Kirsh

Joined Artfinder: Nov. 2013

Artworks for sale: 21

Iceland

About Kirsh

 
 
  • Biography

    My mind tells me stuff that isn’t true. My paintings tell me something else. Apparently I’m here to become free. 

    For a number of years I have worked with models and other artists from different medium backgrounds to access intuitive processes and experiences. My journey through each collection is like a shedding of restrictions that allows access to more subtle sources of inspiration. Each process requires more trust and a deeper relationship with the medium. Each painting tells me something new in a clearer voice. 

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  • Education

    2007 - 2009

    Brighton University

    2006 - 2007

    Brighton University

    1998 - 2003

    Manchester Met. University

    1997 - 1998

    University of Hertfordshire

    1990 - 1997

    Bushey Meads School

  • Upcoming Events

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    Previous events

    Event: Roads To Freedom

    Dates: 9 Sep 2017 - 30 Sep 2017

    Venue: Gallery Fold, Reykjavik

    After a couple of shows in London with the works I created in Iceland, I began my latest collection, “I Acquiesce”, which was exhibited in Bermondsey Gallery, London this year. During this collection, I became intensely drawn to being a channel for higher states of consciousness, and towards the end of this collection was given a new way to approach the canvas by my partner’s spirit guides. Not only was I given a meditation to do before and during the painting process but I was told to start working with one canvas at a time and to develop an intimate relationship with its emerging form by communicating with it at every stage. I used writing to access this communication and would write my thoughts and questions, mainly about what it needed and what it was trying to give me – I would then find myself writing a response. I have brought some of these canvases to Reykjavik for a show entitled "Roads to Freedom".

    Event: i ACQUIESCE

    Dates: 23 Jun 2016 - 7 Jul 2016

    Venue: Bermondsey Gallery, London

    ...

    Event: REBIRTH

    Dates: 19 Oct 2015 - 25 Oct 2015

    Venue: Espacio Gallery, London

    Part of a group show called "FLESH"

    Event: REBIRTH

    Dates: 9 Sep 2015 - 13 Oct 2015

    Venue: Bermondsey Gallery, London

    Based on a healing of the heart i think

    Event: REBIRTH

    Dates: 4 Jul 2015 - 5 Aug 2015

    Venue: Gallery Fold, Reykjavik

    Recently my creative process has been more internal, related to healing and generating ideas from a heart connection process. My latest work entitled REBIRTH, is the beginning of this journey and has brought me back to London where I will be exhibiting in the coming months.

    Event: Brilliant Rose With Seams And Nudes

    Dates: 12 Feb 2015 - 31 Mar 2015

    Venue: Kaffi Sólon, Reykjavik

    Why Brilliant Rose? I began to receive an endless supply of free samples from my supplier. I guess it was a new color. I liked the name, then easily became obsessed with the color as it seemed to fit perfectly with my new discovery.

    Why Seams? Each canvas has a hand stitched seam joining smaller pieces together. At first it was out of necessity as i could not afford a large surface. I soon discovered that I liked the stitching process, lovingly preparing the surface of my next step in this direction. The end result was that the figures in the paintings had seams running through them. I was fixing something, reforming a damaged perspective.

    Why female nudes? As with everything I paint, this collection helped me to uncover and eventually let go of an obsession that stood in the way of my journey towards inner peace and creative freedom. After the first Brilliant Rose I saw an irrational expectation of unconditional love and approval from women. My behavior in relationships has always been driven by impending rejection rooted in a self-seeking approach to everything.

    If I paint it I can see it, and if I can see it I can let go of it.

    Event: BRESTIR

    Dates: 19 Sep 2014 - 21 Sep 2014

    Venue: Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    19/09/14 – 21/09/14

    Event: BRESTIR

    Dates: 14 May 2014 - 21 Jun 2014

    Venue: Gallerí Fold, Reykjavik

    Paintnigs of Plaster casted body parts, emphasising the beauty of imperfection and mortality

    Event: CLOWNS

    Dates: 4 Oct 2013 - 20 Oct 2013

    Venue: Gallerí Fold, Reykjavik

    A collection of paintings. Live performance during opening night.

    Event: CLOWNS

    Dates: 24 Aug 2013 - 26 Aug 2013

    Venue: Gallerí Austurstræti 3, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Collection of clown paintings

    Event: Entirely Ready

    Dates: 9 May 2013 - 9 Jul 2013

    Venue: Gallerí Veggur, Forréttabarinn, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Collection of paintings

    Event: Old, New & Unseen Paintings

    Dates: 1 Apr 2013 - 1 Apr 2014

    Venue: Iðnó Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland

    On going collection of paintings

    Event: Yellow Horrizons

    Dates: 9 Mar 2013 - 23 Mar 2013

    Venue: Gallerí Fold, Reykjavik

    Collection of Paintings

    Event: The Omnia Scroll Exhibition 2012

    Dates: 14 Nov 2012 - 12 Dec 2012

    Venue: Brighton Jubilee Library, Brighton, UK


    "A global arts collaboration and international collective exhibition touring the world annually. Connecting new artists, exhibitors, galleries and the public alike.

