Behind The Artwork

Kayla Childs, known artistically as TAKEMETOWONDERLAND, is an artist, actor, creative director, and entrepreneur with a passion for the power of storytelling.

Drawn to colour and texture, she has a healthy disdain for paint brushes, and is greatly inspired by pop culture and performance arts.

Her unique style is fluid, transforming from piece to piece, always in greater service of the concept, the subject, and the story. The conceptual foundation of her visual work is the pursuit to transform the art and emotion produced through music, film, and literature into a physical form that can be enjoyed and exist outside the world of screens and fleeting consumption.

Trained as a performing artist first, drama has lent itself as a defining element in her artistic style. Whether it's the chaotic explosion of colours, the lavish photoshoots with the paintings, or the cheeky lyrics she uses as the titles of her work - you can tell that she's comfortable with the spotlight, and welcomes inquisition into her process and artistic world.