Kayleah Aldrich, an artist from Buffalo, New York, creates vibrant, figurative, abstract paintings playing with ideas of femininity, the body, and the self. Aldrich graduated in 2021 with her BFA from Alfred University’s School of Art and Design in The New York State College of Ceramics. Growing up in the performing arts and martial arts, Kayleah always had an interest in performance and the body. Working with painting and dance, she has exhibited work multiple times on campus at Alfred University, as well as at California State University, The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts (Krakow, Poland), and The University of Saskatchewan (Canada) during the VERSO/RECTO International Print Exchange. Kayleah also studied printmaking in Barcelona, Spain for two weeks at Art Print Residency, exploring copper plate etchings. Working in movement, she choreographed three dance performances during her time at Alfred University as well as performed in multiple pieces each year as a student. Recently Kayleah completed a six month residency at the C Stuart & Jane H Hunt Gallery, culminating in a group show, and continues to make work in Buffalo.