    The Omnia Scroll and Exhibitions explore the interconnectedness of all things (Latin for all things is Omnia), with each other and our planet."

    Event: Collection Of Paintings

    Dates: 1 May 2012 - 1 Jul 2012

    Venue: Geysir Bistro, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Collection of paintings

    Event: New Collection Of Drawings And Paintings

    Dates: 17 Mar 2012 - 4 Apr 2012

    Venue: Gallerí Fold, Reykjavik

    A selection of paintings from Iceland Collection
    and drawings from Brown Paper Collection

    Event: ‘Artist Still Claims New Renaissance Is Coming’

    Dates: 17 Dec 2011 - 31 Jan 2012

    Venue: Gallerí Austurstræti 3, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Selection from various collections

    Event: TRANSGRESS, ramma fyrir ramma

    Dates: 20 Aug 2011 - 4 Sep 2011

    Venue: Gallerí Fold, Reykjavik

    Selection from Iceland Collection and 2010 Collection

    Event: Selection from ‘Portraits Of Concession’

    Dates: 10 Aug 2010 - 12 Feb 2011

    Venue: McNeil Gallery, Radlet, Hertfordshire, UK

    Selection from ‘Portraits Of Concession’

    Event: Selection from ‘Portraits Of Concession’

    Dates: 11 Jun 2010 - 11 Dec 2010

    Venue: MyHotel, Chelsea, London, UK

    Selection from ‘Portraits Of Concession’

    Event: Portraits Of Concession

    Dates: 12 Dec 2009 - 26 Dec 2009

    Venue: AM Yoga Centre Gallery, London, UK

    A collection of paintings

    Event: LANDESCAPE

    Dates: 28 Jun 2005 - 30 Jul 2005

    Venue: Bloomsbury Gallery, London, UK

    Wall hung sculptures made of recycled materials

    Event: REDIFINED

    Dates: 4 Jun 2005 - 25 Jun 2005

    Venue: Gillingham Art Gallery, Kent, UK

    Wall hung sculptures made from recycled materials

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Education

2007 - 2009

Brighton University

2006 - 2007

Brighton University

1998 - 2003

Manchester Met. University

1997 - 1998

University of Hertfordshire

1990 - 1997

Bushey Meads School


There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Roads To Freedom

Dates: 9 Sep 2017 - 30 Sep 2017

Venue: Gallery Fold, Reykjavik

After a couple of shows in London with the works I created in Iceland, I began my latest collection, “I Acquiesce”, which was exhibited in Bermondsey Gallery, London this year. During this collection, I became intensely drawn to being a channel for higher states of consciousness, and towards the end of this collection was given a new way to approach the canvas by my partner’s spirit guides. Not only was I given a meditation to do before and during the painting process but I was told to start working with one canvas at a time and to develop an intimate relationship with its emerging form by communicating with it at every stage. I used writing to access this communication and would write my thoughts and questions, mainly about what it needed and what it was trying to give me – I would then find myself writing a response. I have brought some of these canvases to Reykjavik for a show entitled "Roads to Freedom".

Event: i ACQUIESCE

Dates: 23 Jun 2016 - 7 Jul 2016

Venue: Bermondsey Gallery, London

...

Event: REBIRTH

Dates: 19 Oct 2015 - 25 Oct 2015

Venue: Espacio Gallery, London

Part of a group show called "FLESH"

Event: REBIRTH

Dates: 9 Sep 2015 - 13 Oct 2015

Venue: Bermondsey Gallery, London

Based on a healing of the heart i think

Event: REBIRTH

Dates: 4 Jul 2015 - 5 Aug 2015

Venue: Gallery Fold, Reykjavik

Recently my creative process has been more internal, related to healing and generating ideas from a heart connection process. My latest work entitled REBIRTH, is the beginning of this journey and has brought me back to London where I will be exhibiting in the coming months.

Event: Brilliant Rose With Seams And Nudes

Dates: 12 Feb 2015 - 31 Mar 2015

Venue: Kaffi Sólon, Reykjavik

Why Brilliant Rose? I began to receive an endless supply of free samples from my supplier. I guess it was a new color. I liked the name, then easily became obsessed with the color as it seemed to fit perfectly with my new discovery.

