Peter Kirby

Since 1985 Peter Kirby has produced and directed over 60 works, including a series of works on contemporary artists and architects, a three hour evening for KCET on Los Angeles artists, and multi-screen media components for four major touring exhibitions organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

In addition to these works, he has produced and directed films and multi screen installations for a variety of clients, both in the art world and the commercial, with clients as diverse as; the J. Paul Getty Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Newport Harbor Museum of Art; Lannan Foundation; The Whitney Museum of American Art and The National Portrait Gallery, Universal Studio Tours, Florida and The Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas.

He has received a Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowship and awards for commercial work from the International Film and TV Festival of New York, the Houston International Film Festival and was nominated for a Los Angeles area Emmy.

His works have been shown in festivals and museums around the world.

Peter Kirby: Binary Lives: Steina and Woody Vasulka 1997 | 00:46:00 | United States | English | Color | Stereo | 4:3 |

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