Kiah Celeste (b. 1994, Brooklyn, NY) lives and works in Louisville, KY. Solo exhibitions include Swivel Gallery, New York, NY (2025), DOCUMENT, Lisbon, Portugal (2023), DOCUMENT, Chicago, IL (2022); Swivel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2022); KMAC Contemporary Art Museum, Louisville, KY (2021); Quappi Projects, Louisville, KY (2021). Group exhibitions include Studio Museum in Harlem (2026); The Carnegie, Covington, KY (2025), Salon 94, New York, NY (2025); Mary M. Torrgler Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA (2024); Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (2023); University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY (2021); Centre d’Art La Rectoria, Sant Pere De Vilamajor, Barcelona, Spain (2020); and Dadapost, Berlin, Germany (2018).
She received a BFA in photography from the State University of New York at Purchase in 2016. Her work has been featured in Art In America, The New York Times, and Hyperallergic.
Installation view of "All the best, Kiah Celeste" at DOCUMENT Chicago, 2022
"Ten Steps," 2022
Metal, sand, upholstery vinyl
3 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 75 in.
Installation view of "All the best, Kiah Celeste" at DOCUMENT Chicago, 2022
"Broken Infinite," 2022
Fluorescent light tube, vinyl snake
45 x 8 x 1 3/4 in.
Installation view of "All the best, Kiah Celeste" at DOCUMENT Chicago, 2022
"Bum 81," 2022
Fluorescent light tubes, forklift wheel
20 x 90 x 20 in.
Installation view of "All the best, Kiah Celeste" at DOCUMENT Chicago, 2022
"Bow," 2022
Steel, radiator, upholstery vinyl
84 x 84 x 5 in.
Installation view of "All the best, Kiah Celeste" at DOCUMENT Chicago, 2022
"Squared Circle," 2022
Glass, sand, upholstery vinyl
28 x 36 x 36 in.
"Broken Infinite," 2022
Fluorescent light tube, vinyl snake
45 x 8 x 1 3/4 in.
Installation view of "What In The World Becomes Me" at DOCUMENT Lisbon, 2023
"Post," 2023
Pressure-treated wood, partial Yaki Sugi, acrylic paint
"Do you find this Threatening," 2023
Formed security dome, rubber grape, light, paint
9 x 9 x 5 in.
"Sharpening A Cloud At Sunset," 2022
Bent fluorescent tube, PVC drainage ring, pigment
Installation view of "Before It Falls Apart" at KMAC Museum, Louisville, KY, 2021
Installation view of "Before It Falls Apart" at KMAC Museum, Louisville, KY, 2021
"Rounded Corners, Pointed Curves," 2020
Concrete, exercise balls, glass
Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort, KY
Installation view of "All the best, Kiah Celeste" at DOCUMENT Chicago, 2022
"Ten Steps," 2022
Metal, sand, upholstery vinyl
3 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 75 in.
Installation view of "All the best, Kiah Celeste" at DOCUMENT Chicago, 2022
"Broken Infinite," 2022
Fluorescent light tube, vinyl snake
45 x 8 x 1 3/4 in.
Installation view of "All the best, Kiah Celeste" at DOCUMENT Chicago, 2022
"Bum 81," 2022
Fluorescent light tubes, forklift wheel
20 x 90 x 20 in.
Installation view of "All the best, Kiah Celeste" at DOCUMENT Chicago, 2022
"Bow," 2022
Steel, radiator, upholstery vinyl
84 x 84 x 5 in.
Installation view of "All the best, Kiah Celeste" at DOCUMENT Chicago, 2022
"Squared Circle," 2022
Glass, sand, upholstery vinyl
28 x 36 x 36 in.
"Broken Infinite," 2022
Fluorescent light tube, vinyl snake
45 x 8 x 1 3/4 in.
Installation view of "What In The World Becomes Me" at DOCUMENT Lisbon, 2023
"Post," 2023
Pressure-treated wood, partial Yaki Sugi, acrylic paint
"Do you find this Threatening," 2023
Formed security dome, rubber grape, light, paint
9 x 9 x 5 in.
"Sharpening A Cloud At Sunset," 2022
Bent fluorescent tube, PVC drainage ring, pigment
Installation view of "Before It Falls Apart" at KMAC Museum, Louisville, KY, 2021
Installation view of "Before It Falls Apart" at KMAC Museum, Louisville, KY, 2021
"Rounded Corners, Pointed Curves," 2020
Concrete, exercise balls, glass
Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort, KY
2026 5.21
Press: The New York Times
Kiah Celeste | A Landmark Show Returns, Looking for Blackness in a Personal Way
2026 5.19
Press: Art In America
Kiah Celeste | New Talent 2026
2026 5.8
Group Exhibition at Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
Kiah Celeste
2026 5.1
Group Exhibition at Studio Museum in Harlem
Kiah Celeste
2025 10.15
Press: Newcity Art
Document’s New Show Gives Form to the State of Anticipation
2025 10.9
Press: Hyperallergic
Kiah Celeste | How Textiles Weave Together the Cycle of Life
2024 1.13
Group Exhibition at Swivel Gallery, NY.
Kiah Celeste
2023 7.11
TESTUDO
Kiah Celeste
2022 5.9
New City
Kiah Celeste
2022 5.1
Artforum
Kiah Celeste
2021 9.22
Hyperallergic
Kiah Celeste
2025 9.12–11.1
Kiah Celeste, Gordon Hall
CHICAGO | Artifact Unidentified
2023 5.26–7.29
Kiah Celeste
LISBON | What In The World Becomes Me
2022 4.30–6.18
Kiah Celeste
All the best, Kiah Celeste
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Kiah Celeste, Gordon Hall |
CHICAGO | Artifact Unidentified |
2025 9.12–11.1 |
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Kiah Celeste |
LISBON | What In The World Becomes Me |
2023 5.26–7.29 |
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Kiah Celeste |
All the best, Kiah Celeste |
2022 4.30–6.18 |
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