Kyle Hackett

It's a new season, but there's still time to visit the HSF Portrait Award Exhibition at the NPG in London. The show runs until Oct 27th! Here's the official photo taken by David Parry @dwp.photo and some other images. Very grateful to be with amazing company and community @nationalportraitgallery sharing the self-portrait wall with fantastic artists @beeorcutt @wendybarrattart I even met a wonderful local artist Jaqueline who made drawings of my work 🙏🏾✨ Thanks to the many visitors who stopped by to view my work in person. If you're in London, be sure check out this exhibition while it's still on view. #portraitpainting #HSFPortraitAward #contemporaryart #museum #nationalportraitgallery #londonart

I truly loved talking to Kyle Hackett on the show. Extending our gratitude for another thoughtful interview. You can find “Exploring Race, Class, and Social Standing through Painting with Artist Kyle Hackett” on our site, Patreon, and wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio! Now for some shoutouts! Charles Mason III, , @tarem3 Tim Doud, , timdoud_art #ilikeyourworkpodcast #artinterview #artpodcast #contemporaryartist #ilyw contemporarypainting goyacontemporary KyleHackett

Honored to be featured in the Key Collection's traveling exhibition for these next few years 🙏🏽✨ Currently at the Flint Institute of Arts Museum, in Flint, MI. @flintinstituteofarts The show runs until April 21st. See more details in my bio link. If you're in the area, stop by to check out this incredible collection of African American Art from the Key Collection in its second stop. Grateful for the support and proud to be in context of this rich legacy 💫 I made these small paintings, "New Negation Diptych", a while back (2017) thinking about the impact of a 5x7in painted image on an aluminum substrate. This would lead into future work that explores the psychology of the constructed image and institution through regalia. #contemporaryart #africanamericanhistory #musuem #exhibition #artcollection

This week’s podcast episode “Exploring Race, Class, and Social Standing through Painting with Artist Kyle Hackett” is LIVE Kyle Hackett's paintings explore race, class, and social standing through approaches to self-representation and the constructed image. Hackett (b. Still Pond, MD) earned his MFA from the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art and his BFA in Fine Arts from the University of Delaware. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship, the Civil Society Institute Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center Residency, the Ruth Katzman Scholarship at The League Residency in New York, and Best in Show at the 2014 Bethesda Painting Awards Exhibition. His work has been featured in publications such as New American Paintings, The Washington Post, HuffPost, Aesthetica Magazine (UK) and is published in the British Library. Tune in on Spotify, iTunes, or wherever you listen to your fav podcast! Links in the bio! A special thanks to our sponsor Rise and Repaint @artgirlrising #ilikeyourworkpodcast #artinterview #artpodcast #contemporaryartist #ilyw #contemporarypainting #goyacontemporary #KyleHackett

Updated photos! 🎨 Excited to share more about this work @goya_contemporary_gallery in this show. "History: In the Making" Sonya Clark, Kyle Hackett, Joyce J. Scott, and Elizabeth Talford Scott, Goya Contemporary Online Exhibition, February 2026. See the link in my bio for more. Here's an excerpt below. ✨ For A.G. Gaston (Birmingham) 2025 Oil on canvas 50 x 73 inches For A.G. Gaston (Birmingham) marks a pivotal shift in the practice of artist Kyle Hackett. The painting foregrounds tensions between institutional archives and personal records, engaging the grandiosity of history painting through an informal, salon-style lens. Hackett approaches group portraiture as both image and dimensional artifact, incorporating self-referential photographic materials and the visible “wear and tear” of archival forms to interrogate how identity is constructed within historical genres. Central to this inquiry is the question of how the language of painting can operate both within and against the conventions it inherits. The work emerged from Hackett’s 2023 solo exhibition, Circular Narratives, and a research trip to Birmingham, Alabama, where he examined the layered histories embedded in sites such as the Gaston Motel...(see link in bio) #painting #contemporaryart #birmingham #bmoreart #blackhistory

I'm excited to have this painting featured at NSMA! @newsalemmuseum Mark your calendars from May 13th–August 16th. Looking forward to sharing this work since it's time in London. As the title, "After Image" suggests, the reproduced image will fall short. Check out the painting in person if you can. Much more from the studio to come! ✨ #artexhibition #painting #portrait #musuem #studio

Recent studio 🎨 motion and more! #contemporaryart #painting #portrait #studio #artist

As I've been saying iron sharpens iron! A dynamic critical discussion yesterday @baltimorecitycritclub featuring works from @tajposce @edwinepokustudio @niekosart @cjpgallery Shout out to the arts community and participating artists for sharing your work and thinking...expanding reference points and community at the same time! 🙌🏽✨ Looking forward to seeing you for the closing reception on Nov 22 at 7pm 🌟 #artists #contemporaryart #artcommunity #artexhibition #artcritique #feedback #BmoreArt #DCart

I'm thrilled to curate this show at Baltimore City Crit Club @bmorecitycritclub featuring @tajposce @cjpgallery @niekosart @edwinepokustudio 🌟 Join us for the conversation this Saturday, Nov 1 at 2pm! Then the closing reception Saturday, Nov 22 at 7pm! Works working in simultaneous spaces & communities ✨ @bmoreart @mfastudioartau @leroyehoffberger @mica_alumni @auartsdc #BmoreArt #DCart #artexhibition #contemporaryart #studioart #critique #micaalumni #aualumni

From the studio table, to floor, to the wall. Here's a preview some of the summerwork! Better photos and more coming soon. #artiststudio #painting #contemporaryart #stilllife #portrait #workflow

I’m excited to announce that my painting “After Private John Hackett” is part of the Ruth Borchard Collection 2025 Self Portrait Prize! Here’s updated artwork images and details. See link in my bio. Check out all the works online and in the UK at Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum from July 23rd to September 7th. @selfportraitprize After Private John Hackett  Oil on aluminum with wood frame 78.74 x 63.5cm   31 x 25in  A self-portrait in military attire, "After Private John Hackett," explores newly discovered family connections to my ancestor, 3x great grandparent, John Hackett, who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. #selfportrait #oilpainting #contemporaryart #portraiture #ancestry #museum #artexhibition

If you're in Bmore, stop by the closing reception tomorrow! Friday 6/27 at 7pm to see this work in person at Baltimore City Crit Club @baltimorecitycritclub . Shout out for this photo and great opportunity to be in 🎨 dialogue with Taha Heydari @taha_hey #BmoreArt #DCart #contemporaryart #painting #artexhibition