KIRK MAYNARD
EDUCATION
2019 New Jersey City University, School of Art
Master of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting
2014 Andrews University, School of Education
Bachelor of Science in Art Education
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Things They Carried, Hiestand Gallery, Oxford, Ohio
2021 Periphery, Arts Visalia, Visalia, California
2020 Periphery, Holy Family University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2020 Self, Montgomery College Cafritz Gallery, Silver Springs, Maryland
2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition, New Jersey City University Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Black Art Matters, Golding-Yang Gallery, Morehead, Kentucky
2021 Made Here, Guttenberg Arts Center, Guttenberg, New Jersey
2021 The Bridge, The Rahway Gallery Space, Rahway, New Jersey
2021 Yeck Painting Exhibition, Hiestand Gallery, Oxford, Ohio
2020 Fletcher Exhibit, Reece Museum, Johnson City, Tennessee
2020 Watershed, Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2020 Breathing While Black, Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts
2020 Conversations 2020, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, New Jersey
2020 Visual Thinking, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, New Jersey
2019 Every Ghetto Every City, BSB Gallery, Trenton, New Jersey
2019 Blurred Expectations, Lycoming College Gallery, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
2019 Costality, Cast Iron Lofts, Jersey City, New Jersey
2019 That’s What She Said, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, University Park, Pennsylvania
2019 Power To The People, Arsenal Gallery, New York, New York
2018 RED (traveling exhibition), Walsh Gallery, South Orange, New Jersey
2018 RED zine (traveling exhibition), Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania
2018 BNEC, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
2018 Coaction, Valley Arts Community Gallery, Orange, New Jersey
2018 UnAmerica, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, New Jersey
2018 The Earth Speaks, Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, New Jersey
2018 Brighter Day, Gateway Project Spaces, Newark, New Jersey
2018 Art of Survival, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, California
2018 Student Art Show, N2N Gallery, New York, New York
2018 Wish You Were Here, New Jersey City University Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
2014 Minimalism, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan
LECTURES/ARTIST TALKS
2021 Philip C. Curtis Lecture Series, Albion College, Albion, Michigan
2020 Montgomery College Art Department, Takoma Park, Maryland
2020 Visual Thinking, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, New Jersey
2019 LAC Conference, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania
2019 EGSO Conference, University of Albany, Albany, New
2019 Exploring the Marginalization of the Black Body in the Public Sphere, Massachusetts College
of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts
2018 Romantic Prints On The Move, Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2018 International Conference on Stigma, Howard University, Washington, DC
2018 Queens College Diversity Conference, Queens College, Flushing, New York
2018 Displacement Conference, The Graduate Center CUNY, New York, New York
2018 Black Impossible (RED project), Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
2018 BNEC, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
2018 UnAmerica, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, New Jersey
2018 Convening for Contemporary Art, Education, and Social Justice,
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
2018 RED, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey
2017 Dream Deferred, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES
2022 Puffin Foundation Artist Grant
2022 Mana Contemporary Artist-In-Residence
2021 LMCC Governors Island Artist-in-Residence
2021 Martin and Lorraine Kaminsky Studio Artist-In-Residence
2021 Guttenberg Arts Center Artist-in-Residence
2021 William & Dorothy Yeck Purchase Award
2021 Royal Talens Cultural Equity Grant
2021 Montgomery College Artist-In-Residence
2020 Lunder Institute Grant
2019 New Jersey City University Teaching Assistant and Gallery Assistantship
2019 HOME Philadelphia Artist-In-Residence
2019 Camp Stomping Ground Artist-In-Residence
2019 Wet Paint NYC Art Fellowship
2019 Puffin Foundation Artist Grant
2014 J.N Andrews Honors Scholarship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Arts Visalia. "A place for creativity: Arts Visalia celebrates two decades at downtown gallery". April 2021
2020 Puffin Foundation. "Daily Featured Artwork: Kirk Maynard’s 'Dream Deferred."
The Puffin Cultural Forum, April 2020
Chrysanne, LaChelle. "Reframe and Resist". Day One Fans Podcast.
UNPOPCULTR, March 2020
East City Art Editorial. "The Open Gallery presents: Kirk Maynard 'Periphery.'"
East City Art, March 2020
2019 New Jersey City University. "MFA Exhibition: PERIPHERY". NJCU MFA Exhibition,
December 2019
BSB Gallery. "Every Ghetto, Every City." BSB Gallery, December 2019
Princeton University. "Being Creative in Black Spaces". Department of
African American Studies, July 2019
Zepeda, Paul. "#6 Kirk Maynard." Wet Paint NYC, June 13 2019
Ruth, Kimberly. "Art Uncovered with Kimbery Ruth." BTRtoday, May 2019
Massachusetts College of Art and Design. "Exploring the Marginalization of the
Black Body in the Public Sphere." Dialogues in the Black Atlantic, April 2019
Paradice Palace. "PERIPHERY" - Work by Kirk Maynard." February 2019
Thomas, Alexandria. "Addressing Institutionalized Discrimination Through Art Practice".
CAA Conversations Podcasts, January 2019
2018 Mann, Mary. “South Orange Performing Arts Center Puts Pianos On The Street.”
NJNext, August 2018
NYC Parks Ebony Society. "Exhibition: Power to the People." NYC Parks,
February 2018
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation Collection
Miami University
Avenel Performing Arts Center
South Orange Performing Arts Center
Everhart Museum