Kaia King-Hall
Kaia Love King-Hall was born in 2002 in Jacksonville, Florida. She is currently majoring in Art at the University of California, Irvine. King-Hall has been a part of various shows including Are You Seen? at the Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica and Eclectic Collective at Ouro Gallery, Los Angeles. King-Hall has been awarded the Ronn Davis Art Scholarship, the Stiefel/Dockweiler Art Scholarship, the James & Lucille Cayton Award, and the Benjamin Raj Sugar Memorial Scholarship. King-Hall was also a highlighted artist in KCRW’s Young Creators Project in 2022.
Artist Statement
My work explores the body as a site of violence, power, intimacy, and political discourse, a personal record. Through the use of sculpture, video, audio, and painting I ask how the body recalls this history. Seeking how these experiences can be evoked and universalized, I deconstruct memories to their essential components. I frequently employ my body in the work through representation and performance. Investigating themes of fetishization, elation, manipulation, and addiction, the work often takes exaggerated, absurd forms. By utilizing overt sexualization, saturated colors, digital modes of deterioration, and warped figures, I command the viewer’s attention and reconcile my relationship with my body.
