Kayla Delacerda was born, raised, and still resides in Miami, Florida. Delacerda received a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Photography from New World School of the Arts (2015). Between 2015 and 2020 she spearheaded the social practice art collective Midnight Thrift. In 2017 was a participant in MFU, a fellowship residency jointly organized between Oolite Arts and BHQFU in Miami, Florida. Solo exhibitions include “Acceptance” (2023), at NAME Publications (Miami, FL) and “Down On Paper” (2024), at Tunnel Projects’ Touché Boutique (Miami, FL), and a forthcoming untitled exhibition in 2026 at Frederic Snitzer Gallery. Selected group exhibitions include the 16th iteration of the A.I.R. Biennial “I woke up dreaming” at A.I.R. Gallery, (New York, NY) and “Residential Properties” (2023) at Diana Lowenstein Gallery (Miami, FL). Delacerda received commissions from Oolite Arts and New World School of the Arts (2018, Miami, FL), iii Points Music and Technology Festival (2017, Miami, FL), and Borscht Corporation (2019 and 2014, Miami, FL).
2017 – MFU Fellowship – Oolite Arts / BHQFU, Miami, FL
2015 – BFA – New World School of the Arts / University of Florida, Miami, FL
2013 – AA – Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
2026 – Upcoming – Miami, FL
2024 – Down On Paper – Touché Boutique at Tunnel, Miami, FL
2023 – Acceptance – NAME Publications, Miami, FL
2018 – Amphibious Shopper – Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
2017 – Midnight Media Overstock Purge – Obsolete Media Miami, Miami, FL
2025 – mel bokner (notes on value) – NAME Publications, Miami, FL
2025 – A.I.R. Biennial – Brooklyn, NY
2024 – Intertemporal Symposium – Books and Books, Coral Gables, FL
2023 – AIM Biennial – Miami, FL
2023 – Residential Properties – Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Miami, FL
2020 – Studios On The Mile – Coral Gables, FL
2019 – Go To Heaven – Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL
2018 – Collectivity – Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2015 – The Christmas Show – Miami, FL
2015 – Collabo Show – Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2015 – Views Swenson Shots – Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
2015 – BFA Thesis Show – Miami, FL
2012 – Walls of Artseen – Miami, FL
2012 – The Yard – Miami, FL
2008 – The Girl Project – Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL
2018 – Documenting the Moving Landscape – Oolite Arts / NWSA, Miami, FL
2017 – Dither Stage Commission – iii Points, Miami, FL
2014 – Borscht Film Commission – Miami, FL
2019 – Borscht Film Festival – Miami, FL
2015 – Ambulante – Los Angeles, CA
2014 – O, Miami – Miami Beach, FL
2014 – Slideluck – Miami, FL
2013 – Dimensions Variable – Miami, FL
2012 – Borscht – Miami, FL
2012 – Artseen – Miami, FL
2023 – Alexandra Martinez –
Burnaway
2019 – Brad Phillips –
Office Magazine
2017 –
Miami Rail
2011 – Liz Tracy – Miami New Times
My practice for me means to make art for others, and myself, to see their lives and experiences in a clearer and more compassionate way by confronting ideas and recognizing what’s been imposed by the outside, which often feels so threatening. I paint words and phrases that surface from fleeting, often inarticulate feelings. My compositions are intuitive and direct, using color and playful aesthetics to contrast with weighty messages. I lean into playful aesthetics because they evoke the unfiltered, childhood, and humor. My work draws from public signage and handwritten signs as democratic forms of mass communication. They can be confusing, oddly specific, sometimes beautiful, and often carry an urgency that feels of the spirit of the universe. So much of the manufactured human experience is about self-denial and rejection. What do we do that isn’t about making ourselves more palatable to other people or society? I explore themes that shape my life and those of people I care about: addiction, spiritual awakening, acceptance, love, failure, and relating to others and ourselves. My work draws from psychology and neurology, always with compassion at its core, while also using pop culture as a shared language, all grounded in a class-conscious point of view that values authenticity and the ordinary. I’m interested in the shape of our perception, how brains work, and how our emotions play out.