kayla (born in New York, NY) is an artist & educator who primarily makes interactive works for the desktop environment. She is Archive & Program Manager at Rhizome and frequently teaches with SFPC
kayla.drzewicki@gmail.com

2026

- In case you missed my marquee, after 4 years, I'm trying out a new look for my site (you are here). See my site from 2022- February 2026. As always, this site is a work in progress!
- Assistant teaching for Todd Anderson's class "HTTPoetics" at SFPC

2025

- I designed a 2026 wall calendar for Rhizome, featuring 12 works from Rhizome's ArtBase. Artists in the calendar include Michael Manning, Entropy8Zuper!, Animated Text, Paper Rad, Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Eva & Franco Mattes, Penelope Umbrico, Skawennati, Olia Lialina, Mouchette, Yoshi Sodeoka, and Nathalie Lawhead. see some spreadz: February October. Three new works were accessioned to ArtBase to mark the occasion - Memories of Digital Data (2023) by Kazuhiro Tanimoto, Self-Portrait (2018) by Olia Lialina, and TimeTraveller™(2012) by Skawennati.
- DJ for Transformers: Terminal YouTube upload party in Baltimore, watch the film here!
- DJ for the closing reception of SMILER's show report from nori mountain
- Assistant teaching for Todd Anderson's class "HTTPoetics" at SFPC
- Assistant Teaching again for Molly Soda's SFPC class Imperfect Pictures! June - Aug
- I taught a series of workshops about the solar web at elementary schools in NYC for rhizome. See the low-tech website I designed for the workshops here.
- I participated in a collectively authored retelling of the 1929 film Man with a movie camera. My segment takes place entirely within the Desktop. It premiered at Onion City Film Fest in Chicago & screened at Spectacle in June! Thanks to Blake for the invitation.
- My website (2022-2026) was included in The Internet Phone Book, a project by Kristoffer Tjalve + Elliott Cost.
- I was a co-curator of the exhibition rhizome world which was on view at WSA for a month in NYC.
- I organized the world premiere screening of Transformers: Terminal, a film by Miles Engel Hawbecker, that I also worked on, at Anthology Film Archives in NYC.
- "DJ cool groceries" Debut @ HEART for Extreme Animals: Should I Delete My Channel?VHS Tape Release show Listen to the full 2+hr mix here. Organized by Molly Soda.

2024

- I co-organized Rhizome's super ultimate internet day with Bri Griffin
- Archive & Program Manager at Rhizome
- Designed a webring badge for Rhizome's membership program (scroll down to the bottom of my website to see it)
- Writing w/ Will Alstetter: "How to take a bad image"
- I was invited to show a screenshot in the exhibition "Sacred Screenshots" curated by Maya Man at her new gallery HEART in soho. Thank u Maya for the invitation!
- Assistant teacher for Molly Soda's class "Imperfect Pictures" at SFPC June-Aug
- Writing w/ Tyler Yin: "Dreaming of a Poetic Web"
- New desktop game included in TXTbooks "Games for a Rainy Day" Special thanks to Nichole Shinn for the invitation.
- Work included in the The Net Gala, March 2 in NYC
- Assistant teacher for Todd Anderson's class "HTTPoetics" at SFPC

2023

- "My cursor looking at itself in the mirror" was included in "Homecoming" a group show at Public Works Administration, November 9-11. Special thanks to Theresa Tomi Faison.
- Program coordinator at Rhizome
- debut of My Cursor goes to Detention at Sara's World in NYC
- program design for Scrap Yard Screenings, a 3-day moving image festival organized by Theresa Tomi Faison [Front] [Back]
- I made a website for Kalliopi Mathios. Make sure to have your sound on !

2022

- I made the album artwork for DJ Horrible's Peace Love World Clearance mix, which is a folder skin for macOS that can be downloaded + used on your desktop
- My work was featured in Do Not Research's latest drop
- Program assistant at Rhizome
- I made the portfolio site for Rafhael Dungca. It is compatible on mobile devices (and even works on Chrome 🤮!!) & features a custom Kirby Cursor that exhales whenever you click on a link
- I taught computer classes at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.