Born 1983, Las Vegas, NV
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2012 MFA. Claremont Graduate University. Fine Art. Claremont, CA
2009 BFA. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Sculpture. Las Vegas, NV
2005 BA. University of Nevada, Reno. Journalism. Reno, NV
Selected Exhibitions
2021
Kyla Hansen + Krystal Ramirez: This is the Place, This Must Be the Place. Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art,. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
2020
Excerpts: Works from the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
The Trouble with Goodness, Five Car Garage, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
New to Neon, Museum of Neon Art, Glendale, CA
2019
Code Word Safe, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Golden Hour, Keystone Artspace, Los Angeles, CA (two-person)
Slow Burn, Unpaved Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA (solo)
Combobulation: The Art of Kyla Hansen & Alison Ragguette, Pasadena City College Art Gallery (two-person)
Punk House vs. Dream House, organized by Kristin Calabrese, Joshua Aster and Torie Zalben, Serious Topics, Inglewood, California.
Lost & Found. Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Becoming a Horse, Five Car Garage, Santa Monica, CA, (solo)
Luz: Explorations of Light, Fullerton College Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA
This Body, Garis & Hahn, Los Angeles, CA
Geo-Ontological: Artists Contemplating Deep Time, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
BioPerversity, Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Material Art Fair, Courtesy of Five Car Garage, Mexico City, MX
2017
Memory Foam, TSALA @ Eastside International. Los Angeles, CA
Kitsch, Studio E Gallery. Seattle, WA
2016
Anxiety, HVW8 Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
Rib Mountain, Five Car Garage, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
Material Culture, William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, Thousand Oaks, CA
NADA Art Fair, Courtesy of Five Car Garage, New York, NY
Synaesthesia, Five Car Garage. Santa Monica, CA
Some Americans & Some More, Curated by David Pagel. Peggy Phelps & East Gallery. Claremont Graduate University. Claremont, CA
Fresh StART Benefit Auction, Arena 1 Gallery. Santa Monica, CA
2015
Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic LA, Curated by René-Julien Praz, PIASA, Paris, France
See Through, Presented by SOLAR LA, Elsie's Watch Repair, Hollywood, CA
Manifest American Mythic: Contemporary Art and the Old West, Torrance Art Museum. Torrance, CA
2014
Stowaway, WEEKEND Space, Los Angeles, CA
Familiar Unfamiliar, Curated by Manual History Machines, Twenty-nine Palms, CA
2013
BIG MESS: Margaret Griffith, Kyla Hansen, Christian Tedeschi. Western Project. Los Angeles, CA
The 10th Circle: Curated by David Pagel. VAST Space Projects. Henderson, NV (catalogue)
The End and Shit. Kleven Contemporary. Las Vegas, NV (solo)
Tripod: Kyla Hansen & Dion Johnson. Curated by David Pagel. Peggy Phelps Gallery. Claremont Graduate University. Claremont, CA
2012
GLAMFA: Greater Los Angeles Master of Fine Arts 2012. University of California, Long Beach. Long Beach, CA
BOOM: 2012 Southern California MFA Invitational Group Exhibition. Pacific Design Center. West Hollywood, CA
Line Dancing. Presented by 5790 Projects. RAID Projects. Los Angeles, CA
Heaps Street. MFA Thesis Exhibition. East Gallery. Claremont Graduate University. Claremont, CA (solo)
2011
Circulate Exchange: Nugget & Gravy. New Wight Gallery. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles. CA (catalogue)
Projections on Lake, City of Pasadena Public Arts Program. Pasadena, CA
Residencies, Grants & Awards
2020 Davyd Whaley Emerging Artist Grant
2016 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Alternate Artist in Residence
2015 Montello Foundation Artist Residency, Montello NV
2012 Modern Painters Magazine’s “24 Artists to Watch in 2012”
Publications & Catalogues
2019
Code Word Safe, exhibition catalogue, October 19 – December 6. Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. 2019. Print
Heitzman, Lorraine. “Kyla Hansen and Alison Raguette at Pasadena City College.” Art and Cake Magazine. April 5, 2019. Online publication.
Nys Dambrot, Shana. “Lost + Found at Tiger Strikes Asteroid.” Art and Cake Magazine. Feb 22, 2019. Online publication.
2016
Wagley, Catherine, “5 Art Shows to See in LA This Week,” LA Weekly, October 5, 2016. Print and online publication.
Stromberg, Matt, “Beautiful, Meaningful Messes,” The Argonaut News, August 31, 2016. Print and online publications.
Shomaker, Kristen. “Kyla Hansen at Five Car Garage,” Art and Cake Magazine. October 26, 2016. Online publication.
2015
Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic LA, exhibition catalog, November 9, 2015. Print.
Artist Interview with Kyla Hansen, Maake Magazine. Issue 1. 2015. Print and online publication
2013
The 10th Circle, exhibition catalogue, March 2 – April 13, 2013. VAST Space Projects. Smacksheets Publishing. 2013. Print
Baude, Dawn-Michelle, “The 10th Circle is a vibrant, thought-provoking triumph,” Las Vegas Weekly. Wed, Mar 6, 2013. Print
Peterson, Kristen, “Kyla Hansen’s ‘The End’ provides Kleven Contemporary with a fitting final chapter.” Las Vegas Weekly. Wed, Feb, 20, 2013. Print
2012
“24 Artists to Watch in 2013.” (Cover) Modern Painters Magazine. December 2012. Print
2011
Circulate, Exchange: Nugget & Gravy, exhibition catalogue, September 22 – October 6, 2013. New Wight Gallery, UCLA. 2013. Print