Toronto based, New Orleans bred, ADHD inspired.
About the Artist
I’m Kyla, a Toronto based, New Orleans bred Visual Artist with a passion for painting, intuitively portraying emotions and mindsets through my work. As a queer artist living with ADHD and Mental Health, I use these as a tool to create my compositions. As my thoughts move a mile a minute, so does my paintbrush. Use of hyper-detail, layering, and hidden imagery tricks the eye into multiple perspectives. My work begins as abstract play and as my process evolves, elements of cubism, surrealism, and psychedelic art make their way into my compositions, describing my signature style as Intuitive Maximalism. Repetition and pattern are utilized as my stimming. Ultimately, I hope to inspire neurodivergent individuals to utilize their disabilities as positive and unique traits, rather than as setbacks in life.
I have been drawing and painting since early childhood, leading to a consistent art practice for over 20 years. I received my BFA in Visual Art from York University in 2018, then completed OCAD’s Fineline Business Accelerator Certification in Summer 2023. I have been exhibiting professionally since 2017, hosting 7 solo exhibitions, received awards in juried group exhibitions and fairs, exhibited in Nuit Blanche 2023, and won Art Battle Toronto May 2024. As a full-time artist, I work as a face painter, live painter, art instructor, muralist, and collaborator often traveling for gigs and shows.
View my work in-person at Canvas Art Bar in Mississauga, the Riverdale Gallery in Toronto and at Fly Right Galaxy Gift and Studio in New Orleans. If interested in working with me, please fill out this form. All information about my rates and services can be found here on my contact page.