Chelsie Kirkey (b. 1987) is an American artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Figurative work of herself, her friends, her lovers and her environment, she invites the viewer to witness captured, intimate moments of her life. Her process to create begins with photography. She refers to her paintings as documented memories and employs her own photographs as a reference for many of her paintings.

As the emotions attached to the perception of this instant subconsciously transcribe in her style and execution, she adjust her medium of choice from precision to quickness; from long meticulous detail oriented acrylic paintings to quick loose pencil drawings. Subjects and techniques vary within necessity, moods and seasons, but all her work strives for the same dream: to capture the divine that resides in all things. 

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Selected Personal and Two-Person Exhibition 

 2022: Chelsie Kirkey & Ramiro Hernandez – Intimate Revelations, F2T Gallery, Milan, IT
2021: The Factory, Seattle, August

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019: The Untitled Space, New York
2019: Spoke Art x Juxtapoz, Juxtapoz Projects at Mana Contemporary
2019: While Supplies Last, Mount Analogue, Seattle
2018: Martha’s Contemporary, Austin, TX
2018: While Supplies Last, CBTY, Seattle
2018: Park Life, San Francisco
2018: While Supplies Last, Amandine Bakeshop, Seattle, March 8th