Ka'ila Farrell-Smith

(American | Klamath, born 1982)

Ka'ila Farrell-Smith is a contemporary artist of Klamath, Modoc, Irish, and French heritage. She creates paintings, objects, and installations. Her work channels cultural, political, and historical research through a creative flow of experimentation and artistic playfulness. She uses painting and traditional Indigenous art practices to explore the space in-between the Indigenous and western worlds. She lives and creates on her ancestral homelands in Southern Oregon and this directly informs her art.

Farrell-Smith earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Portland State University. She lives in rural Modoc Point, Oregon. She is also a co-director and co-guide for Signal Fire, an organization that connects artists to wild places.