Kyla Kegler (b. 1985) explores themes of fantasy, illusion, embodiment, pleasure, and purpose across painting, sculpture, performance, and film. She holds an MA in Solo/Dance/Authorship from the Art University of Berlin and an MFA in Studio Art from the University at Buffalo.

Her practice is informed by her work with Bread and Puppet Theater (Vermont) and her role as co-founder of the underground theater Zuhause (Berlin).

Past projects include Feel Me, a multi-modal investigation of the mindfulness industry exhibited at Box Gallery, Canisius College, and Big Orbit; The House on Fire Show, a teen web-drama about the climate crisis screened at the Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art; Mountains, a puppet soap opera performed at Artpark, Torn Space Theater, and Undercurrent Gallery (Brooklyn); The Frontier, a performance about cults and community; and R.d.f.t.c. (Relationships don’t finish, they change), an installation of video and sculpture exhibited at the Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, NY (2024).

Her recent film, The Accumulation of Meaning Over Time (2025), premiered at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Shot primarily on 16mm, it explores how self-understanding deepens over time and how collective meaning accumulates across generations, bodies, and images. Her exhibition The Last Whole Earth—a collection of abstract paintings, ceramic objects, and a T-shirt—is on view at Rivalry Projects, Buffalo, from May 1 through June 19, 2026, and at NADA NY, NYC, May 13 through 17 2026.