Bierk studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. Recent solo exhibitions include Gladstone Gallery, Brussels ( ); ADZ Gallery, Lisbon ( ( ( ); Painters Painting Paintings ( ); NO FOUNDATION, Toronto ( ); Pangée, Montreal ( grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation ( prize ( , ); Overduin & Co., Los Angeles ); Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto ); Project Gallery, Toronto ( ). Bierk has received ) and was a finalist for the Kingston ). He has served as the Artist in Residence at PM/AM, London ( Sussex Contemporary, Ottawa ( About Gladstone Gallery ).