Jerome Kirk was born in Detroit in 1923. After serving in World War II, he received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1951. Kirk has placed over sixty public and privately owned outdoor sculptures worldwide, from his piece at Storm King, New York to “Quest” at Space Technology Laboratories, Redondo Beach, CA. Influenced by Alexander Calder, David Smith and Harry Bertoia, Kirk’s dedication to his craft has set new standards for sculpture, specifically kinetic sculpture.
The physics of motion is celebrated by the flawlessly executed technical engineering and structural design of the aluminum and stainless steel beams, arcs and other geometric elements that make up Kirk’s large outdoor sculpture and smaller intimate indoor works.
Kirk’s work can be found at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA., Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY., Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY., Sheldon Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE., Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ., University of California, Santa Barbara Art Galleries, Santa Barbara, CA. University of California, Berkeley Galleries, Santa Barbara, CA., among others.