Born in Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in New York City, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Blue Plate Special, Accola Griefen Gallery, New York, NY
2010
feastiality, A.I.R. Galler, Brooklyn, NY
2002
Kira Greene: New Drawings, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
Kira Greene: New Paintings, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2013
2013 Wheaton Biennial: Drawing Out of Bounds, curated by Judith Tannenbaum, Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
40/40: A Double Vision, curated by Lilly Wei, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Seoul/New York, Gallery Korea at the Korean Cultural Service, New York, NY (upcoming)
2012
Feast for the Eye: The Art of Food, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
SCOPE Miami, Accola Griefen Gallery, Miami, FL
Visual Feast: A Pattern and Decoration Exhibition, Accola Griefen Gallery, New York, NY
I Am in Love: Re-working the Clichés of Love, MichaelKate Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
womenxart (special installation), Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, Accola Griefen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Bronx Calling, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY (catalog)
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 (catalog)
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, LGBT Community Center, New York, NY
A Map of the World, LGBT Community Center, 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 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
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)
1989-1996
Stanford University, Stanford, CA (Ph. D in Political Science)
1984-1988
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (BA in International Relations)
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
Kutztown University, lecture, Kutztown, PA
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