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