Bio

Boi Boy is a Kansas City-born artist working in Philadelphia. They started in the art community while working with MYARTS  (Metropolitan Youth Art and Technology for Students). They graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute Fiber Program in 2016. While in school, they interned with Peggy Noland and Plug Projects. After graduation, they became a Charlotte Street studio resident for two years. In 2017, they reserved a Rocket Grant and Meow Wolf DIY Fund in collaboration with Bo Hubbard to open Alter: Art Space, an interdisciplinary and collaborative artist-run space in West Bottoms focusing on installation and interactive design with the mission of Passion Over Prestige. In 2018, they became a studio resident at The Drugstore. They reserved the Charlotte Street Fellowship Award in 2019, which concluded in an exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Modern Art. In 2022, they created installations for and acted as a consulting curator to Joanne Northrup, Chief Curator and Executive Director of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, for the exhibition Adorned. They taught at Kansas City Art Institute in the Fiber department for the 2021 and 2022 fall semesters while working as the Communication and Volunteer Coordinator for the Charlotte Street Foundation. In 2023, they moved to Philly to pursue an MFA in sculpture at Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University with a graduation date of May 2025.