News and Current Events

RECENT EXHIBIT: 'RUMINATIONS ON THE HUMAN CONDITION' Solo exhibit at The Iredell Arts Council Galleries, Statesville, NC. 3 - 4/2020

 

WINNER: 7/2019 My painting, 'Starving Poets Dance Despite Their Circumstance for Art is Also Sustenance' won the Artists Showcase for 'A Tale Of Two Charlottes: Hope Through Art' sponsored by Leading On Opportunity and The Arts & Science Council of Charlotte/Mecklenburg  

 

NEWS: 2019 I have signed a contract to license select images of my work to iCanvas.com. High Quality canvas & framed prints are now available for purchase here

 

RECENT EXHIBIT: 'CELEBRATING 5 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART at Projective Eye Gallery, UNC Charlotte Center City Gallery, Charlotte, NC. Public Reception: Thursday, June 21, 2018 6:30PM. Invitation only

 

NEWS: NoDa BREWING COMPANY selected me, along with 14 other Charlotte artists, to produce a painting for permanent installation in their tap room.

 

RECENT EXHIBIT: 'RETROSPECTIVE: PAINTINGS FROM 1989 - 2017' at Studio-X, 433 E 22nd St, Charlotte, NC. Public Reception: Friday, March 10, 2017, 7 - 10pm

 

NEWS: My Painting, 'Double Door Inn', has been selected for the cover of 'Tangents', a Charlotte periodical published in December, 2016

 

COMMISSIONED - Community Supported Arts Program. I was one of 9 artists selected to receive $2000 to produce 50 small paintings for donors and collectors. Sponsored by Arts & Science Council/Charlotte-Mecklenburg. - 2017

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NEWS: My Painting, 'Bridge at Freedom Park', has been selected for the cover of Queen's University's literary magazine, 'Signet', published in April, 2015

 

NEWS: 3 of my paintings were accepted into the juried exhibition, 'SHOWDOWN', at Hart Wizten Gallery in Charlotte, NC. The exhibit is March 7, 2015

 

NEWS: My Painting, 'Tree in Fog' has been selected for the juried exhibit, 'Tree Party' at Ciel Gallery in Charlotte. Juror is nationally acclaimed artist, Andy Braitman. Opening Reception: Friday, Sept., 5, 2014. Exhibit runs through Sept. 

 

NEWS: My Painting, 'August Sighs, Leaves Whisper' is now on a Billboard in Charlotte. As part of a project called 'PopArt', Sponsored by the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte and Adams Outdoor Advertising, I was one of 20 local artists selected for billboards. The image will rotate to different billboard locations throughout 2014. In addition, the images will be placed on Newstands in Uptown Charlotte.

 

RECENT EXHIBIT: AUG. - SEPT. 2013, 'A Carolina Homecoming'

An Exhibit of Paintings by Expressionist Artist Jerry Kirk

Opening Reception August 18, 3 - 4:30PM

Lucas Mansion Gallery, Hiddenite Center, Hiddenite, NC

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RECENT EXHIBIT : JULY 6 - AUG 6, 2013  'Blowing Rock and Beyond'

group show at Blowing Rock Frameworks & Gallery, Blowing Rock, NC
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RECENT EXHIBIT : November, 2012- 'The Gathering of Wishes Unfulfilled: Paintings by Jerry Lee Kirk' at Uncommon Art space, Charlotte, NC

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​RECENT EXHIBIT : JULY-AUG., 2012 : 'Streets of Charlotte' solo exhibit at Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC

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RECENT EXHIBIT : November 2011, 'Beneath the Canopy of Trees: Paintings of Charlotte, NC' solo exhibit at Charlotte Fine Art

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NEWS : JERRY KIRK FEATURED INTERVIEW IN THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER 12/11/11

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NEWS : JERRY KIRK'S PAINTING, 'THE BLOWING ROCK' WAS SELECTED AS THE COVER OF THE TOWN OF BLOWING ROCK'S 2012 MONTHLY CALENDAR

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