Education
  • 2001
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    The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. BFA.

Pete Kirill (b. 1974, Mobile, Alabama) is a Miami-based visual artist and designer whose work collides political satire, pop iconography, and propaganda into confrontational images. Educated at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and shaped by time spent in Cuba studying state propaganda firsthand, Kirill dismantles power by remixing its symbols—drawing blunt parallels between communism, capitalism, and the myths that sustain both. His work has been exhibited in Spectrum Miami, Wyn317, Electrica Gallery, and Myra Gallery, and featured in The Miami Herald.

Solo Exhibitions
  • 2022
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    “Authoritarian Pop” Bomb Shelter Art Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2018
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    “Pete Kirill Art Exhibition” Electrica Gallery Pop Up, Delray Beach, FL

  • 2016
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    “Thug Life” Electrica Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2011
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    “A Dictator Visits Miami” Myra Art Gallery, Miami, FL

Group Exhibitions
  • 2019
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    “Concrete Era” Wyn317 Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2018
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    “Art Space Pop-Up” Bomb Shelter Art Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2017
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    “Electrica Gallery Pop Up” Spectrum Miami, Miami, FL

  • 2016
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    “Concrete Era” Wyn317 Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2016
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    “Electric Americana ” Electrica Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

  • 2016
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    “Art Basel: Electrica Gallery” Spectrum Miami, Miami, FL

  • 2015
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    “Return of the Bang ” Wyn317 Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2014
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    “Get It While It’s Hot” Wyn317 Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2014
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    “Miami vs. NY” Wyn317 Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2014
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    “One Year Jubilee” Wyn317 Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2014
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    “Bang For Your Buck” Wyn317 Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2013
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    “Icona Pop” Wyn317 Gallery, Miami, FL

  • 2013
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    “Probable Cause” Wyn317 Gallery, Miami, FL

Press

MC Elvis — Featured  in the Miami Herald, “MC Elvis Towers Over Wynwood.”

MC Elvis — Featured in CBS, “Wynwood Portrait of Elvis Gets All Shook Up”

Rebel Without a Pause — Featured in the Miami New Times, “Artist Pete Kirill Paints James Dean as Flavor Flav”

Solo Exhibition — Featured in the Miami New Times, “Dictators, Globes, Inner Monologues”

Interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for “The Next Frontier,” discussing street art’s influence on Wynwood’s real estate landscape.

North Korea Series— Featured in Miami Art Guide, “Screenshots”

Artist of the Week— Featured in Galo Magazine, “Pete Kirill Merges the Line between Communism and Capitalism”