About

Hi! I'm a writer, artist, curator, and musician based between Worcester Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island, USA. I paint, make videos and sound art, and curate at Small Format, a cooperative queer third space/gallery/cafe, and have co-organized a weekly screening series at the D.I.Y sound space Pyxis. My writing has appeared in Orion, UpRise RI, and is forthcoming in TRAINS art magazine. I like images of paintings, footwork, and the smell of benzene—and wish people would read more of the female Language poets. 

I'm from the Boston area and my favorite color is lilac.

For more, see my LinkedIn.

Please be in touch: kolyashields [at] gmail