Alexis Kirk (December 29, 1936 — May 17, 2010) was an American jewelry designer who also designed clothing and fashion accessories. Kirk, although born in Los Angeles, and brought up in New England, self-identified as Armenian. His father, Paul Kirk, was an artist for Walt Disney, and his grandfather, Charles Vemyan, worked as a glass craftsman for René Lalique. Kirk studied art under Walter Gropius at Harvard University, and also attended the Rhode Island School of Design before becoming a lecturer in painting, sculpture, and music at the University of Tennessee.
