About the Artist
Kaira Villanueva is a multimedia artist that explores the humanization of speculative and present environments through storytelling.
Group Shows
2023, Gigantic Miniature Show, Deep Space Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2023, Fever Dream, SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2023, Friends of Liberty State Park, Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NY
2023, Hangups II, SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2023, RASA, Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
2023, Zero to 90, SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2023, Artists of Today: Celebrating Women in the Arts, Online Exhibition
2022, Hangups, SMUSH Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2022, Artists of Today: Women's Month Celebration, West Chelsea Building, New York, NY
2021, Vulva: Deconstructing Femininity, House of Shadows, Tampa, FL
2021, Artists of Today: Holiday Show, Gallery MC, New York, NY
2019, Fear, VºLITION Gallery, Orangeburg, NY
2019, Small Treasures, Maritime Garage Gallery, Norwalk, CT
2019, Technology and Social Good, Columbia University, New York, NY
2019, Artists of Today Summer Show, Gallery MC, New York, NY
2018, Fantasy, Columbia University Post Crypt Gallery, New York, NY
Public Art
2022, A Story of Floods: Augmented Mural, Boys and Girls Club, Atlantic City, NJ
2022, Earth eater, New York Poetry Festival, Governor’s Island, NY
2021, Go back to Earth, New York Poetry Festival, Governor’s Island, NY
Film Screenings
2023, A Story of Floods: Documentary, Noyes Garage, Atlantic City, NJ
2023, A Story of Floods: Documentary, Richard Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ
Awards and Residencies
2022, Grant Winner, New Jersey Climate Resiliency Public Art
2019, 1st Place Juried Show, Artists of Today
2019, Fusion Artist Residency, Ishikawa, Kaga, Japan
2016, Data Fellow, NASA Open Source Initiative
2015, Grant Winner, Google Grace Hopper
2015, Technology Teaching Fellow, Pursuit
2015, Technology Teaching Fellow, Hispanic Heritage Foundation
2015, Forbes 30 under 30 Games
2013, Technology Fellow, Entertainment Software Association
Speaking and Workshop
2023, Richard Stockton University - Intro to Documentary Screenwriting, Atlantic City, NJ
2021, Milk Press Happenings - Intro to Wire and Moss Sculpting
2016, NASA Datanaut Toolkit - Introduction to Web Scraping using Scrapy
2016, PyGotham - Introduction to Web Scraping using Scrapy
2015, The Intel Two5Six Scholar Program - Dissecting User Interfaces
2015, Hispanic Heritage Foundation - Code as a Second Language at Young Women’s Leadership School
2014, New York Comic Con - Diversity in Games
2014, IndieCade - Diversity in Games
2014, Entertainment Software Association - Congressional Briefing at Capitol Hill
2014, Games for Change - Processing Workshop
2013, MAGFEST - Women in Game Development
Education
2023, Canopy Program, NYC Crit Club
2021, BA. Human Rights, Columbia University
2014, AA. General Studies, Bergen Community College
Press
2023, Kaira Villanueva presents “A Story of Floods” documentary
2022, Atlantic City Arts Foundation
2015, No Don’t Die by James Wolinsky
Collaborations
2019, Artwist.co