Women Artists in Diaspora, Panelist, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
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Kutztown University, lecture, Kutztown, PA |
| 2011 |
The Bronx Museum of Art, artist talk, Bronx, NY |
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Sheldon Museum of Art, lecture, Lincoln, NE |
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San Francisco Art Institute, lecture, San Francisco, CA |
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Rush Art Foundation & PS 165, artist talk, New York, NY |
| 2010 |
“Some of My Best Friends Are…: How White Skin Privilege Affects Women Artists,” Roundtable discussion organized by Suzanne Broughel & tART Collective, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2008 |
Parsons the New School for Design, Summer Program, lecture, New York, NY |
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Drury University, lecture & visiting artist, Springfield, MO |
| Selected Bibliography |
| 2021 |
“Studio Incamminati exhibition showcases Bennett Prize finalists,” South Philly Review, February 23, 2021 |
| 2020 |
Cover and Portfolio feature, Visual Arts Journal, Fall/Winter 2020 |
| 2019 |
“Kira Nam Greene: Good Fortune,” American Art Collector, November 2019 |
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“Interview: Kira Nam Greene.” Artspeak, November 11, 2019 |
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“Artist Interviews: Contemporary Artist Kira Nam Greene,” Asian Curator, December 27, 2019 |
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“웃는 미소 뒤에 부드러운 카리스마를 가진 작가, 키라 남 그린 (Kira Nam Greene),” Mom&I, September 2019 |
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“Top 10: Bennett Prize,” American Art Collector, January 2019 |
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“Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realists,” Revolvy, January 2019 |
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“Summer Session,” American Art Collector, August 2019 |
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“Exhibitions,” Muskegon Museum of Art Journal, Summer 2019 |
| 2018 |
“Ornament, Pattern, and Culture: Kira Nam Greene” by Lauren Frances Adams, Bmore Art, July 2018 |
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“Kira Nam Greene Interview by Paul Laster,” The Archive of Korean American Artists in America, May 2018 |
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“647 Entrants, to 10 Finalists, to $50,000,” Fine Art Connoisseur, December 2018 |
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“Our Picks for Spring/Break Art Show 2018,” create!Magazine, March 2018 |
| 2017 |
“Finding Light (And An Ode to The Ass) In The 2017 Whitney Houston Biennial,” Art F City, March 23, 2017 |
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“The All-Woman ‘Whitney Houston Biennial’ Is Back, and It’s No Joke,” artnet News, March 15, 2017 |
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“Who runs the world? The second Whitney Houston Biennial offers an all-female spectacle,” Wallpaper*, March 28, 2017 |
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“The Whitney Houston Biennial Is Not Messing Around,” W Magazine, March 28, 2017 |
| 2016 |
Recurrence, Catalog, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY, 2016 |
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“Nostalgia on the Menu at New Exhibit on Modern American Fare,” QueensBoro Chronicle, February 4, 2016 |
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“Weekend Edition: 10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before February 8, ” New York Observer, February 4, 2016 |
| 2015 |
“Kira Nam Greene Has Fun with Food in ‘Nebraska Suite”,” Lincoln Journal Star, June 7, 2015 |
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Weaving Time: The Archive of Korean-American Artist, Part Three 2001-2013, New York, NY |
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“Critic’s Picks,” The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, February 8, 2015 |
| 2013 |
“For Which It Stands” Shows Range of International Talent in New York, Arts in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY |
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“Kira Nam Greene at Accola Griefen Gallery,” Artcards Review, May 6, 2013 |
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“Kira Nam Greene: Blue Plate Special,” Wall Street International Magazine, April 26, 2013 |
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“The Wheaton Biennial: Drawing Out of Bounds at Wheaton College,” artscope, April 2013 |
| 2012 |
“Gastro-Vision: Visual Feast: A Pattern and Decoration Exhibition @ Accola Griefen Gallery,” Art21 Blog, July 2012 |
| 2011 |
“New life for still lifes: ‘Poetical Fire’ superb still life exhibition at Sheldon,” Journal Star, March 6, 2011 |
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“Kearny Street Workshop and SOMArts: A Sensory Feast,” CatSynth Blog, February 20, 2011 |
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“Food for all Senses: Kearny Street Workshop’s “A Sensory Feast,”” Hyphen Magazine, February 8, 2011 |
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“10 Things to Do for Under $10: “A Sensory Feast” @SomArts Cultural Center,” SF Weekly, February 4, 2011 |
| 2010 |
“Wonder Women: A.I.R. Gallery’s Opening Night Trifecta,” Brooklyn The Borough, December 7, 2010 |
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“A.I.R. Gallery,” Art of Leadership Series Magazine, Vol.1, Issue 2, October 5, 2010 |
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“Ann Street Opens Vanitas Exhibit,” Times Herald-Record, September 17, 2010 |
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“Contradictions in Culture,” Woodstock Times, August 27, 2010 |
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“Kira Greene’s Solo Exhibition,” The Korea Daily, May 12, 2010 |
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“Kira Greene: feastiality,” New York Art Beat, May 2010 |
| Public Collections |
| Assurity Life Insurance Company, Lincoln, NE |
| Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA |
| Progressive Insurance Art Collection, Mayfield Village, OH |
| Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE |