Kya Lou (B. SAN DIEGO, CA) IS AN ARTIST AND FILMMAKER WORKING IN LOS ANGELES. THEIR PRACTICE DRAWS A THREAD THROUGH FILM, SCULPTURE, PERFORMANCE AND PHOTOGRAPHY. HER WORK IS GROUNDED IN COLOR SPECTRUMS, SPIRITUAL METADATA AND COMPLICATED TRUTHS.
FROM 2017 - 2021, SHE RAN A COLOR GRADING STUDIO BY THE NAME OF COLOURED ONLY. SINCE THEN, SHE HAS WORKED AS A COLORIST ON A WIDE ARRAY OF COMMERCIALS, FILMS AND ART INSTALLATIONS. WITH A BACKGROUND IN POST-PRODUCTION, THEY BUILD FOUNDATIONS THAT CONSIDER THE RESIDUE OF EVERY FRAME.
LOU’S RECENT WORK INCLUDES A 18-CHANNEL VIDEO INSTALLATION ABOUT CHOREOGRAPHER, ALVIN AILEY. THE INSTALLATION IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT SHARED WITH HER FRIEND, JOSH BEGLEY. IT WAS ON VIEW AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART IN EDGES OF AILEY , CURATED BY ADRIENNE EDWARDS.
She is a 2025–2026 Modern Ancient Brown Foundation Fellow and winner of the 2025 BlackStar Pitch. Current projects include the solo directorial debut HYSTERICAL and a four-hour video installation with Derek Fordjour for NIGHTSONG, opening at David Kordansky Gallery in LOS ANGELES, September 2025.
COLORIST INQUIRIES: COLOUREDONLY@GMAIL.COM
ALL OTHER INQUIRIES: KYA@KYALOU.COM