Timo Kuzme is a New York-based artist, writer, and professor whose interdisciplinary practice bridges painting, philosophy, and material experimentation, with a focus on gender, embodiment, and sensation. A faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Parsons/The New School, their research explores visual culture, identity, and affect theory through material and perceptual inquiry. Kuzme’s work has been featured in exhibitions, publications, and academic forums, including the ELIA Biennial in Helsinki and the Brooklyn Museum. Their writing, including Jesus Is in the Pizza, Just Not How You Saw It: The Foundations of a New Ontological Understanding, published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, examines the intersections of art, theory, and embodied experience. With a background in couture and fiber arts, Kuzme approaches material as a site of affective transformation. They hold degrees from the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at MICA and Pratt Institute.