Megan Kirk

Educational Art Technician, Print Media

Jane Trash (Megan Kirk, Janet Rash) is a Calgary based artist currently exploring the realm of puppet fabrication and film.

Trash's work explores the decline of our cultural value systems, playing off the tension between the childhood recognition of the presentation vs dark societal discourse.

A smiling person with closely cropped hair wearing a white graphic T-shirt, standing in front of a textured blue wall, with a warm and friendly expression.

Megan Kirk is the Educational Art Technician for Print Media. Kirk Graduated ACAD in 2004 with a BFA in Printmaking. Kirk also runs a silkscreen merchandise company called, Gaptooth Sweatsuit with fellow artist, Photomawf.

  • A handcrafted miniature diorama of a colorful urban street scene with cartoonish puppet characters, a storefront named "Bus Stop Shop - Shmokes," and humorous signage, set against a green screen background. A skeleton-like figure holds a boombox while two expressive puppets interact nearby.

    TV RASH (Postcards From Sled Island), 2021
    Video Still, Cardboard, stop-animation

  • A hand-made puppet of a man with exaggerated facial features, wearing a yellow shirt, pink pants, and a blue jacket, seated on a small rolling chair against a warm yellow backdrop.

    Richard Brown (Puppet Portrait), 2019
    37" Tall, Mixed Media

  • A vibrant, framed collage packed with pink objects, including dolls, flamingos, cosmetics, clothing, and pop culture memorabilia, assembled in a layered, chaotic composition.

    Everything Shucks, 2017
    Photographic Sculpture Series, 24"x36"

  • TV RASH (Postcards From Sled Island), 2021 Video Still, Cardboard, stop-animation

  • Richard Brown (Puppet Portrait), 2019 37" Tall, Mixed Media

  • Everything Shucks, 2017 Photographic Sculpture Series, 24"x36"

Connect

www.janetrash.com