Kirra Cheers (1987) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work draws from her personal experiences. Hailing from Australia, she has now made New York City her home and creative base. Kirra gained significant recognition after her project, Tinderella went viral leading to her being named ‘Young Creative Australian of the Year’ in the field of photography by Lost at E Minor. Notably, her project ‘The List' was adapted for theatre and is being developed as a podcast. Currently, Kirra is the artist in residence at Mad Gene Media and is enjoying exploring the world of film.
Client list includes; Gucci, Marc Jacobs, John Hardy and Rachel Zoe.
Artist in residence at Mad Gene Media
Completed an artist in residency in Crete, Greek Islands with Mudhouse Residency
Creator/producer/director of ‘The List’ Interviewed by BBC television about dating in a digital world
Named ‘Young Creative Australian of the Year’ by Lost at E Minor
Interview for ‘Professional Photography’ magazine in their ‘top expert – round table’ discussion forum on Viral Photography
Featured speaker at the ‘Blow Up’ event on ‘Viral Photography – run by Feature Shoot
Regular contributor to Refinery 29
Featured in the New York Times
Guest speaker for the BBC radio series ‘The Digital Human’
Artist/Curator for a group show depicting ‘Modern Romance’ at Sky Gallery in Brooklyn – an initiative of The Brooklyn Collective
Work published by; Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, Refinery 29, Nerve, Junkee, Cosmopolitan Magazine, ABC, Elite Daily, Feature Shoot, Daily Mail, Sunday Telegraph, Peta Pixel, i-Ref, Business Insider, A Plus, Edition F
Major Award Winner at the International Aperture Awards in Photojournalism
1st Place in the Ilford National Photography Competition
Australian Institute of Photography Travel Scholarship Winner
Site Unseen Finalist
“Kirra Cheers is the definitive artist covering social media and its effect on modern sexuality and the urban dating culture. In her groundbreaking treatise, Tinderella, she exposes the underbelly of Tinder and its transformative effect on communication and interaction in the age of the iPhone. It’s an explosive mix of high-concept self-awareness and low-brow interaction, where she reveals that which is often-experienced but rarely documented.
She continues her exploration in The List, expanding on her insights from Tinderella by transforming the digitality of modern life into a voyeuristic examination that splinters the ego into one-part narcissism and one-part disconnection, resulting in a series that is at once gripping and reflective of the changes taking place throughout greater society.
Her ability to draw out the brash vulnerability of her generation is profoundly unique and fundamentally incomparable. There simply is no one else who offers the same insights.” - Spencer Lum