Gloria Kirk
Person TypeArtist
American (b. 1930, NYC, NY)
BiographyGloria Kirk is a Washington, DC native who, as a Foreign Service Officer, served in Bogota, Colombia; Lagos, Nigeria; Monrovia, Liberia; Colombo, Sri Lanka and Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since 1995, she has produced fine art photographs and conceptual art, as well as mixed media, including polymer clay and textiles. Her artworks are influenced by her life experiences and take on themes of spiritual and personal identity, as well as local and international significance. Kirk’s work has been published widely, and she has exhibited in the US, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Brazil and Cuba, and she is a member of several DC arts and photography associations.