bio
Kirk Finkel [untitled, xyz] is an artist and metaverse architect based in Brooklyn. His work explores virtual architecture through modular design concepts with a focus on developing immersive experiences for digital art. Prior to xyz, he practiced as an urban designer, co-founded the Sndbox incubator and the art collective Hither Yon. Kirk is the Director of Architecture at the Museum of Crypto Art.
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education
2011 - Bachelor of Architecture, BArch. AAP, Cornell University.
2014 - Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design, MsAUD. GSAPP, Columbia University.
interviews + press
2024 - Impossible Designs, Modular Metaverses, and Public Goods by Brady Walker, MakersPlace.
2023 - All of my buildings are inside out by Anna Seaman, the MORROW Collective.
2022 - A Beginner's Guide To The Metaverse by N3W LANDS. Fortune.
2022 - Can the Metaverse Disrupt Architecture? by Fifth Wall Ventures.
2022 - Tour the Metaverse by Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune.
2022 - Metaverse Feature by Galileo, ProSieben.
2022 - The Four Faces of Kirk Finkel by Max Cohen, The Museum of Crypto Art.
2022 - Who is designing the architectures of the metaverse? by Andrea Daniele Signorelli, domus.
2022 - Why Every 3D Designer / Architect Can Benefit From the Creator Economy in the Metaverse by Chloe Sun, ArchDaily.
2021 - A Crypto Architect Takes Us Inside the ‘Visual Language’ of the Metaverse by Brady Dale, The Defiant.
2018 - Off the Blockchain: Shedding Light on Cryptocurrency by Brian Vines, BRIC TV.
publication features
2024 - On NFTs edited by Robert Alice, published by Taschen.
2023 - Multispace: Architecture at the Dawn of the Metaverse edited by Owen Hopkins. Essay; Architecture in Postreality : Emerging Approaches to Space in Hybrid Realities by Jesse Damiani, published by Architectural Design.
exhibitions
2024 - PROJECTIONS, Galerie Charlot. Curated by Elisabeth Karolyi. Paris, FR.
2024 - /SPATIAL, techcontemporary gallery / objktone. Curated by Bay Backner + Damir First. Copenhagen, DK + Virtual.
2024 - {R(Evolutionaries);}, Art Dubai. Curated by MORROW. Dubai, UAE.
2023 - DYOR, Kunsthalle Zürich. Curated by Nina Roehrs. Zürich, CH.
2023 - UAE First Immersion, Art Dubai. Curated by MORROW. Dubai, UAE.
2023 - GALLERY^2, ETH Denver. Curated by IRL Art. Denver, USA.
2022 - VRUSEUM, Secondary Bounce. Curated by Boldtron + SlurpTV. Virtual.
2022 - Silvermine, Silvermine Arts Gallery. Curated by Snowcrash. New Canaan, USA + Virtual.
2022 - Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Vellum LA. Curated by Jesse Damiani + Sinziana Velicescu. Los Angeles, USA.
2021 - CADAF. Crypto And Digital Art Fair. Digital Art Month. Virtual.
2021 - Hack of a Bear by Hackatao. Curated by Eleonora Brizi, presented by Christie's, M○C△, Arium. Virtual
2020 - I○C△. Curated by the Incubator of Crypto Art. Virtual.
2018 - Crypto Renaissance. 100 Bogart Gallery. Brooklyn, USA [as Sndbox]
2014 - techne, n. Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art. Curated by KWY. Copenhagen, DK. [as Hither Yon]
2012 - No Illusion. Kreuzberg Pavillon. Curated by Yujin Lee. Kassel, DE. [as Hither Yon]
2012 - Id, Ego, Superego. Traffic Konzept. Berlin, DE. [as Hither Yon]
2011 - The Hither Yon Collective. Curated by Carlotta Testori. Milano, IT. [as Hither Yon]