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My work serves to visually express the surreal, dreamlike world I retreat to in my mind. I piece together scraps of protest, personal, and surreal into images that I think feel loud, fractured, and whole at once. What I make isnt about one theme, It's about building a space they can all exist together.
All About Me
My name’s Kirby. I’m a Denver-based artist, though I spend much of my time on the move, finding low-impact ways to see as much of the world as I can, dirtbagging, as it’s often called. That sense of restlessness threads through both my art and my life.
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I grew up with a camera in hand. My first was a Fisher Price 35mm gifted to me as a toddler. By middle school, I was working as a camera operator for a local videographer, filming plays and recitals. In high school, a yearbook class and a course in poetry reignited that passion, pushing me deeper into creativity. Since then, I’ve explored just about every outlet I could find, but it was the DIY and punk communities that truly taught me how to sustain myself, improvise, and keep making no matter what.
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At the center of how I live and work is a simple idea: treat everything the way you’d want to be treated. That value shapes how I approach art, travel, community, and connection. These days, I fund my practice through whatever work I can find, house-sitting, odd jobs, anything that keeps me moving and spend the rest of my time listening to music or trying to get lost in the San Rafael Swell. I don’t know exactly what’s next, but I’m chasing new ways to expand my practice, whether that means documenting a band on tour or building an immersive exhibit with other creators and bringing a world to life.
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Go outside, get a handful of lose dry dirt, hold it to your heart and speak my name to reach me
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