Kyla Kegler

Kyla Kegler is an artist based in Buffalo, NY where she runs Agatha's, an independent performance and exhibition space, and teaches part time at the University at Buffalo.

Kegler makes paintings that explore color theory towards the illusion of depth and layering on a flat surface; and performances that employ performers wearing large papier mâchét puppet heads dealing with existential disasters in a transapocalyptic multiverse.

Kegler’s practice is shaped by work with Bread and Puppet (2006) and living in Berlin (2008-2016), where she co-founded underground theater Zuhause (2011-2013) and received an MA Solo/Dance/Authorship at Art University of Berlin 2015.

She received an MFA in Studio Art, University at Buffalo (2018); launched House on Fire Show (web series made with 40 climate activist teens from across the USA (2021); launched Agatha’s— independent art and performance space, Buffalo, NY (2021); developed Mountains — performed at Artpark WNY (2020), Torn Space Theater (2022), Undercurrent, Dumbo NYC (2022); and is a founding member of BICA School, Buffalo, NY 2022.