Kevin Quiles Bonilla (b. 1992) is an interdisciplinary artist born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Through photography, performance and installation, his works explores ideas around power, colonialism, and history with his identity as context. He received a BA in Fine Arts magna cum laude from the University of Puerto Rico (2015) and an MFA in Fine Arts with honors 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 includes Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (2021), and Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center, Bronx, NY (2022). 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); Monira Foundation Residency (2024) and a Fellow at En Foco Inc Photography Fellowship (2021) and Art Matters Artist2Artist Fellowship (2023). 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.
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email: kevinquilesupr@gmail.com
Kevin Quiles Bonilla 