Bec Kirby (b.1992, Blackpool, UK) is an artist working across painting and textile installation. Her practice is grounded in an interest in spatial composition, often considering how environments are arranged and experienced. Drawing particularly from interiors and architecture of the 1990s and early 2000s, she explores how spatial logics can translate into the composition of a painting, where the placement and orientation of elements influence harmony or unease within a space.

Alongside painting, Kirby maintains a textile practice, with the two disciplines sitting in close dialogue. Her methods often involve processes that break down materials and push them to their limits. Approaching painting as an ongoing process rather than a fixed outcome, surfaces are repeatedly worked into, undone, and reconfigured. Through this process the surface becomes a record of accumulated decisions, developing through a balance between intention and unpredictability.

Selected Exhibitions

2026 Matières sous Pression - Galerie Orae, Brussels, Belgium (group)
2024 HANDS - 8 Holland Street Gallery, curated by Wondering People, London (group)
2022 In the Nicest Way Possible - Where the Light Gets In, Stockport (solo)
2022 Tactile Interactions - Aboli Bibliot, Antwerp (group)
2022 Super Futures - Selfridges, Manchester (group)

Press

2024 - The Sunday Times
2024 - The Standard
2022 - Enki Magazine
2021 - Elle Decoration
2020 - New Norm Mag 

for enquiries contact bec@soosumsee.com