Stacie Birky Greene

Originally from Colorado, Stacie Birky Greene received degrees in Art and Art History from the University of Kentucky. She also studied in Florence, Italy, and at the Art Institute of Chicago. Although painting was the focus of her training, she has explored her art in a wide variety of media, including drawing, performance, photography, installation and video.

The central focus of Birky Greene's work has been to explore nature through a combination of materials and techniques. Her approach has often been guided by a fascination with form and shape, particularly as nodes for connecting unlikely allies, such as coral and cacti. By taking organic materials (or at least their representation) out of context, she compels the viewer to revel in patterns of structural unity. Her recent work has also considered the impact of human consumption and climate change on the natural world. Appalled by mass deforestation and habitat destruction, she has turned her attention to bird species that have gone extinct since the time of her own birth. The tangible results of this study will be revealed over the course of the next few years, in a variety of projects. One feature of these works that is important to consider is her choice of materials: ...

B.A. in Art Studio and B.A. in Art History, University of Kentucky, 1995
Semester Abroad in Florence, Italy, Art History and Drawing, 1995
Summer Course in Graphic Design, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1990
Full Scholarship

2016:
2016 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/BAJA BIENNIAL, Juried by Anthony Graham, Assistant Curator at the MCA San Diego; San diego Art Institute, Dec-Jan. 2017
Invitational Group Show: Night Stand: Bedside reimagines by FIG, Women’s Museum of California, Nov.
Invitational Group Show: Feminism Now, Gallery D, San Diego, CA May-June
2015:
Solo Show: "Archive", Point Loma Library, San Diego, CA September-October
2014:
Invitational Group Show: "Beyond Landscape", Encinitas Community Center Gallery, Encinitas, CA
December-January
Invitational Group Show: "Fence/Barda", Art Produce, San Diego, CA September-October
invitational Group Show: "100X100 Artists for Healing", Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA

2013:
Invitational Group Show: Gift, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA March
Solo Show: Origins: Next Door Gallery, San Diego, CA March

2011:
Invitational Group Show: C Contemporary Studio, El Cajon, CA Nov.
Two Artist Show: Artifact Studio, San Diego, CA Oct. and Dec.
Invitational Group Show: Women and Their Landscapes, Garage Gallery, San Diego, CA March

2010:
Invitational Group Show: Vacancy II, San Diego, CA Feb.
InvitationalGroup S...