Andrew Birk (born 1985, Corvallis, Oregon, USA) lives in Espinavessa, Alt Empordà, Spain.
Andrew approaches painting as a multi-faceted contemporary medium, where materials - always common and accessible in other facets outside of art - are used in an indivisible relationship with the subject matter. Each of his consecutive bodies of work are conceived as specific projects, with their own distinctive logic about context, gesture, and matter. Ranging from the observation of the apparent inconsequential moments of quotidian life, to an exploration of untrained aesthetics, from an almost archival look at urban and digital imagery, to the perception of the body moving through space and the imprint of nature on it. He has recently purchased a chainsaw, and is using it to both clear timber, and prepare new works.
Andrew has exhibited in 27 countries, including solo and group shows in Paris, Berlin, London, New York, Lisbon, Vienna, and widely in Mexico. Recent presentations include Para Mi Hija, Galeria Karen Huber, Mexico City (2020), Ebullicion, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna (2019), Unsupported Message Format, Galerie Valeria Cetraro, Paris (2019), Dwelling Poetically: Mexico City, A Case Study, Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2018), A Finger Pointing to the Moon, SORT, Vienna (2018), I Am The Body Of A Human, Malta Contemporary Art, Valletta (2017), Callejero, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City (2016), and TRU AF, Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York City (2015).
Andrew is currently focused on taking care of his baby daughters (4 & 2) and rebuilding an old stone house in the Catalan countryside. His work has been reviewed in publications such as Parnass, Proceso, Reforma, Economista, Terremoto, Flash Art, Artspace, OFLUXO, Tzvetnik, Art Viewer, AQNB, Aujourd’Hui, Vice, I-D, and Huffington Post, among others.
Andrew co-directs Spiritvessel, a hybrid vehicle for contemporary art in Espinavessa, Spain.
email (andrewbirk@gmail.com)
instagram (@andrewbirk)
UPCOMING
Blind Taste, ARBAG, Lisbon, March 14th 2024
To romanticize with indecision, Cassina Projects, Milan, April 10th 2024
Season 4 Episode 6, London, Summer 2024
New Low, Los Angeles, Fall 2024
Karen Huber Galeria, Mexico City, 2025
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON SHOWS
Para Mi Hija, Karen Huber Galeria, Mexico City, 2020
Opinions of a Clown, The Court, Pescara, 2019 (Two person show w/ Jenna Westra)
The lights are on but no one’s home, LAND, Kansas City, 2019
Every Ending is a New Beginning, Karen Huber, Mexico City, 2018
A Finger Pointing to the Moon, SORT, Vienna, 2018
I am the body of a human, MALTA CONTEMPORARY ART, Valletta, 2017
Strip down and breathe, LADRÓNgaleria, Mexico City, 2017
Reset, AMOR, Mexico City, 2016
CALLEJERO, ANONYMOUS GALLERY, Mexico City, 2016
TRU AF, Johannes Vogt, New York City, 2015
HAWAIIAN SHIRT N DSTROYED JEANS, Welcome Screen, London, 2014
150% VOLUME 3/4 Lifestyle, Treize, Paris, 2014 (2 person show with Debora Delmar)
More>Less, SaBuLee, Guatemala City, 2013
SHIT TALKING, Bikini Wax, Mexico City, 2013
IN OBSERVANCE OF HUMANITY TRANSCENDING HUMANITY IN OBSERVANCE OF HUMANITY, Black and Yellow, Vancouver B.C., 2012
MAUSOLEUM, FIFI Projects, Mexico City, 2012
Nokia Forever / Shroud (with Debora Delmar), AN Studios, México City , 2011
You Are What You Eat And All You Eat Is Pussy, Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, 2011
Infinite Dust, Pacific Studios, Brooklyn, 2011
GROUP SHOWS
Castillo de Chapultepec, Mexico City, February 2024
Mercadillo de Navidad, La Playa, Premià de Mar, 2023
LIGHTING, LUBE, SOAP, VARNISH, TEXTILES, EXPLOSIVES,
AND PAINT, Beverly’s @ Minor Attractions, London, 2023
First Edition, Collective Ending, London, 2023
Contemporary Voices 2022, Plataforma², Barcelona, 2022
Beautiful Freaks, Tuesday to Friday, Valencia, 2022
