Kyllan Maney

Kyllan Maney is a public artist, muralist whose work is rooted in the interactive process between the viewer and her work. She enjoys the inventive and creative process of discovering transcendence in patterns and forms found in nature. Radial patterns are a common theme in Kyllan’s work, these pieces are considered by her as centering mediational moments. Kyllan shows her work across the valley in various galleries. She has created numerous commercial and residential murals including for Scottsdale Public Art, MonOrchid, Downtown Phoenix, Intel, Paypal, The Dhaba, Mesa Public Library and Roche Diagnostics. She also was the recipient of the 2021 Influx commission for the City of Tempe where she created art for banners on the outside of the Edna Vihil building. Kyllan has recently been a part of the City of Tempe introduction phase to the adaptive street program, she has pioneered the materials and the process for painting these murals on the streets of Tempe. She was recently interviewed by KJZZ’s Made in Arizona where she discussed her newest mural on Mill Avenue in Tempe. Kyllan loves creating interactive community collective installations and interactive art throughout the year. Some of these projects include Canal Convergence, Desert Glow at the Desert Botanical Garden and Spark! events at Mesa Arts Center. As a teaching artist, Kyllan shares her art knowledge as an Instructor and is the Visual Arts Coordinator at New School for the Arts and Academics.