Bec Kirby

Bec Kirby
Born 1992, Blackpool, UK
Lives and works in Manchester, UK

My practice spans painting and textiles and explores the uncanny qualities of domestic interiors, architecture and everyday objects. I am interested in the point at which familiar spaces and ordinary objects begin to feel disconnected, and how prolonged looking can shift our perception of the everyday.

My paintings often begin with seemingly mundane interiors and domestic apparatuses, using light, reflection and spatial relationships to shift them from their original context. Objects and architectural elements are isolated, cropped or repositioned, allowing familiar forms to become ambiguous and take on a presence of their own.

My background in Interior Design and Architecture continues to inform the way I approach composition, particularly my interest in space, structure, material and the relationship between objects and their surroundings. Across painting and textiles, I am drawn to processes of manipulation and re-contextualisation, creating work that sits somewhere between recognition and unfamiliarity.

Bec Kirby

Born 1992, Blackpool, UK

Lives and works in Manchester, UK

EDUCATION

2012 BA Interior Design and Architecture, UoH, UK

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 Île de Bendor, Bendol, France

2026 Matières sous Pression, Brussels, Belgium

2024 HANDS, 8 Holland Street, curated by Wondering People, London

2022 In the Nicest Way Possible, Where the Light Gets In, Stockport

2022 Tactile Interactions, Aboli Bibliot, Antwerp

2022 Super Futures, Selfridges, Manchester