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Education

2021 BFA The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York
2024 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2026 MFA Hunter College program in Studio Art, New York

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2026 Door Stop, Marge Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Cherry, 95 Gallon Gallery, New York, NY
2025 A Dove With Books on Its Head, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Partial Objects, Mama Projects, New York, NY
2022 Earthminer, Fragment Gallery, New York, NY
2021 look both ways, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2020 there’s no way inside, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2026 Big Stretch, Not That Deep Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2026 body bureau bunker, Thesis Exhibition at Hunter College, 205 Hudson, New York, NY
2026 Memento, Curated by Danny Polonsky, 205 Hudson, New York, NY
2026 c l o s e r, The Empty Circle, New York, NY
2025 2025 Artist Fellow Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY
2024 Site 004 Winter Solstice, Site, Brooklyn, NY
2024 It’s Coming to a Point, Thomas Van Dyke Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Morning Dew, Forecast Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Moon Eats the Sun, Laura the Gallery, Houston, TX
2024 Dirty Work, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Friend of A Friend, Curated by Tif XB and Lili Marto, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Cooper Union Staff Show, Cooper Union, New York NY
2023 Currents, Morris Adjmi Architects- curated by Alex Feim, New York, NY
2023 Unexpect, 205 Hudson, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
2023 Make Yourself at Home, Fragment Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Showroom, Alyssa Davis Gallery/669 Elmwood, Providence, RI
2023 Blue Show, Giovanni’s Room, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Make Me Belong to You, Good Naked Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Works on Paper on Fridges, Harkawik, New York, NY
2022 Merde!, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Art Show, Curated by Rachel Yanku, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Small World, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 River Show, Self-Curated, Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY
2020 Tree Show, Self-Curated, Central Park, New York, NY
2019 Poke the Wind, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

Awards

2026 The Dedalus Foundation MFA Award nominee
2026 Smack Mellon Hot Pick
2026 Cafe Royale Winter Grant Winner
2025 Myma January Grant recipient
2024 2024 National Arts Club Artist Fellow
2023 2023 Artist to Watch, Ortega y Gasset Projects
2022 The Dedalus Foundation Fund for Past Fellows and Awardees
2021 The Pietro and Alfrieda Montana Memorial Prize for Excellence in drawing, The Cooper Union, NY
2021 The Richard Lewis Bloch Memorial Prize for Excellence in Art, The Cooper Union, NY
2018 Tina and Salvatore Guzzardi Scholarship, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

Press

2026 Compendium of Colored Pencil, Artist book published by The Drawing Stall
2026 Kian McKeown Explains His Work, video interview by SurfaceScape
2026 Making A Most Exquisite Corpse, feature in Impulse Magazine
2026 A Most Exquisite Corpse, Artist book published by Figure Bound
2026 From Trash Cans to Blue Chips: 25 Art Shows I Loved in 2025, feature in Envy Magazine
2025 In the Studio with Artist Fellow Kian McKeown, video interview by The National Arts Club
2025 New York Art Week 2025: Highlights from the Art Fairs, Article on Whitehot Magazine
2025 P/Juncture- Artist book published by Figure Bound
2022 “Earthminer” Kuba Paris
2021 “SENIOR SNAPSHOTS: SCHOOL OF ART 2021” Cooperunion.com
2020 “30 Seconds in the Art Studio with Kian” Cooperunion.com

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