A graduate of Harvard University, Kayla E. holds a BA in Visual and Environmental Studies. She is the founder of Design Altar and works as editor-in-chief and art director of Nat. Brut Magazine. She has been profiled by NPR, TIME, The Huffington Post, Design*Sponge, and The Establishment, among others. Her work was selected for the annual hardcover edition of American Illustration 37, and she served on the board of directors of ICON 11. Originally from Texas, Kayla lives with her wife Laura Bullard in North Carolina.
Education
2013
Harvard University, BA in Visual and Environmental Studies
Awards
2018
American Illustration 37 Winner
2013
Albert Alcalay Prize in Visual Arts, Harvard University
Curatorial
2018
Juror, American Illustration 36
2014
Juror, "Hecho En Dallas," Latino Cultural Center Dallas, TX
Exhibitions
Solo
2019
"DRUNK TANK," Culture Hole, Dallas, TX
2014
"Kayla: Now and Then, Now and Again," Deep Ellum Windows, Dallas, TX
2014
"Watch Kayla," The Safe Room, Dallas, TX
Group
2020
Culture Hole TV, Episode Three: Drugs
2014
Dallas Aurora, Dallas, TX
Selected Publications
2020
"The Dreadfuls Special," Rotland Press
2020
"Marge's Little Lulu," The Comics Journal No. 305
2018
"Precious Rubbish," Rotland Press Single Shot
2018
"Death in Desoto, Texas," Booth Journal, Issue 12
2017
"Precious Rubbish," Resist, edited by Francoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegelman
2017
"Precious Rubbish," The Southeast Review 35.2
2017
"Kayla Sees the Lowcountry," Ecotone Magazine Issue 22
2017
"All of Them Witches," Black Eye No. 3, Rotland Press
2016
"Precious Rubbish," The Spectacle
2014
"Kayla's Day In," New Delta Review
Public Speaking
2019
University of Chicago
2017
ArtCenter College of Design
2017
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
2016
ICON Conference 9: main stage speaker and workshop leader
2016
Oberlin College
2016
The University of Texas at Dallas
2016
Southern Methodist University
2015
Harvard University