Why Seams? Each canvas has a hand stitched seam joining smaller pieces together. At first it was out of necessity as i could not afford a large surface. I soon discovered that I liked the stitching process, lovingly preparing the surface of my next step in this direction. The end result was that the figures in the paintings had seams running through them. I was fixing something, reforming a damaged perspective.

Why female nudes? As with everything I paint, this collection helped me to uncover and eventually let go of an obsession that stood in the way of my journey towards inner peace and creative freedom. After the first Brilliant Rose I saw an irrational expectation of unconditional love and approval from women. My behavior in relationships has always been driven by impending rejection rooted in a self-seeking approach to everything.

If I paint it I can see it, and if I can see it I can let go of it.

Event: BRESTIR

Dates: 19 Sep 2014 - 21 Sep 2014

Venue: Art Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

19/09/14 – 21/09/14

Event: BRESTIR

Dates: 14 May 2014 - 21 Jun 2014

Venue: Gallerí Fold, Reykjavik

Paintnigs of Plaster casted body parts, emphasising the beauty of imperfection and mortality

Event: CLOWNS

Dates: 4 Oct 2013 - 20 Oct 2013

Venue: Gallerí Fold, Reykjavik

A collection of paintings. Live performance during opening night.

Event: CLOWNS

Dates: 24 Aug 2013 - 26 Aug 2013

Venue: Gallerí Austurstræti 3, Reykjavik, Iceland

Collection of clown paintings

Event: Entirely Ready

Dates: 9 May 2013 - 9 Jul 2013

Venue: Gallerí Veggur, Forréttabarinn, Reykjavik, Iceland

Collection of paintings

Event: Old, New & Unseen Paintings

Dates: 1 Apr 2013 - 1 Apr 2014

Venue: Iðnó Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland

On going collection of paintings

Event: Yellow Horrizons

Dates: 9 Mar 2013 - 23 Mar 2013

Venue: Gallerí Fold, Reykjavik

Collection of Paintings

Event: The Omnia Scroll Exhibition 2012

Dates: 14 Nov 2012 - 12 Dec 2012

Venue: Brighton Jubilee Library, Brighton, UK


"A global arts collaboration and international collective exhibition touring the world annually. Connecting new artists, exhibitors, galleries and the public alike.

The Omnia Scroll and Exhibitions explore the interconnectedness of all things (Latin for all things is Omnia), with each other and our planet."

Event: Collection Of Paintings

Dates: 1 May 2012 - 1 Jul 2012

Venue: Geysir Bistro, Reykjavik, Iceland

Collection of paintings

Event: New Collection Of Drawings And Paintings

Dates: 17 Mar 2012 - 4 Apr 2012

Venue: Gallerí Fold, Reykjavik

A selection of paintings from Iceland Collection
and drawings from Brown Paper Collection

Event: ‘Artist Still Claims New Renaissance Is Coming’

Dates: 17 Dec 2011 - 31 Jan 2012

Venue: Gallerí Austurstræti 3, Reykjavik, Iceland

Selection from various collections

Event: TRANSGRESS, ramma fyrir ramma

Dates: 20 Aug 2011 - 4 Sep 2011

Venue: Gallerí Fold, Reykjavik

Selection from Iceland Collection and 2010 Collection

Event: Selection from ‘Portraits Of Concession’

Dates: 10 Aug 2010 - 12 Feb 2011

Venue: McNeil Gallery, Radlet, Hertfordshire, UK

Selection from ‘Portraits Of Concession’

Event: Selection from ‘Portraits Of Concession’

Dates: 11 Jun 2010 - 11 Dec 2010

Venue: MyHotel, Chelsea, London, UK

Selection from ‘Portraits Of Concession’

Event: Portraits Of Concession

Dates: 12 Dec 2009 - 26 Dec 2009

Venue: AM Yoga Centre Gallery, London, UK

A collection of paintings

Event: LANDESCAPE

Dates: 28 Jun 2005 - 30 Jul 2005

Venue: Bloomsbury Gallery, London, UK

Wall hung sculptures made of recycled materials

Event: REDIFINED

Dates: 4 Jun 2005 - 25 Jun 2005

Venue: Gillingham Art Gallery, Kent, UK

Wall hung sculptures made from recycled materials


 

Biography

My mind tells me stuff that isn’t true. My paintings tell me something else. Apparently I’m here to become free. 

For a number of years I have worked with models and other artists from different medium backgrounds to access intuitive processes and experiences. My journey through each collection is like a shedding of restrictions that allows access to more subtle sources of inspiration. Each process requires more trust and a deeper relationship with the medium. Each painting tells me something new in a clearer voice.