Curvism seeks to move beyond the square worldview

Curvism: The Art of the Curve

“Nature is curved with few exceptions.”
— Steve Firkins, Founder of Curvism

Curvism was born from the landscape—the horizon, the hills and valleys, the flow of water, the shapes of rocks, plants, animals, and the human form. Everything in nature moves and breathes through curves. In contrast, the modern world is defined by the straight line—the square, the rectangle and the cube—symbols of order, control, confinement and domination.

In 1978, Steve Firkins began using the word Curvism to describe both his artistic expression and his philosophy of living. Curvism arose as a response to the rigid, angular world shaped by industrialization and Western rationalism—a world built from a male-centered perspective that values reason, power, and material progress over intuition, empathy, and connection.

.At its heart, Curvism views the world from a more female perspective—one that values wholeness over fragmentation, quality over quantity, and experience over the analytical. It honors the senses, the sensual, and the intuitive. It embraces caring, cooperation, compassion and the cyclical rhythms of the Earth.

Curvism calls for uniting with the curved, spiritual world of nature. It speaks through forms that are circular, elliptical, and fluid—shapes that echo the organic movement of life itself. Curvism advocates for the exploration of the circular and elliptical format for picture making

For too long, nature and the female qualities of being human have been suppressed by the symbols and the power of the man-made world. Curvism believes that artistic and cultural renewal can be achieved by moving out of the box and through the curved worldview.

Curvism invites us to see, to feel, and experience the beauty of the curved worldview.