About
Kerry Hirth was born in the Midwest and currently lives and works near Columbia, Missouri. Her work explores the translation of music to visual art.
Kerry's work has been presented in gallery exhibitions nationally and internationally, as well as closer to home, where she is represented by HiIliard Gallery in Kansas City. In addition to exhibitions and collaborations, Kerry has done numerous private, public, and corporate commissioned artworks.
Some noteworthy projects include:
Some noteworthy projects include:
- An exhibition of her work on bat extinction at Mammoth Cave National Park with photographs contributed by bat conservationist Merlin Tuttle
- Designing tapestries based on musical patterns and working with weavers preserving traditional weaving methods in Oeud Zem, Morocco
- A permanent installation in the atrium of the Bond Life Sciences Center at the University of Missouri - Columbia
- Live demonstration with the Missouri Symphony Society orchestra
- Curated program at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago on the relationship between improvisational jazz and the visual arts
- Creating artwork for the first Mugellini Festival in Macerata, Italy
- Collaborating with the composer James Funkhouser on an exhibition of drawings and new music based on the poetry of W.B. Yeats
- Creating backgrounds for live performance
Kerry is a recipient of an artist fellowship from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center in Nebraska. She was a member artist of ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation-Chicago for six years.
Kerry's approach to music and visual art has been shaped by her unique academic background. She received a BA in Philosophy with minor in music performance in 1994 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. During that time, she did archaeological illustrations of Mayan artifacts on site in Belize for the University of Texas-Austin and performed french horn at the Aspen Music Festival for two seasons. She received an MA in Philosophy from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 1998, and subsequently graduated from law school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, working as an attorney in public interest law in Missouri and Illinois. She also received an AAS in Computer Networking from Moberly Area Community College. Her experiences with professional music performance and the study of analytic philosophy contribute significantly to her approach to time and place in her work.
In addition to exhibitions and collaborations, Kerry has done numerous private, public, and corporate commissioned artworks.
Kerry's approach to music and visual art has been shaped by her unique academic background. She received a BA in Philosophy with minor in music performance in 1994 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. During that time, she did archaeological illustrations of Mayan artifacts on site in Belize for the University of Texas-Austin and performed french horn at the Aspen Music Festival for two seasons. She received an MA in Philosophy from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 1998, and subsequently graduated from law school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, working as an attorney in public interest law in Missouri and Illinois. She also received an AAS in Computer Networking from Moberly Area Community College. Her experiences with professional music performance and the study of analytic philosophy contribute significantly to her approach to time and place in her work.
In addition to exhibitions and collaborations, Kerry has done numerous private, public, and corporate commissioned artworks.