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| About the Artist |
 Roger
Kirby is a British artist who has lived and
worked in the USA since 1993. He paints on the
coast of Maine during the summer and in Newport, RI
for the rest of the year.
He is a graduate of Cardiff School of Art in
Wales and Kingston University in London.
His local exhibits include one-man, two-man,
and group shows at Spring Bull Gallery, Deblois
Gallery, Newport Art Museum, Virginia Lynch
Gallery, South County Art Association, A &C
Fine Arts, Island Arts and RISD.
He is represented in collections throughout
Europe and North America. Is a current member
of the Art
League of Rhode Island and the Union of
Maine
Visual Artists.
Born: 3 March 1953 in Stoke on Trent, England
Educated: 1967-72 Malvern College
1973 Cardiff College of Art
1974-76 Kingston University BA Hons, 3-D Design
1996 RISD Oil Painting with Sante Graziani
1997 Maine Art Workshop with B L Schlem
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| Artist
Statement |
| These juxtapositions
are my concerns. I hope that some of
them are reflected in my work: |
| light |
dark |
| natural |
artificial |
| spontaneous |
controlled |
| texture |
detachment |
| rough |
smooth |
| real |
abstract |
| chaos |
order |
| dynamic |
static |
| camouflaged |
evident |
| naive |
sophisticated |
| closeness |
distance |
| reality |
celebrity |
| mystery |
manifest |
| humanity |
technology |
| commonweal |
oligarchy |
| amateur |
professional |
| intuition |
intellect |
| fulfilment |
conformity |
| beauty |
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| hope |
despair |
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| Awards |
- 2004 First Place Mixed Media, Newport Art
Museum Annual Members Juried Show
- 2003 First Place, South County Arts Association
Open Juried Show
- 2002 Visions 2002, Newport, RI
- 2002 Most Original Use of Materials, “Face
It”, De Blois Gallery, Newport, RI
- 2002 Honorable Mention, Newport Art Museum
Annual Members Juried Show
- 2001 Honorable Mention, Newport Art Museum
Annual Members Juried Show
- 1999 2nd place Oil Painting, Newport Art Museum
Annual Members Juried Show
- 1998 1st place Oil Painting, Newport Art Museum
Annual Members Juried Show
- 1995 Honorable Mention, Newport Photographers
Guild
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| Other
Exhibitions |
- 2000 Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI - One
man show
- 2001 Island Arts - Joint show with Elizabeth
Keithline
- 2001-04 Art League of Rhode Island Annual
Shows
- 2004 De Blois Gallery,
Newport, RI. Joint show with
Elizabeth Bessette
- 2008 Newport Art Musem, One man show, "30 Missions"
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