Children’s Drawings, Ecuador-Lisbon, Zine (https://ecuador-lisbon.com/product/childrens-drawings/), 2020
Dont Get 2 Close 2 My Fantasy, Galeria Karen Huber, Mexico City, 2020 (Group)
Greatest Hits, Bombon Projects, Fonteta, 2020
INTERSECT ASPEN, Aspen, Colorado & Online (https://www.art-aspen.com/), 2020
Borgen Wolfe, Online (https://www.borgenwolfe.com/), 2020
Works On Paper, Online Catalogue, Galeria Karen Huber, Online, 2020
Platform 2020, Galerias de Arte Mexicanas Asociadas, Online, 2020
The Sinister Figures, Bunker Project Space (Bum Bum Studios), Logroño, 2020
100 Sculptures, Todd Von Ammon & Anonymous Gallery, No Gallery, Los Angeles, 2020
Baitball 01, PANE Project & Like A Little Disaster, Palazzo San Giuseppe, Polignano a Mare, 2020
Nueva piel para una vieja ceremonia, Karen Huber Galeria, Mexico City, 2019
100 Sculptures, Todd Von Ammon & Anonymous Gallery, MECA Art Fair, San Juan, 2019
Horizonte Común, Riña, Guatemala City, 2019
Ebullición, Kunstraum Am Schauplatz, Vienna, 2019
Unsupported Message Format, Galerie Valeria Cetraro, Paris, 2019
Swamp Horses, Spirit Vessel, Espinavessa, 2019
INTERMEDIATE, The Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Fort Worth, 2019
Jelato For All, Jelato Love, Mallorca, 2019
100 Sculptures, Todd Von Ammon & Anonymous Gallery, Paris, 2019
9 to 5, KIRSUBERJATRÉÐ, Reykjavík, 2019
Collective Show, Karen Huber, Mexico City, 2019
LE LUCKY, HVW8, Berlin, 2019
Salon Abierto de Pintura II, LADRÓNgaleria, Mexico City, 2019
México: Pintura Reactiva, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, 2018
Dwelling Poetically: Mexico City, A Case Study, Australian Center For Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2018
Den Moderne Kunstsalon, Vestjyllands Kunstpavillon, Videbæk, 2018
UNA MANTA DE SUDOR, Malagana Mácula, Managua, 2018
FUEGO, FUEGO, Mexico City, 2018
Birdfeeders, Altan, Vestfossen, 2017
Scolding, Squash Editions, Mexico City, 2017
Paradise on Mars, OJ, Istanbul, 2017
Portable Document Format, The Modern Museum of Art Fort Worth, Fort Worth, 2017
SELECTED WORKS FROM THE BECH RISVIG COLLECTION, Huset For Kunst of Design, Holstebro, 2017
ANTONIO MACEO 4. ESCANDON, Galeria Progreso, Mexico City, 2017
ASUNCIONES, Isabel 231, Mexico City, 2017
DAISY, Brooklyn, 2017
BURBUJA, Mexico City, 2017
WALK. Saturday, Feb. 11th. NOON. Zocalo, 2017
PDF-OBJECTS, during Material Art Fair, Mexico City, 2017
Too absorbed by places we will see from our Bentleys, http://ofluxo.net/bentleys-owners/, Milan, 2017
HIGHER STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, SE1, Paris, 2016
SALÓN ABIERTO de PINTURA - MMXVI - LADRÓNgaleria, Mexico City, 2016
Pintura MALA, GAMA, Mexico City, 2016
No one paid for this, Stolen Art Gallery, Mexico City, 2016
35 WORKS ON PAPER, BEERS, London, 2016
DAYADAHAHA, BEEFHAUS, Dallas, 2016
rheo-GRANDE, ANONYMOUS GALLERY, Mexico City, 2016
rheo-, School Of Visual Arts, New York City, 2016
Aujourd'hui je dis oui, Aujourd'hui, Lisbon, 2016
GREATER CHINATOWN, 67, New York City, 2016
TIMESHARE, Bruce High Quality Foundation University, New York City, 2016
Gates of Steel Vol.1, The Nursery, Oklahoma City, 2016
#BAE #AQN, Yautepec, Mexico City, 2016
S*W*I*M* (A day online irl), Im De Ruimte, Ghent, 2016
THE NEGATIVE HAND, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, 2015
Primer Bienal Arte d'OXXO, 996, Guadalajara, 2015
DECLASSE, TBA, Bushwick, 2015
Episode 1: Desert Nursery, NG, Lima, 2015
Infiernos Artificiales, Museo Del Chopo, Mexico, 2015
PALOURDES CUITES, Christopher Crescent, Brussels, 2015
Free Things, STCFTHOTS, Leeds, 2015
Sunset Thumbprint, Papa John's Project, online, 2015
Cowboys and Indians, 984 Tulum Art Center, Tulum, 2014
Birk, Bouvy & Kirkeby, Christopher Crescent, Brussels, 2014
Art | Basel Mukwonago, Bahamas Biennale, Mukwonago, WI, 2014
SHA BOOGIE BOP, Anonymous Gallery, NYC, 2014
EDENunlimited/tbc.tbc, Berlin, 2014
