School of ArtVisiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series - Kevin Quiles Bonilla
Kevin Quiles Bonilla (b. 1992) is an interdisciplinary artist born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Through photography, performance and installation, his works explore ideas around power, colonialism, and history with his identity as context. He received a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Puerto Rico (2015) and an MFA in Fine Arts from Parsons The New School for Design (2018). He has presented his work at Brooklyn Museum, Queens Museum, Lincoln Center and Ford Foundation. Recent solo shows include Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (2021), Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center, Bronx, NY (2022), and Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York (2024). His first public artwork, For centuries, and still…(anticipated completion) made in collaboration with artist Zaq Landsberg, was presented through NYC Parks in 2022. He has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Arts + Disability Residency (2018-2019); LMCC Workspace Residency (2019-2020); Smack Mellon Artist Studio Program (2022-2023); NYLAAT Residency Program (2023); Monira Foundation Residency (2024); The Art Center at Governors Island (2024) and a Fellow at En Foco Inc Photography Fellowship (2021); EmergeNYC (2021); Art Matters Artist2Artist Fellowship (2023) and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Kahn|Mason SIP Fellowship (2024). His work has been featured in Hyperallergic, The Washington Post, BOMB Magazine and The Guardian. He lives and works between New York and Puerto Rico.
