EDUCATION

M.F.A., Studio Arts — The City College of New York, New York, NY

B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, Arts & Humanities — The City College of New York, New York, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026

May 2–30,
Punch Projects: Friends of Playa Exhibition — Punch Collective, Thorp, WA

April 11–18,
I’m Uncomfortable — AlterWork Studios, Long Island City, NY
Solo Exhibition

March
Every Woman Biennial 2026 — Pen and Brush Gallery, New York, NY
Visual & Installation Artist

March
Echoes of Home: Kenya Edition — Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
AnkhLave Arts Alliance

February 17–23,
Echoes of Home — Darb 1718 Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
AnkhLave Arts Alliance / OFF Biennale

January 16–March 6,
Emancipation: The Rise of Womanhood — Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Jamaica, NY
Curated by Alma Leya

2025

October 18,
Grandscale Paint Party — New York, NY

August 7,
Spectrum: A Multidisciplinary Gallery and Reading — Brown Sugar Literary Magazine & The SaltLick Collective, Brooklyn, NY

July–August
Echoes of Home — Tafaria Castle & Center for the Arts, Nyeri, Kenya
AnkhLave Arts Alliance

July 9–August 10,
Perception in Fragments: Unveiling Family Through Color and Memory — Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
Solo Exhibition

June–July
The Truth As I See It — Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
Curated by Zachary Frater

2025
Uptown Public Art Projects: Grandscale Mural Project — New York, NY

2024

October 3–November 1,
Things We Lost in the – The Legacy of St. Amelia’s College of Speculative Timbre — Sidle House Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibition

September 27–October 20,
Up Close from Afar — Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibition

Step Into Our World. We Are Not Invisible: We Are Vividly Alive — The Canvas 3.0 Gallery, WTC Oculus, New York, NY
Group Exhibition

WOMEN MAKE ART ’24 — Cohen Library Archives Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibition

Creative Climate Awards 2024 — Human Impacts Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibition

Parables of the Unknown — Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Jamaica, NY
Group Exhibition

A Celebration of Light: Celebration of Humanity — Kota Alliance, New York, NY
Group Exhibition

/ˈrəp(t)SHər/ — String Room Gallery, Wells College, NY
Juried Regional Exhibition

MADE IN ROOM 228 — Compton-Goethals Art Gallery, The City College of New York, New York, NY

Group Exhibition

2023

Transplants — Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Juried Exhibition

An Exhibit in the Garden — Maggie’s Garden, New York, NY
Group Exhibition

Continuations: A Tribute to Colin Chase — Compton-Goethals Art Gallery, The City College of New York, New York, NY

Aquamarine — Compton-Goethals Art Gallery, The City College of New York, New York, NY
MFA Solo Thesis Exhibition

What We Did Last Summer — Compton-Goethals Art Gallery, The City College of New York, New York, NY
MFA 2nd-Year Group Exhibition

FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES

2026

AlterWork Studios Artist Residency — Long Island City, NY
3-Month Residency

2025

November 6–17,
PLAYA Programs Residency — Summer Lake, OR

May–June
AnkhLave Artist Residency — Governors Island, New York, NY

January–February
Wassaic Project Winter Residency — Wassaic, NY

2024

March–April
MASS MoCA Studios Residency — North Adams, MA

Create Change Fellowship — The Laundromat Project, Brooklyn, NY

2023

October–November
Monson Arts Residency — Monson, ME

PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES

2026

WSQ: Portals — Feminist Press
Contributor

AnkhLave International Artist Exchange: Kenya Edition — AnkhLave Arts Alliance
Official Exhibition Catalogue

2025

August 1,
Mountain Lake Journal: “A Shifting Spectrum in the Art of Khaila Batts” — Mountain Lake PBS

April
Stepmom Magazine — Featured Artist, Online Issue

2024

AL-Tiba9 Contemporary Art — Artist Interview

2023

White Columns Artist Registry — Online Artist Publication

(In)Visible Guides: Convening — Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Artist Contributor

PUBLIC ART

2025

October 18,
Grandscale Paint Party — New York, NY

Uptown Public Art Projects: Grandscale Mural Project — New York, NY