K. MacNeil
Mid-Career Artist Residency
2021-22
Hexagon Mid-Career Artist Member Residency Recipient
K. MacNeil (they/them) is a genderqueer/trans artist who was born and raised in the US, currently living in St. Catharines. They completed their BA in Studio Art from the College of Charleston (2011), and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Buffalo (2018).
MacNeil maintains an interdisciplinary practice that encompasses print media, video, performance, and drawing. Their work explores experiences of trauma, grief, and mental distress and the various ways these topics are obscured in Western culture. During their residency, MacNeil will be producing a series of etchings that examine and critique the spaces of institutionalized healthcare.