about
Kirk Finkel [untitled, xyz] is a Brooklyn-based artist and virtual architect. His work investigates metaverse architecture through modular design concepts with a focus on virtual art galleries and public spaces. Prior to xyz, he practiced as an urban designer in New York. Kirk is the Director of Architecture at the Museum of Crypto Art. He holds a master's degree in urban design (MsAUD) from Columbia University and a bachelor's of architecture (BArch) from Cornell University.
media
Fortune, N3W LANDS Series | Interview
Fifth Wall Ventures | Interview
“All of my buildings are inside out” : An interview with Untitled, XYZ - Anna Seaman, the MORROW Collective. 2023.
Tour the metaverse: An inside look from people building the $8 trillion virAltual reality that’s changing the world - Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune. 2022.
The Four Faces of Kirk Finkel - Max Cohen, The Museum of Crypto Art. 2022.
Who is designing the architectures of the metaverse? - Andrea Daniele Signorelli, domus. 2022.
Why Every 3D Designer / Architect Can Benefit From the Creator Economy in the Metaverse - Chloe Sun, ArchDaily. 2022.
A Crypto Architect Takes Us Inside the ‘Visual Language’ of the Metaverse - Brady Dale, The Defiant. 2021.
select projects / exhibitions
EigenLayer World Builder Series - Artist
NFT release celebrating the protocol launch.
EigenLayer. 2023.
UAE First Immersion - Art Fair
Curated by the MORROW Collective
Art Dubai. 2023. Dubai, UAE
GALLERY^2 - Art Exhibition
Curated by IRL Art
ETH Denver. 2023. Denver, US
VRUSEUM - Art Exhibition
Virtual Reality Art Museum
Secondary Bounce. 2022.
Silvermine Arts Gallery - Architect.
Installation in collaboration with SnowCrash.
Silvermine Galleries. 2022. Somnium Space.
Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror - Exhibition on art and architecture.
Vellum LA and the LA Art Show. 2022. Los Angeles, US
M○C△ Pantheon - Architect.
Exhibition for “Hack of a Bear XR” by Hackatao.
Museum of Crypto Art. 2021. Somnium Space.
Hack of a Bear Exhibition - Architect.
“Hack of a Bear” by Hackatao. Curated by Eleonora Brizi.
In partnership with Museum of Crypto Art (M○C△), Arium, Christie’s.
Arium Spaces. 2021. (link)
AGORA - Architect.
Museum of Crypto Art. 2021. Somnium Space (link)
CADAF - Crypto And Digital Art Fair
Digital Art Month. 2021. Virtual.
I○C△ - Metaverse Residency.
Incubator of Crypto Art. 2020. Somnium Space.
Crypto Renaissance - Exhibition on blockchain use-cases and creativity.
100 Bogart Gallery. 2018. Brooklyn, US [as Sndbox]
Steem Park - Community garden funded through cryptocurrency.
Herbert Von King Park. 2017. Brooklyn, US [as Sndbox]
NEST - Public art installation.
NYC DOT Arts Program. 2016. Staten Island, US
techne - Exhibition on contemporary craft in art and architecture.
Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art. 2014. Copenhagen, DK [as Hither Yon]
Kulturpark - Public art installation and ideas competition.
Spreepark in Plänterwald. 2012. Berlin, DE [as Hither Yon]
No Illusion - Art exhibition.
Kreuzberg Pavillon. 2012. Kassel, DE [as Hither Yon]
Id, Ego, Superego - Mural installation and exhibition.
Traffic Konzept + Film. 2012. Berlin, DE [as Hither Yon]
FRAME Work - Art exhibition.
Grimmuseum. 2011. Berlin, DE [as Hither Yon]
The Hither Yon Collective - Mural installation and exhibition.
Curated by Carlotta Testori. 2011. Milano, IT [as Hither Yon]