Le Showroom, Les Atelier des Arques, Les Arques, France, 2014
One Bite, OTHER Projects, Berlin, 2014
Fitzcarraldo, Yautepec, Mexico City, 2014
M A G M A C R O W D E D, Magma, Antwerp, 2014
Executive Producer, Museum of Contemporary Art (MACO), Oaxaca, 2014
Havisham, Sunday Project, Chicago, 2014
USBs, Lodos, Mexico City, 2014
Doge, TOCA Galeria, Mexico City, 2014
IS IT ART OR IS IT JUST, BWA Zelonia Góra, Zelonia Góra, Poland, 2014
Homesickness, Glasshouse, Brooklyn, 2014
SOULDRONE/SUPERDEMO, Et Al Projects, Brooklyn, 2013
SOULDRONE/SUPERDEMO, Adultcontemporary.us, Los Angeles, 2013
BECAUSE WE CAN, NO SPACE, Mexico City, 2013
IS IT ART OR IS IT JUST, Het Plafond & NEW: ART CENTER, Rotterdam, 2013
SWEAT BABY SWEAT, Gildar Gallery, Los Angeles, 2013
AIR SHOW, Butcher Gallery, Toronto, 2013
SALÓN ACME No.1, Salón Acme, Mexico City, 2013
SNAFU, OFG.XXX, Dallas, 2012
A sign on the road said: Take US to Madre, Helper Projects, Brooklyn, 2012
State of Exception, Tanja Niemijer Gallery, Mexico City, 2012
GANG BANG, Box43, Zürich, 2012
EVERYTHING AND NOTHING, N/A Space, Toronto, 2012
ITSA SMALL, SMALL WORLD, Family Business Gallery, New York City, 2012
R.I.P N.Y.C., Rented storefront, New York City, 2011
Remember 2010?, thegalleryspacearchive.tumblr.com, 2010
Drawing Show, Art Center Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 2010
OTHER PROJECTS
Co-Director of Spiritvessel in Espinavessa, 2019 - ongoing
Co-Director of FUEGO in Mexico City, 2018
Director of AMOR in Mexico City, 2016 - 2017
Co-Director of NOSPACE in Mexico City, 2013-2015
Director of Pacific Studios in Brooklyn, 2011
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
Swamp Horses, Spiritvessel, Espinavessa, 2019
Fuego, Fuego, Mexico City, 2018
Allan Villavicencia - Plits Plis, AMOR, Malta, 2017
Circulos Concentricos, AMOR, Mexico City, 2017
Adam Stamp - Hiccup, AMOR, Mexico City, 2017
Michael Pybus - Pretend The World Is Funny And Forever, AMOR, Mexico City, 2017
Los Cuir Kids, AMOR, Mexico City, 2017
Decolonizing Tridimensionality; Tlaloc Risk Of Rain, AMOR, Mexico City, 2017
Natalia Fernandez - Cada Piedra Es Un Altar, AMOR, Mexico City, 2017
Sigrid Lauren - Thrashing Lakes In Rivers, AMOR, Mexico City, 2017
Andre Filipek - Hesitating, AMOR, Mexico City, 2016
Galia Basail-Mulcahy - A La Orilla Del Mar, AMOR, Mexico City, 2016
Jack Fisher - RE: TREET! RETWEET! RETREAT!, AMOR, Mexico City, 2016
Pilar Villela - El Abismo, AMOR, Mexico City, 2016
Declasse, 319 Harman, Brooklyn, 2015
Myles Starr - Shlomo Kokedusky Chorizo Connecticut, NOSPACE, Mexico City, 2015
SWAGG SHOW B-SIDE, Bathroom of Les Arques Residency, Les Arques, 2014
Dogs Chase Balls, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, 2014
Raking The Though, Bikini Wax, Mexico City, 2014
Manuel Solano - My Life in Grey, NOSPACE, Mexico City, 2014
One Bite, OTHER Projects, Berlin, 2014
DASDASDEMDES, NOSPACE, Mexico City, 2014
Manuel Forte - A/W 14, 137 Edison, Mexico City, 2014
Roberto Sanchez - Pieces Of Me, Material Art Fair, Mexico City, 2014
Because We Can, NOSPACE, Mexico City, 2013
Concentric Circles, NOSPACE, Mexico City, 2013
RIPNYC, RIPNYC, New York City, 2011
RESIDENCIES
Les Atelier Des Arques, Les Arques, France, 2014
FAIRS
Beverly’s, Minor Attractions, London, 2023
Anonymous Gallery, MECA Art Fair, San Juan, 2019
OFG.XXX, Art City Austin, Austin, 2017
Anonymous Gallery, ZONA MACO, Mexico City, 2017
Anonymous Gallery, Code Art Fair, Copenhagen, 2016
Anonymous Gallery, ZONA MACO, Mexico City, 2016
Anonymous Gallery, Texas Contemporary, Houston, 2015
Anonymous Gallery, ZONA MACO, Mexico City, 2015
TORRI, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Los Angeles, 2015
Important Projects, Material Art Fair, Mexico City, 2014
Treize, Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin, 2013
EDUCATION
University of Oregon, double major in Fine Art and Japanese Art History, 2008