Thinking About My Art

I wanted to make a quick post to share some of the recent reviews that have been published about my shows this summer.  I’m thrilled with the reception of the work. “J.T. Kirkland: ‘White: Part 1′” by Charles Fox for Outposts from the Material World “J.T. Kirkland: ‘White: Part 2′” by Charles Fox for Onthecusp.org [...]

I wanted to quickly post a few images from shows that are currently installed in the D.C. area: Of Itself: Medium as Message @ The Athenaeum From left to right: Joanne Kent, Michael Fitts, J.T. Kirkland (x4), Joanne Kent J.T. Kirkland (x2) Please forgive the cell phone images. Gaps @ Greater Reston Arts Center Convergence [...]

Last Wednesday, Stacey and I made the 9-hour drive to Lexington, KY to visit family and to also install my solo show in Indianapolis.  Thursday morning we drove the 3.5 hours to Indy.  There I met for the first time in person Christopher West of christopher west presents.  The gallery is located on a really [...]

What follows is something that recently struck me but I haven’t had much success in flushing it out.  Please excuse the rambling nature of this post. Some time in the last week I was hit with a strange feeling.  It was a moment where I felt like I was smarter, more aware, wiser.  I’m not [...]

Below is the press release for my upcoming two-part solo show at christopher west presents in Indianapolis, IN. For immediate release:  June 16, 2010 White: Part 1 & Part 2 by J.T. Kirkland to open at christopher west presents July 1st. Indianapolis, IN, June 16, 2010: christopher west presents is pleased to announce White: Part [...]

A reader commented on my last post regarding the dismayed and hostile reaction a viewer had in response to my work currently showing in Charlottesville.  The comment read as follows: Congratulations, I think it is great that your work challenged people and evoked such a strong reaction form [sic] someone that they actually went to talk [...]

Things are busy for me right now and I wouldn’t have it any other way.  Unfortunately, busy-ness prevents any grand or deep thoughts from being posted here.  Instead, I’m just trying to check things off the list.  With that in mind, here’s a brief update on how things are progressing. Rare Earth opened at Chroma [...]

A month or two ago I submitted a proposal for a solo show at The Athenaeum in Old Town Alexandria, VA.  After being reviewed by the visual arts committee, I learned that my proposal was not accepted.  Rejection is never fun, but I have a very busy year ahead of me so it’s not the [...]

As stated in my last post, the next show on my agenda is Rare Earth at Chroma Projects in Charlottesville, VA.  For the show, I’ve created two new pieces.  The show’s curator, Deborah McLeod (and gallery owner), juried my work into a DC group show called Aquifer.  For that show I created something to fit [...]

UPDATE (5/18/2010):  I should have waited until this week to post my show schedule.  Since this post was published I was offered a two-part solo show with Christopher West Presents in Indianapolis, IN.  The first part of the show will have brand new paintings that build off what I made at the Vermont Studio Center.  [...]