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Currently living in London, England, Kayla is an educator, artist, and mom. She has a passion for building e-learning and new ways of making. With a diverse background in photography, studio art, and cycling education she loves trying new things with the aim of growth and exploration.
Feel free to reach out with ideas for collaborations, questions about art, or anything else cool.
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My work is about connection. As someone who has struggled with isolation, which is increasingly common in our hyper-digitized world, creating for me is an act of reaching out. My work is an exercise to touch, to feel, the details in absence, memory, and community that typify the story of living. To share those stories and create a sense of relationship with the unknown.
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Education
2020 MFA Photographic Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2011 BFA Photography Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Professional Experience
2021 Education Implementation Specialist, Trek Bicycles
2020 Photoshop Layers Workshop Instructor, PhotoMidwest
2020 Adjunct Instructor, Foundations of 2D, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2020 Teen Papermaking Workshop Instructor, Communication Madison, Madison, WI
2018-2020 Instructor, Foundations of Digital Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2018-2019 Image Processing Technician, ShopBop/Amazon, Madison, WI
2017-2020 Photography Assistant & Digital Tech, Lands’ End Photography Dodgeville, WI
2017 Student Imaging Technician, UW Digital Collections Center, Madison, WI
2017-2018 Assistant Editor Volunteer, Aint Bad Magazine, Remote
2017-2018 Photography Assistant, Swiss Colony/Quad, Monroe, WI
2016-Present Assistant, Digital Tech, & Editing, Chris Hynes Photography, Madison, WI!
2016 Special Exhibitions Assistant, Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO
2015-2016 Service + Rental Coordinator, Precision Camera, Austin, TX
2010 PopUp Gallery Attendant, Columbia College Chicago, IL
2008-2011 Darkroom Tech + Teaching Assistant, Columbia College Chicago, IL
2008, 2010 Walt Disney World College Program, Merchandise, Orlando, FL
Exhibitions
2021 Reunion MFA Group show, Madison, WI
2021 Paper on the River, Paper Discovery Center, Appelton, WI
2021 41st Annual SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, WI
2021 Morgan Conservatory Juried Group Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
2021 Redis: Online Exhibition Sergio Gomez Curator of Zhou B Art Center, Chicago
2020 SubjectivelyObjective: Infrastructure, Detroit, MI
2020 Separate/Together: A Collective Exhibition, Daytona Beach, FL
2020 Outside Looking In, Garver Feedmill, Madison, WI
2020 Familiar Words Between Good and Bad, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2020 92nd Annual Student Art Show at the Wisconsin Union Galleries
2020 Ossuary, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Society of Photographic Education, Midwest Juried Members Show
2019 Why Mom, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2019 Now is Not The Time Print Show, Giant Jones Brewing, Madison, WI
2019 Overture Galleries Spring Session Gallery III, Madison, WI
2018 CSA Exhibition, Arts + Literature Library, Madison, WI
2018 Chroma Color Screen Print Edition of 20, MMOCA Madison, WI
2018 First Year Review, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2017 Quarter Gallery, Regis Center for Art, MFA Exchange Show, Minneapolis, MN
2017 Wally Douma Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2015 Slideluck Photography Show, Austin, TX
2014 Darkroom Coop Annual Review, Austin, TX
2011 Manifest BFA Exhibit, Columbia College Chicago
2011 Necessary Fictions Alumni Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago Library
2011 South Suburban Illinois College Solo Exhibition
2011 Critical Encounters, Columbia College Chicago Library
2011 Contact 19th Century Process Show, LivingRoom Gallery, Chicago IL
2011 Purgatory Warehouse Group Exhibition, Wieser Warehouse Chicago, IL
2010 Art in Mind Group Show, Bricklane Gallery, London, England
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2018-2020 Network Curatorial Fellowship, School of Education UW Madison, WI
2019 Finalist for Chazen Prize Curated by Glenn Adamson
2019 Summer Workshop Scholarship; Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2018 Madison Arts Commission Grant, City Council of Madison, WI
2018 Professional Development Grant, UW-Madison Art Department, Madison, WI
2018 CSArt: Madison New Work Grant, Arts + Literature Library, Madison, WI
2015 Summer Workshop Scholarship; Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2011 Columbia College Purchase Award, BFA Manifest Show, Chicago, IL
2010 Art Directors Club, Henry Wolf Photography Scholarship
2010 Critical Encounters Spotlight Award, Chicago, IL
2006 Columbia College Chicago Presidential Scholarship, Chicago, IL
2006 Scholastic Art Awards, Gold Key in Photography, Denver, CO
Print Media
2020 Subjectively Objective Volume 7 Collection Book, Detroit, MI
2018 Rum Magazine, Graz, Austria
2017 Aint Bad Magazine, Portfolio Review
2017 Indestructible Energy Zine; Theme: Isolation, Birmingham, England
2016 To Be Determined, self published bike polo zine, Denver, CO
2015 Aint Bad Magazine, Portfolio Review
2010 Colorless Green Ideas, Zine Publication, London, England
Publications as Author
2018 Aint-Bad, What We’ve Found December review: Family of us
2018 Aint-Bad Issue No. 13 Interview of Ian Bates
Visiting Artist Lectures/Presentations/Critiques
2019 Colloquium Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2018 Speed Dating, MOCA, Madison, WI