Kayla Gibbons

Kayla Gibbons is a visual artist and educator affiliated with the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York, where she teaches art history seminars. She earned a BFA from SVA (2011) and an MFA in Sculpture from Yale School of Art (2013). Her artistic practice explores material reclamation, transforming industrial remnants into sculptural forms that interrogate memory, labor, and cultural landscapes.

• Education:
  • BFA, School of Visual Arts (2011)
  • MFA, Yale School of Art (2013)

Her research bridges sculpture, monumentality, and the aesthetics of decay, informed by her upbringing as the daughter of a mechanic. She has exhibited internationally in Rome, Poland, and Turkey, and participated in residencies at Byrdcliffe Colony (2016) and Vermont Studio Center (2015).

Scientific Awards & Honors:

• Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Office of the Arts (2014)
• Fannie B. Pardee Award for Excellence in Sculpture, Yale University (2013)
• Partial scholarship, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild (2016)
• Mechanics-inspired material transformation grants

Her publications and curatorial work, including the 2019 SVA Flatiron Project Space exhibition, reflect her interdisciplinary focus on sculpture and historical narratives. Gibbons currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.