Born in Seoul, Korea download resume as pdf
Lives and works in New York City, NY
     
Education
     
2002-2004 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY  
  MFA in Painting  
     
1999-2002 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA  
  BFA in Painting  
     
 
Solo Exhibitions
     
2013 "Kira Greene," Accola Griefen Gallery, New York, NY  
     
2010 "feastiality," A.I.R. Galler, Brooklyn, NY  
     
2002 “New Drawings,” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA  
     
2001 “New Paintings,” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA  
     
     
Group Exhibitions  
   
2012 "Pattern and Decoration," Accola Griefen Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming)
  womenxart, Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, Accola Griefen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
   
2011 “Bronx Calling,” Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
  “Still Life: Breaking New Ground,” The Flinn Gallery at the Greenewich Library, Greenwich, CT
  "Poetical Fire: Three Centuries of American Still-Lifes," Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
  “Group Exhibition: Cross Currents,” Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  “AAF New York,” Accola Griefen Gallery, New York, NY
  “Intersecting Identities: Women Artists of New York,” Campbell-Soady Gallery at LGBT Community Center, New York, NY
  “A Map of the World,” Campbell-Soady Gallery at LGBT Community Cente, New York, NY
  “A Sensory Feast,” SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
  “Making the Leap: Crossing Borders,” curator, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
   
2010 "Provisions," Nathan Cummings Foundations, New York, NY
  "Fountain Miami," Thaddeus Kwiat Projects, Miami, FL
  "Radial Patterning," Cheryl McGinnis Gallery., New York, NY
  "Memento Mori: Contemporary Vanitas," Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
  "Show Untitled," Thaddeus Kwiat Project, Saugerties, NY
  "Art Hamptons," Cheryl McGinnis Gallery., Bridgehampton, NY
  "re: Form," Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
  "25th Anniversary Salon," Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, NY
  "AAF New York," A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
   
2009 "Redux," Posie Kviat Gallery, Hudson, NY
  "Generation 7," A.I.R. Gallery,Brooklyn, NY
  "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
  “IV Juried Show,” Galeria Galou,Brooklyn, NY
  “Wish You Were Here,” A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
  “Pattern and Process,” PS II Gallery, Long Island City, NY
  “CMC Consultants and Management Exhibition,” Sar House, Kowlon, Hong Kong
  “Generation 5,” A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
   
2004 “NYC: Emerge,” Pool Art Center, Drury University, Springfield, MO
  “AAF Contemporary Art Fair,” Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
  “In A Bind,” Westside Gallery, New York, NY
  “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
  “Painted Figure,” curated by Sam Cady, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
  “Night of 1000 Drawings,” Artists Space, New York, NY
  “2003 SFAI Fundraising Auction,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
  “Unease in Motion,” Westside Gallery, New York, NY
   
2002 “Group Show,” Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  “Spring Show,” Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA
   
2001 “Il Passaggio,” Piccolomini Palace, Pienza, Italy
  “Spring Show,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
  “SFAI@Microsoft,” Microsoft Landmark Building, San Francisco, CA
  “Variations on the Humans,” Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA
   
2000 “Spring Show,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
  “Bold Expressions,” Northern California Arts, Inc., Sacramento, CA
     
     
Selected Awards
     
2011 A.I.M. (Artist in the Marketplace) Residency, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY  
2009-2010 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  
2002-2003 The Faculty Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY  
2001 The Gamblin Award for Painting, San Francisco, CA  
1999-2002 The President’s Merit Scholarship, SFAI, San Francisco, CA  
     
Bibliography  
     
2011 “New life for still lifes: ‘Poetical Fire’ superb still life exhibtion at Sheldon,” Journal Star, March 6, 2011  
  “Kearny Street Workshop and SOMArts: A Sensory Feast,” CatSynth Blog, February 20, 2011  
  “Food for all Senses: Kearny Street Workshop’s “A Sensory Feast,”” Hyphen Magazine, February 8, 2011  
  “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  
  “A.I.R. Gallery,” Art of Leadership Series Magazine, Vol.1, Issue 2, October 5, 2010  
  “Ann Street Opens Vanitas Exhibit,” Times Herald-Record, September 17, 2010  
  “Memento Mori: Contemporary Vanitas Exhibition,” Prime Times, September 22, 2010  
  “Contradictions in Culture,” Woodstock Times, August, 27, 2010  
  “Kira Greene’s Solo Exhibition,” The Korea Daily, May 12, 2010  
  “Kira Greene: feastiality,” New York Art Beat, May, 2010  
     
Lectures & Symposiums  
     
2012

"Transnationalism and Women Artists in Diaspora," Panelist, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

 
     
2011 The Bronx Museum of Art, artist talk, Bronx, NY  
  Sheldon Museum of Art, lecture, Lincoln, NE  
  San Francisco Art Institute, lecture, San Francisco, CA  
  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  
     
2004 Drury University, lecture & visiting artist, Springfield, MO