Kyle Kirkpatrick
‘’My studio-oriented practice stems from a curious fascination for materials, objects and natural landscape formations. Often playful in my use of form, materials and colour, my works explore inquisitiveness and the tacit making process. I initially navigate my curiosity through object making, or ‘thing-making’, whether virtually or physically; the two often colliding to form 3D printed objects that explore haptics and the intrinsic human need to touch. My compulsion then leads me to make, to attempt to understand what I’m seeing both materially and formally. I make, remake, layer, grow, order and then place to form visual or materials dialogues that allow me to work though my thoughts. These created objects - re-imaginations or re-workings of the familiar - are then placed on shelves or tables, which form diagrams or curiosities ready to be unpicked by the viewer.’’
Qualifications and training
2014 PGCE Art, Design and Media (Post Compulsory), Northbrook College, Worthing
2013 Leverhulme Arts Scholar for Wysing’s Summer School Residency, Wysing Arts Centre
2012 - 2013 MSc Applied Technologies: Rapid Prototyping and Digital Technologies, Ravensbourne, North Greenwich
2007 - 2010 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Norwich University College of the Arts, Norwich
Solo exhibitions
2014 - Objects, Things, Stuff: Barbican Arts Group Trust's Atrium Space, London
2013 - Layer | Shift | Lift, M2 Gallery, Peckham, London
Group exhibitions
2020 - MK Calling 2020: MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
2018 - Bankley Open 2018: Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester
2018 - NN Contemporary Open 2018: NN Contemporary, Northampton
2017 - Creekside Open selected by Jordan Baseman: A.P.T Gallery, London
2017 - The Clunker Vending Machine: NN Festival, Norwich
2017 - MK Calling 2017: MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
2015 - MK Calling 2015: MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
2015 - Hannah Clarkson in conversation with Kyle Kirkpatrick: Barbican Arts Group Trust, London
2014 - Composed Formations: Unit 3, ASC Studios, London
2014 - Show, But Also Tell: Chinese Visual Festival 2014, King’s College London
2013 - Eastern Approaches: UH Galleries, Museum of St Albans
2013 - Constructing the Ideal: STEW Gallery, Norwich
2013 - Leverhulme Arts Scholars Exhibition: Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn, Cambridgshire
2013 - Museums at Night: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
2013 - Savorr XI: Samson and Hercules, Norwich
2012 - La Pietra Vive (The Living Stone): Museo Antiquarium, Papasidero, Italy