Matthew Kirk
In a Time of Darkness, This is Wonderful News
September 13 - November 1, 2025
Opening Reception: Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13, 2025, 6-9 pm
de boer | Los Angeles
de boer (Los Angeles) is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of mixed-media wall works and sculpture by Matthew Kirk in Los Angeles. In Kirk’s first solo exhibition with de boer, the New York-based artist presents large and medium-scale works evoking art historical antecedents from Henri Matisse, Christopher Wool, and Joe Fedderson as well as traditional pictography, abstraction, and the cultural memory of his upbringing. The exhibition’s title, In a Time of Darkness, This Is Wonderful News, captures the spiritual optimism embedded in Kirk’s process that leads with joy, clarity, and connection.
Selected Works
Matthew Kirk
Tooth Cutter, 2025
acrylic on wood panel
51.5 x 78 in. / 130.81 x 198.12 cm
Matthew Kirk
Start to Deserve, 2025
acrylic on wood panel
30 x 24 in. / 76.20 x 60.96 cm.
Matthew Kirk
My Hands Are Never Cold, 2025
acrylic on wood panel
30 x 24 in. / 76.20 x 60.96 cm.
Matthew Kirk
A Day of Stillness, 2025
acrylic on wood panel
42 x 42 in. / 106.68 x 106.68 cm.
Matthew Kirk
Let's Just Be Strangers, 2025
acrylic on wood panel
48 x 36 in. / 121.92 x 91.44 cm.
Matthew Kirk
We Know Where There's Music, 2025
acrylic on wood panel
48 x 36 in. / 121.92 x 91.44 cm.
Matthew Kirk
Around the World On a Good Day, 2025
found objects and mixed media
82 x 43 x 12.5 in. / 208.28 x 109.22 x 31.75 cm
