Kiani Ferris (b. 1996, Seattle, WA) is a Brooklyn based artist and educator. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art in 2020 and studied at Kyoto Seika University in 2018. She is currently a member of Trestle Art Space in Brooklyn, NY and is a recipient of the 2023 Liu Shiming Art Grant. She has recently exhibited at The Godwin-Ternbach Museum (Flushing, NY; 2022), Rockaway Beach (Queens, NY; 2022), and A.I.R. Gallery (Brooklyn, NY; 2022). Ferris organizes and authors exhibitions and public programming throughout New York. Recent curatorial projects include “Deliverance” at Trestle Art Space (Brooklyn, NY; 2023) and “Brooklyn Voices” at Brooklyn Children’s Museum (Brooklyn, NY; 2022). She has collaborated with organizations such as Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, The Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Chinese American Association, NYC Department of Education, Mi Casa Resiste, Friends of Brower Park, and The Lenape Center. Ferris deeply believes in the horizontalization of knowledge and teaches wheel throwing and mold making classes at Greenwich House Pottery (New York, NY) and Mouse Ceramic Studio (Brooklyn, NY).
