Kidcarol is a visual artist from York, Pennsylvania currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work explores themes such as identity and healing through introspective abstractions. Inspired by the interconnectedness of nature and religion, the artist tells stories stemming from her religious upbringing and the gradual shifts from religious to spiritual, York to New York, and actual to abstract.
Carolyn Haskell
Email: contact@kidcarol.com
Website: kidcarol.com
Instagram: @kidcarol
Education
Sotheby’s Institute of Art- Perspectives on Art and Business
New York, NY
September-October 2025
Art Students League of New York
New York, NY
May – August 2022
April – June 2024
Residencies
The Parliament Arts Organization
York, PA
• August 2021 – February 2022
The Grotto Arts Organization
York, PA
• February 2022 – May 2022
Awards & Grants
Creative Entrepreneur Grant
Cultural Alliance of York County
• Awarded March 2022
Exhibitions
Emotional Intelligence
Flowing Space Gallery
• October 30-November 9 2025
321 BLOOM
The Phatory, New York, NY
• March 21, 2025
"Emotional Intelligence" Pre-Exhibition
All Street Gallery, Lower East Side, NY
• December 18, 2024
8/8
Brooklyn, NY
• August 8, 2023
Open to Interpretation
The Grotto Community Center, York, PA
• October 7 – November 22, 2022
Solo Exhibition
The Parliament Arts Organization, York, PA
• August – September 2021
Press & Publications
Archiv3
“KidCarol’s Emotional Intelligence is a Retrospective Dive into Self-Growth”
Read Article
The Mercer Edition
“In Conversation with Kid Carol”
Read Interview
Le Choisi Interview (YouTube)
Watch Interview
Stfumato Art Magazine
Feature and magazine cover in Issue 02: Transitions- A Celebration Of Change Through Art https://www.sfumatoartcreatives.com/copy-of-projects-18/magazine-preview
Jinx Magazine “Touch & Go” May publication https://online.flippingbook.com/view/555438472/44/
Safe Space (2024)
Acrylic on canvas
54" x 50"
My work functions like a freehand journal—an emotional record where paint flows in response to lived experience. Each piece begins in a moment of intensity and unfolds intuitively, continuing until I feel emptied and clear. The process is deeply introspective, rooted in curiosity and self-referral.
Spirituality, symbolism, and nature shape the language of my practice. Through abstraction and surrealism, I explore how personal narratives intersect with the wider world, using the canvas as a space to ask questions and find answers. My art becomes a place to pause, to feel, and to heal.
Embracing slowness is central to both my creative process and my way of life. In a world overwhelmed by speed and stimulation, I aim to offer a visual counterweight—one that invites stillness and encourages presence. Above all, I return again and again to the theme of interconnectedness: between self and world, inner and outer, the seen and the felt.