MATTHEW KIRK
b. 1978, United StatesMatthew Kirk, who is of Diné (Navajo) and European descent (b. 1978, Ganado, Arizona), is a self-taught New York-based artist known for his mixed-media work inspired by Diné motifs found in textiles as well as his urban environment.
Kirk’s three-dimensional constructions are replete with distinctive motifs configured on what the artist calls tiles. He employs his own pictorial language of elemental signs—arrows suggesting movement and force, concentric circles and squares, and celestial, human and animal forms—to explore the intersection of his Indigenous and Euro-American heritage and position himself in respect to both.
We look forward to bringing Kirk’s work to art fairs around the world, including Untitled Art in Miami this December. His work is currently on view in our 25th Anniversary Exhibition in New York, and his first solo show with the gallery will take place at Sundaram Tagore New York in the spring of 2026.
Text courtesy Sundaram Tagore Gallery.
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