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RESUME - Brian D. Kirk - Artist/Educator

Education

2003: Virginia Commonwealth University, Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies (MIS) in Fine Art; Sculpture, Printmaking, Painting and Ceramics

1976: George Washington University-BA in Fine Art

1974: University of the Americas, Puebla, Mexico. Art, Archaeology, Anthropology, Photography

1972-1974: St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City, MD, Studied Fine Arts

Teaching Experience

2024-Present: Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WVA - Sculpture, Printmaking 2

2022-Present: Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WVA - Art Education

2022: Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WVA - Drawing, Printmaking 1

1996-2021: Art League School, Alexandria, VA - Metal Sculpture

1997-2019: Art Teacher and Fine Arts Department Chair, Loudoun County Public Schools, Ashburn, VA -Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture, Printmaking, Drawing, Painting, Graphic Design and Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art. Supervised Art, Music and Drama Departments.  Coordinated Fine Arts Night, Community and School Art Exhibitions

2003-2013: Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Art Program, Ashburn, VA -  Sculpture, the Art and Science of Ceramics, Multicultural Approaches to Sculpture 

2010-2012: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA - Masters in Art Teaching Program, Multicultural Approaches to Sculpture, 3D Design

2004-2012: EF Tours Educational Tour Coordinator for Stone Bridge High School, Loudoun County Public Schools, Ashburn, VA

2007-2009: Northern Virginia Community College, Sterling, VA – Sculpture and 3D Design

2007-2008: Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WVA - Stone Sculpture

Awards and Fellowships

2024: "Best in Show" - Artists in Middleburg

2017: Distinguished Teacher Recognition (Honors), Rochester Institute of Technology

2004-2005: Virginia Commission for the Arts – Teacher Incentive Award

2002-2003: Teacher Naturalist, Smithsonian Naturalist Center

2000, 2002: Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Nominee, Loudoun County Public Schools

1999: Loudoun Education Foundation – Welded Sculpture Project, Broad Run High School Senior Court

1999: Rust Library Stone Carving Project, Leesburg, VA

1999: Educator’s Workshop, Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, VA

1998: Loudoun Community Foundation Photography Project, Rust Library, Leesburg, VA

1998: University of Virginia, Asian Studies Fellowship, Beijing, China

1997: Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program, Shizuoka, Japan

1997: University of Virginia, Professional Development Grant, Stone

1996: Virginia Commission for the Arts, Teacher Incentive Grant

1994: Loudoun Education Foundation, Stone Carving, Broad Run High School

Exhibitions

2023:  "Opposites Attract," The Barns at Rose Hill, Berryville, VA

2022: (Duo Show) "Primarily Abstract," Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC

2021-Present: "Art at the Mill," Millwood, VA

2021: Artists in Middleburg, Middleburg, VA
2021: Franklin Park Art Center Sculpture Garden, Purcellville, VA

2015-2021: Arts Parks Sculpture Walk, Frank Raflo Park, Leesburg, VA

2020: Purcellville Gallery, Purcellville
2019: Tryst Gallery, Leesburg, VA

2018: (Solo Show) “Natural Reaction,” Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2018: (Solo Show) Howard Hughes Medical Center, Sterling, VA

2018: (Solo Show) Howard Hughes Medical Center, Chevy Chase, MD

2017: (Solo Show) “Water + Metal: Assemblages and Prints,” George Washington University Annex, Ashburn, VA

2016: Group Invitational, Master Artists of Loudoun County, Art Square, Leesburg, VA

2015: (Duo-Show) "Ethereal and Natural Reactions," Art Space, Herndon, VA

2014: (Solo Show) “Iron Age,” Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2014: Artist Member Exhibit, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA

2013: (Solo Show) “Natural Reaction,” Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2012: (Solo Show) Hillyer Gallery, Washington, DC

2011: (Solo Show) “Brian Kirk: A Rustic Life,” Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2009: (Solo Show) “Rusticity,” Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2009:  222 Gallery, Leesburg, VA
2005: (Solo Show) “Aikuchi: Steel Sculpture,” The Waddell Art Gallery, Northern VA Community College, Sterling, VA
2005: (Solo Show) NVCC - New Steel Sculpture, Loudoun Campus Gallery NVCC Annandale, VA

2003: (Thesis Exhibition) “Sculpture: Methods and Materials,” Northern VA Community College, Verizon Gallery, Annandale, VA

1997: (Solo Show) The Arts Club of Washington, DC, Washington, DC
1996: (Solo Show) Arnold & Porter Law Firm Offices, Washington, DC

Community Service

2014-2021:  Friends of Franklin Park Arts Center, Round Hill, VA – Vice President, Board of Directors

2014-Present: Western Loudoun Art & Studio Tour Participant



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