About

Kevin Cadena is a Andean-American new media artist, designer, and educator based in Queens, NY. As a designer, Kevin collaborates with local non-profits, educational institutions, and artists on projects ranging from websites to print. As an artist, their practice revolves around interactive and game-like narratives unfolding on the Internet. Kevin also maintains the DigiMyths initiative, a project focusing on familial heritage and computer technologies.

Studying at

• 2024- | MFA Candidate at School of Visual Art's Visual Narrative Program

Working As

• 2022- | UI/UX Designer & Project Manager for SVA's Visual Arts Press
• 2021- | Organizer and Facilitator for DigiMyths

Social

• Personal Instagram
• DigiMyths Instagram

Previous Work Experience

• Adjunct Faculty at School of Visual Arts (2019-2023)
• Youth Advocate at Parsons Scholars Program (2017 - 2022)
• Part-Time Faculty at The New School (2021 - 2022)
• Visiting Artist at Towson University (2021)
• Production Associate at Triple Canopy (2020 - 2021)
• Teaching Artist Fellow at the Center for Urban Pedagogy (2019)
• Graphic Design Apprentice with the Service Design Studio at the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity (2019)
• Public Access Design Fellow at the Center for Urban Pedagogy (2018)
• Graphic Design Fellow at New Museum's New Inc. (2017)
  
  

Residencies, Exhibitions, and Publications

• Oral.PUB (2023)
• ID PW Art Homepage Fair (2021)
• Digital-Folklorist-in-Residence at Babycastles (2020-21)
• Play, Practice, Prototype, Critique (2018)
• .ZIP II (2018)
• .ZIP I (2018)
• Unlimited Edition (2016)
• Dimensions Variable (2015)
  
  

Talks, Workshops, and Events

• Mentor for AIGA Mentorship Program 2023
• Tabled at Multiple Formats 2023 as DigiMyths
• Participating Designer @ Cooper Hewitt Teen Design Fair (2022)
• Spring 2022 Senior Thesis Guest Lecturer @ Boston University (2022)
• Presenter @ Multiple Formats Art Book Symposium (2022)
• GoDaddy Pro: Designer vs Developer (2021)
• Talking about Art School Culture Shock on Lodesigns Podcast (2021)
• Connected From Afar: Telling Stories Via The Web at Lightshine Chamber's web art jam (2021)
• Babycastles 2020-21 Inaugural Residency Presentation (2021)
• RISD Design Portfolio Review Representing My Independent Practice (2021)
• "Freelance & Community: How the Two Work Together" Presentation @ RISD Career Center (2019)
• Guest Reviewer for Rutgers Portfolio Review (2019)
• "Let's Talk About Cultural Fit": A Workshop on Discriminatory Hiring Practices @ Reconstructing Practice Conference @ Art Center (2018)
• Reviewer for RISD Portfolio Review representing the Center for Urban Pedagogy (2018)
• Participant in "Life After RISD" Alumni Panel (2018)
• "Network Cuture + You + The Web" Digital Media Department Guest Lecturer @ Fordam University (2017)
  
  

Selected Press

• Featured on Webflow's 15 Latinx and Hispanic Designers to Watch (2021)
• Write-up in Artfully Learning: "Experiential Education for an Intersectional Internet" (2021)
• Interviewed for SuperHi's "Tales of the Web 1.0" (2020)
• CUP Meet the Designer Interview (2020)

Select Clients

• Cultural: Latino Center of Art and Culture, Museum of Modern Art, Queens Museum, Climate Museum, New Inc @ New Museum, Wonderspaces, General Economy.

• Non-Profit: Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative, The Center for Urban Pedagogy, New Harvest.

• Educational: UC Santa Cruz Admissions, Parsons Scholars Program, School of Visual Arts, Brown University, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Rhode Island School of Design, Massive Science.

• Independent Artists: Chantal Feitosa, Angeline Gragasin, Marco Cassio Costro, Kevin Siwoff, Ashley Simone, Marty Wood.

• Studios: MESH Design + Dev, Open, Hello Velocity, Visual Aid Society.