"I feel most seen in the reception of my work as intended, creating spaces in which the very community I am honoring in the work is fostered by the work." 

kiarita (b. 1999, Hackensack, NJ) is a Brooklyn-based artist of Dominican descent, working at the proximities of the intimate and differing notions of home by painting and collaging objects into found furniture.

kiarita holds a BFA in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of Visual Arts and is a current Bronx AIM Fellow as well as a New York Van Lier Trust Fellow. They've received honors from the Rema Hort Mann Foundation and the Sylvia Lipson Allen Memorial Fund, and have been featured in numerous group shows nationwide, primarily in New York City.

Hometown
Hackensack, NJ