Kiki Bencosme (b. 1992) is a Dominican-American interdisciplinary artist from Queens, based in The Bronx. Creating art to initiate a visual conversation with others, her work offers the opportunity to ask ourselves questions of social progress. Emerging from generational poverty, she creates socio-political sculptures, installations, and illustrations of which arise from her own experiences, confronting issues such as housing insecurity, gender-based oppression, and racism. Kiki's practice is community-based, involving socially engaged public art and conceptualizing personal objects or stories into the work. 
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Education
2017          School Of Visual Arts
                  BFA, Fine Arts
             
Awards, Residencies and Fellowships
2021          Bridging the Divide NYCHA Residency, Artbridge
2021          City Artist Corps Grant, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
2021          Ankhlave Garden Project Fellowship, Ankhlave Arts Alliance  
2019          ARTworks, Inc. Grant, Jerome Foundation 
2018          ARTworks, Inc. Fellowship, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning

Public Art
​2022          Bridging the Divide, NYCHA Pomonok Houses, Queens, NY
2021           Ankhlave Garden Project, The Queens Botanical Garden, Queens, NY
2021           Art in Odd Places: NORMAL, 14th street Festival, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions
2022          For the Public, Local Project, Queens, NY
2021          Unveiled, Field Projects Gallery, New York, NY
2021          Nude, Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020         Darkest Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty, Ethan Cohen Gallery, Beacon, NY
2020         Southeast Queens Biennial, York College Fine Arts Gallery, Queens, NY     
2020         Southeast Queens Biennial, Miller Gallery, Queens, NY
2019          ARTworks, Inc., Miller Gallery, Queens, NY
2017          Divided State of America, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2017          Postcard Show, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2016          Summer Group Show, Kunstraum LLC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016          One Earth, One Consciousness, Bronx Art Space, The Bronx, NY
2016          Linkedin, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2015          Intricacies of Being, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY

Publications/Press
2022         Queens Daily Eagle, Ankhlave Artists Take Over LIC Gallery
2021          Queens Daily Eagle, Queens Botanical Garden hosts BIPOC art installations
2021          QNS, Outdoor Art Exhibit Returns to QBG displaying works of five local artists
​2021          45th Parallel Literary Magazine, Featured Illustrator
2017           School Of Visual Arts 2017-2018 Catalog, Featured Artist
2016          Mass Appeal,  Real New York Explored In “Strictly New York” Show