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
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
Solo Exhibitions
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
Group Exhibitions
York Art Association 50th Annual Juried Exhibition
York, PA
• November – December 2021
LIMM & FRNDS STUDIOS
Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• 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
Jinx Magazine
"Touch & go" May 2025 publication
Stfumato Art Magazine
Issue 02
Published June 2025
Three (2025)
36x36 Acrylic on canvas
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.