Kyle Colón is an Artist-Curator (among other things) based in New York City. Born and raised in the Bronx, he was trained as a painter/illustrator at the High School of Art and Design up until his early years at the Fashion Institute of Technology. It was here that he’d go on to pursue both an AAS and BFA in Photography and Related Media. 

Narrative has always been at the core of his art practice–navigating how different mediums are able to communicate stories in addition to never wanting to feel stuck in a particular practice has established a common ground of experimentation across his works. The paintbrush, the pen, the photographic and video camera are all one and the same, sometimes intermixing​​–when it comes to the art, the ends of expression justify the means, or medium. 

His work tends to grapple with themes of family and the collective memory, identity, personal pains, the unconscious being and the Black male form as object

He’s currently attending the School of Visual Arts, pursuing a MA in Curatorial Practice. While still discovering and defining his role as a curator and more particularly what it means to be an artist-curator (if at all anything), his curatorial practice is rooted in community and social practice. He hopes to push art as a tool for activism and advocacy–art is our collective response to the times we live in, a record of human expression and as such needs not only preservation, but to be made accessible (or at least provide the opportunity for accessibility) to those who may not regularly be exposed to the arts.

One day he’ll make a movie…