Kyle Cottier was born 1993 in Louisville, KY. In 2014 he was awarded a gallery space at the New York Studio Residency Program in DUMBO and received his BFA in 2015 from the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Cottier has shown work extensively in the US at major galleries and museums from the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati to the Dorsky Museum in Newpaltz, NY. His work is apart of 21c Museum's collection and has shown at their locations in Oklahoma City, OK, Bentonville, AK, Cincinnati, OH and Louisville, KY. Kyle's sculpture, Sometimes I wish we were an eagle, was commissioned and featured in the Carter Center's Foundation and live auction in 2019 where he raised over 17K for international health and peace. He has had work published in the Hudson Valley magazine, Chronogram, through Artrepreneur's online publication and in addition was awarded first prize for sculpture in their 2018 competition where he installed work at Lazy Susan Gallery in Manhattan. Kyle currently lives and works in Hudson Valley, NY.