Steve Kirby

 

1956                 Born  Bristol England

1986                 Migrated to Australia

 

Studies

 

1972                 Bristol Polytechnic         Pathology (microscopy)

1988                 Deakin University           History of Ideas (Art History)

1996                 National Art School        Fine Arts (painting)

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2003                 New Work  Legge Gallery

2004                 New Work  Legge Gallery

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2000                 The Greatest Show on Earth Paintings and drawings of the Australian Circus, Cutcliffe Gallery, Newtown

2002                 Outback and Beyond Cellblock, National Art School

                        Alchemy Painting and drawings of the Cadia Hill Gold Mine,

Orange Regional Gallery

2003                 Collage,Legge Gallery

                        Waverley Art Prize Bondi Beach Public School

                        Summer Show Legge Gallery

2004                 Group Show Legge Gallery

                        Stock Show Legge Gallery

                        Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2005                 Peggy Randall Collage - Steve Kirby Paintings Legge Gallery

2006                 Art on The Rocks Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority Building

 

Community Projects Overseas and in Australia

 

2001                 Proposed Kaleidoscope garden for Bathurst - a continuing project to be built in Orange.

2000                 Designed and constructed float for Federation Parade.

1997                 Built the Puzzle, Amsterdam - canal boat made from found materials.

1987-1992         Classes in Sculpture and Drawing, Bathurst.

1984                 Community Art Projects in London's East End.

1982                 Worked with sculpture Joan Ignassi Ross, Terrassa, Spain.

                        Involvement with the Castellars and the Carnival.

1981                 Archaeology with the Fribourg Archaeological Service, Switzerland.

                        Exploration of the caves in the region of Lascaux, France.

1980                 Forest Huts, Mysen, Norway - a group of huts in a forest outside of Olso.

                        A project involving local school children to float a thousand small Viking ships on a lake.

1979                 Lands End to John O'Groats - a 1200 mile walk marked with small sculptures and ephemeral site specific pieces.

1975-1986         A series of art projects.

1975                 The first of a number of long distance walks through England and Wales visiting churches.

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