Kaden Bard Dawson

EDUCATION

2021

Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business, Tempe, AZ

Bachelor of Science, Management, Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science, Marketing (Digital and Integrated Marketing Communications), Cum Laude

TEACHING

2024

Arts and Innovation, Guest Lecture, String Theory Schools, Philadelphia, PA

Cyanotype Workshop, Instructor, Forest For Trees Collective, Governors Island, NY

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2026

Postcards From The Edge, Berry Campbell Gallery, Chelsea, NY (Benefit for Visual Aids)

2025

Callen-Lorde 25th Anniversary Community Health Awards Art Auction, Pier Sixty, New York, NY

Show + Tell, Satellite Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Eugene Simmons)

Futurism, Forest For Trees, Governors Island, NY (curated by Ana Anu)

SMUTT: A Depiction of Queer Eroticism, Creative Arts Center, Pontiac, MI (curated by Frankie Nunez)

2025 Soho Photo Gallery National Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, Chelsea, NY (curated by Jean Dykstra)

Queer Conscience, The Image Flow Gallery, San Anselmo, CA (curated by Brain Paul Clamp and Nathan Lomas)

ROOTS | RAÍCES, Xico, Phoenix AZ (curated by Augustín Vargas)

Comparative Catharsis, Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Goldfinch Bolton)

2024

The People’s Agenda, Privy Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Noah Berghammer and Maya Riberio)

WASTE NOT/WANT NOT, Forest For Trees, Governors Island, NY (curated by Ana Anu and Hanna Tudor)

Do You Feel Safe?, Saks Fifth Avenue, Phoenix, AZ

Arizona Opera Pride Night, Arizona Opera, Phoenix, AZ (curated by thems.)

2023

Lunar Frequencies. Concepts of Communion, Loft Session 003, ilsiō studio, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Danielle Gadus)

2022

Light Sensitive, Art Intersection Art Gallery, Gilbert, AZ (curated by Elizabeth Opalenik)

2021

Pay It No Mind, Art Fundraiser for Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Phoenix, AZ  (in collaboration with Philip Gabriel)

SCREENINGS

2025

Erotic Film Festival Barcelona 2025, Inusual Project, Barcelona, Spain

Sightlines VI, Dixon Place, New York, NY (curated by Natasha Gornik)

CURRATORIAL

2025

Peter Cage: Speaking the Unspeakable: Queer Storytelling at the Fringes of Erotic Practice, Serving the People, New York, NY

2023

On the Other Side: Doves Fly Clear: Concepts of Communion, Loft Session 001, ilsiō studio, Brooklyn, NY

PUBLICATIONS

2025

SAY LESS, Visual Director for ENVY Magazine editorial column, New York, NY

2023

Do You Feel Safe? Self-published photo book.

2021

I’m A Rockstar. Self-published artist zine.

Press

2025

Spotz Studio, “PIX 043: Charles Caesar,” New York, NY
Runt Magazine, Issue 3: “Dogfight,” September 2025, Orange County, CA
BKReader, “18 Artists Reimagine Angels In Brooklyn Exhibition,” July 14, 2025, New York, NY
Coveteur, “Your Pride Month In Photos,” June 2025, New York, NY
Sensitive Content Magazine, Issue 5, June 2025, Las Vegas, NV
Office Magazine, “Talking with John Doe: The Internet’s Most Mysterious Poet,” May 2025, New York, NY
Drummer Magazine, Issue 227: Pigsty (Cover Feature), “Marred with Muck,” Spring 2025, New York, NY
Art Spiel, “Art Spiel Picks: All Around NYC Exhibitions in March 2025,” March 2025, New York, NY
The Hand Magazine, Issue 47: “HERE,” January 2025, Prairie Village, KS
Apocalypse Magazine, Issue 4, January 2025, Paris, France
Lucky Star Magazine, Issue 2: “You Can’t Escape the Sun,” January 2025, San Francisco, CA 

2024

ENVY Magazine, “Apartment-Style Art Show Weaves Community Through Thread,” September 18, 2024, New York, NY

2023

ENVY Magazine, “I See the Ribbons You Use to Tie Yourself to Me,” Volume 1, 2023, Phoenix, AZ

2021

Vogue Italia, PhotoVogue, “Die Fast. Live Long.,” December 2021, Milan, IT

COLLECTIONS

UK Fetish Archive, Bishopsgate Institute, London, United Kingdom

School of Visual Arts Library, New York, NY

The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum, Netherlands