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. She creates socio-political sculptures, installations, and illustrations, 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
2022
Governor’s Island Residency, BronxArtSpace
2021          
Bridging the Divide NYCHA Residency, ArtBridge
City Artist Corps Grant, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
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
Art in Odd Places: NORMAL, 14th street Festival, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions
2022          
Giving Light, BronxArtSpace, Bronx, NY
For the Public, Local Project, Queens, NY
2021          
Unveiled, Field Projects Gallery, New York, NY
Nude, Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020        
Darkest Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty, Ethan Cohen Gallery, Beacon, NY
Southeast Queens Biennial, York College Fine Arts Gallery, Queens, NY     
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
Postcard Show, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2016          
Summer Group Show, Kunstraum LLC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
One Earth, One Consciousness, BronxArtSpace, The Bronx, NY
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
QNS, Outdoor Art Exhibit Returns to QBG displaying works of five local artists
​45th Parallel Literary Magazine, Featured Illustrator
2017           
School Of Visual Arts 2017-2018 Catalog, Featured Artist