Meet August's Meta Angels Artist in Residence

Kyla Zoe Rafert

Carpe Diem

The final piece Kyla created for her residency, Carpe Diem was available as a free mint to all Meta Angels members.

Description: In this perfect world, our flower festooned carousel horses are able to come to life and break free, thanks to a special kind of magic possessed only by little girls. And in this world, we are able to seize the day by grabbing our daisy chain reins and bravely galloping forward instead of forever running in circles to the soundtrack of an unceasingly cheery orchestral march. We are limited only by our imagination.

More About Kyla

Kyla Zoe Rafert is a painter and printmaker living in central Ohio.  Her work is psychologically driven and historically inspired.  She creates highly detailed ahistorical tableaus that feature young women and girls in surrealistic, psychologically potent scenes. Her works are ultimately a treatise on the multiple, sometimes conflicting expectations society has and has had for women and girls, and the often confusing transition from girlhood, to adulthood. Her love-hate relationship with feminine ideals is a foundational theme of her work.

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Where To Find Kyla

Website

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Socials

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Web3 Art

Support Kyla’s web3 journey by collecting her art.

Gallery

Explore Kyla’s work virtually in her Meta Angels OnCyber gallery.

Learn about the Adobe Artist in Residence Program

Throughout the course of a year, beginning in June of 2022, Meta Angels partnered with Adobe to uplift and support emerging artists in the NFT space. Through a month-long residency, we supported, mentored, and commissioned a custom piece to give to all holders of the Meta Angels NFT. A way to bring more incredible talent to the wallets of our holders.