Born in New Jersey in 1992, Los Angeles based Kayla Ephros is a poet and visual artist. She received her BFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2016, and has exhibited in galleries throughout the United States, Mexico, Switzerland, and Denmark. As well as gallery shows, Ephros has participated in numerous poetry readings and performances, and has been featured in publications of both her visual art and poems. She has created densely packed and vibrant artworks in a variety of media including drawings, ceramics, paintings, and collage.

Exhibitions

Works on Paper on Fridges

Aug 12 - Sept 6, 2022

Education

2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts
California Institute of the Arts, Santa Clarita, CA
2013
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
2010
The Oxbow School, Napa, CA

Solo

2020
New Poems ft. Chimes
in lieu, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Mood Song
Et Al, San Francisco, CA
2017
Zen Yenta
in lieu, Los Angeles, CA

Group

2022
a somewhat thin line
in lieu, Los Angeles, CA
New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA)
in lieu, New York, NY
2021
I Like a Bigger Garden
Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland
Hang in They’re
LAND, Los Angeles State Historic Park, CA
2020
Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair
in lieu, Los Angeles, CA
Frieze Art Fair, Ooga Booga, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair
AWHRHWAR, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Worm Brains
AWHRHWAR, Los Angeles, CA
Material Art Fair
in lieu, Mexico City, Mexico
2017
Dizzy Video
Adult Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Publications

2021
the night more there
Changes Press
3 poems
Keith LLC press
Cover artwork (and interior)
Los Angeles Review of Books, no. 30
B Sides: Loose Translations
nueoi press (chapbook)
Excepts from many many suns
Dispatches Magazine
2020
Pile Theory
As of Late, Vol. 3
Schemer 1 & I gotta find peace of mind, dirt child volume two centerfold, Scene Report Issue #3
Dominica Publishing
2019
8th Grade Layer Cake
The Recluse, Issue 15, St. Marks Poetry Project
2018
Interview with Dame Darcy
Dizzy Magazine, Issue 6
Interview with Martine Syms
Dizzy Magazine, Issue 3
2017
Never Go to Your Room in the Daytime
Lily Pad (chapbook)
2016
Maple Shade
Del Valle 001(chapbook)
Poems for Peace: Smart Girl Club
Seven Twenty

Poetry Readings & Performances

2021
B Sides: Loose Translation release reading (virtual)
2020
Tierra Del Sol Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Eckhaus Latta Store, Los Angeles, CA
8 Palms, Los Angeles, CA
2019
2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA
LA Art Book Fair, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA
Hard to Read @ The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Family Books, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Chapbook Release at Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, NJ
Poetic Research Bureau, Los Angeles, CA

Workshops & Residencies

2022
Kamen Artist Residency (forthcoming), Orah, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020
Elaine Kahnʼs Poetry Field School
2019
Artist in Residence, 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA
September Spring Interdisciplinary Poetry Workshop (Session #3), Kesey Farm, Pleasant Hill, OR
Naropa Summer Writing Program, Boulder, CO
September Spring (Session #2) Kesey Farm, Pleasant Hill, OR
2018
CA Conrad’s (Soma)tic Poetry Rituals
"September Spring (Session #1) Kesey Farm, Pleasant Hill, OR
2017
Artist in Residence, The Kesey Farm, Pleasant Hill, OR
The Home School Claremont, CA

Awards

2020
Finalist in Bomb Magazine Poetry Contest
Inpatient Press Remote Grant
2011
Gold Key Award Recipient, National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards