Sam Kirk

Kirk was one of fifty international artists selected by the city of New York to paint a mural in the city as part of WorldPride 2019. She selected Victoria Cruz as the subject of her mural to celebrate Transgender Women of color and to feature a living person.

Kirk became the first woman invited to participate in the Casablanca street art festival, CasaMouja, for which she painted a 28 ft x 50 ft mural to celebrate 35 years of Chicago Casablanca Sister Cities International exchange. The mural depicts two women facing opposite directions, highlights the connection between the two cities though miles apart.

Kirk collaborated with Sandra Antongiorgi to create the Weaving Cultures mural. This brought awareness to the Chicago community about women growing up racially mixed and queer. The mural includes five women of different racial ethnicities and ages, including one transgender woman, all on a teal abstract background. All women displaying a stoic expression. The mural can be found on 16th and Blue Island in Chicago, Illiones.[1][2]

Kirk and Antongiorgi collaborated once again to create Logan Square Mural. This mural highlights the culture that once thrived at Logan Square before being gentrified. Kirk and Antongiorgi wanted people to take a step back to understand the mural and attempt to understand each other's differences.[1] The mural displays three oversized individuals (one male and two females) surrounded by gray and brick red buildings and yellow metro tracks above. Below the three individuals, there are small people playing with a fire hydrant, selling ice cream, protesting, and driving a car. Around all of them are palm trees and city signs that read "Wilsure Hotel" & "Furniture".[1] This mural was funded by Ramirez-Rosa by $20,000 in city money to celebrate “the diversity and history of Logan Square" [3]

Kirk collaborated with Andy Bellomo and Sandra Antongiorgi to create The Love I Vibrate, a mural is to honor non-binary community members and Chicago's LGBTQ community.[4] The Love I Vibrate is on the side of the Howard Brown Health Clinic in Chicago. The mural displays swirls of pink, blue, purple, and gold with a non-binary individual in the center with a shaved head and lips painted gold and eyes hot pink.[4] This mural was funded by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.[4]

• Dates: November 2, 2018 – January 6, 2019
• Objective: Recognition of the past century influential political movements.[5]

• Dates: May 11, 2018 - February 3, 2019
• Objective: Breaking down the layers of gentrification in Pilsen. Artwork is meant to represent the heartache and turmoil felt by the community of Pilsen, Chicago.[6]

• 2016: Displayed through illustrations, paintings, and interactive artworks, Kirk shows her appreciation for Chicago & New York. Also shows how Kirk jumped between both cities as she discovered her identity and love.[7]