Bear Kirkpatrick
Education
1996 | Master of Fine Arts
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
1988 | Bachelor of Arts
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Solo Exhibitions
NB: In 2016 Bear Kirkpatrick stopped showing work publicly
2015
The Old Ones, Dan Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY.
The Human Diorama, 555 Gallery, Boston, MA
2014
Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO
The Thought of Thinking, jdc Fine Art, San Diego, CA
Group Exhibitions
2015
Seeing Connection, GuatePhoto Festival, Antigua, Guatemala. Juror: Rebecca Senf
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY.
Human Nature, Drift Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.
Lush Life, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH.
Selected Works, photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
2014
All the World’s a Stage, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY.
Ravishing, 555 Gallery, Boston, MA
Portraits 2014, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO. Juror: Amy Arbus
Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition, Cordon Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA & Houston Center for Photography.
2013
NEPR Showcase, PRC Gallery, Boston, MA.
Under My Skin, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY. Curator: Mona Kuhn
The Nude--Classical, Cultural, Contemporary, Photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Center Forward, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA. Jurors: Ann Jastrab and Hamidah Glasgow
Portraits 2013, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO. Juror: Charles Guice
New Directions 13, Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA and Seattle, WA. Jurors: Ann Jastrab and Hamidah Glasgow
2012
Looking at Ourselves: Portraits featured on Lenscratch, Guate Photo Festival, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Juror: Aline Smithson.
Center Forward, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO. Jurors: Hamidah Glasgow and Ann Jastrab.
Dreams, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO. Exhibition juried by Aline Smithson.
2011
George Marshall Gallery, York, ME. 4 person show.
Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH. 4 person show.
Publications
2013
Musee Magazine, New York, NY. Feature, 8 images
Cleptafire, Paris, France. Feature, interview, 15 images.
The Chronicle, Romania. Feature, interview, 14 images.
Photo+, Seoul, Korea. Feature, interview, 15 images.
2012
The Opera Magazine, Munich, Germany. Kerber Verlag Publisher
The Opera Magazine Collector’s Edition, Munich, Germany. Kerber Verlag Publisher.
Center Forward Exhibition Catalog, Cover, Center For Fine Art Photography.
Noovo Editions, Madrid, Spain. www.noovoeditions.com
The Chronicle, Bucharest, Romania. April, 2012. www.thechronicle.bu
Lenscratch, Los Angeles, CA. www.lenscratch.com
Galperina, Marina, “Nudes in the Woods and the Trials of Photographic Pursuits,” Animal New York, New York, NY. www.animalnewyork.com
2011
Ruby Magazine, Buenos Aires, Brazil
2010
Eyemazing Magazine, Amsterdam, NL
Awards/Grants/Honors
Photolucida’s 2013 Critical Mass Top 50.
Director’s Honorable Mention, Portraits 2013, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO.
Director’s Award for Best in Show, Center Forward 2012, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO.
Artist Advancement Grant, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Concord, NH. Jurors: Randi Hopkins, Lexi Lee Sullivan (deCordova Museum), Emily Zilber (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), Donna McNeil (Maine Arts Commission).
Honorable Mention in Fine Art-Nudes, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA.
Honorable Mention in Fine Art-Portrait, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA.
Honorable Mention in Fine Art-Other, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA.
For more information, please visit www.bearkirkpatrick.com