Kiayani Douglas

New England based interdisciplinary portrait artist, Kiayani Douglas, has been using the layering of patterns and portraits to engage people in conversations rooted in race, history, and privilege since early 2018. She obtained her BFA in ceramics in 2011 as well as an interdisciplinary MFA in 2018, both from the University of Hartford, CT. Douglas currently teaches and show her work throughout New England but most recently in Litchfield County, CT. In 2020 she had her first solo show at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA. She then had her second solo show in 2021 just in time for Juneteenth, at the Pulp Gallery in Holyoke, MA. She celebrated this achievement by having a conversation with Ross Lippmann from the regional PBS program Connecting Point who interviewed her about her work and inspiration. Douglas has hosted multiple workshops at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers NY and has work in private collection of Springfield Technical Community College.

2011 University of Hartford BFA (Major Ceramics/ Minor Painting)
2018 University of Hartford MFA (interdisciplinary degree)

The Center For Peace Through Culture Gallery, Housatonic, MA
"Antebellum: Peace as Privilege, Justice as Resistance"
June-August 2025


The Gallery at Founders Hall, Northwestern CT Community College, Winsted, CT. — WOMEN OF THE ANTEBELLUM
FEB of 2024

50 Arrow Gallery, EastHampton MA — WOMEN OF THE ANTEBELLUM
MAY 11-JUNE 20TH 2023

Pulp Gallery, Holyoke, MA — THE EDUCATED N-G-R
JUNE 19TH - JULY 11TH 2021

Amy Carberry Gallery, Springfield, MA — FALLACIES OF A BLACK IDENTITY ENTHUSIAST
FEB of 2020

*Wilbraham and Monson Academy, Wilbraham, MA — PORTRAITS: INFLUENCES OF THE MEDIA: Portraits by Paul Bloomfield Kay Douglas.
SEPTEMBER 2018 - OCTOBER 2018





GROUP SHOWS
Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA — SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY: A GUIDELINE FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY STORYTELLING.
JANUARY - MARCH 2023

Artist Building Capacity as World Citizens in collaboration with The Seacoast African American Cultural Center; Elliot, ME, and Portsmouth, NH. -AFROFUTURISM: EXPLORING JUSTICE THROUGH BEAUTY
MAY - OCTOBER 2022

Paper City Clothing Company and Gallery, Holyoke, MA -ABSTRACT BLACK
FEB- APRIL 2022

Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, MA — BREATHING WHILE BLACK (VIRTUAL SHOW)
AUGUST 2020

The Bahai School, El...