Kahlil Robert Irving is an artist born in San Diego, California, in 1992, currently living and working in the USA. In December 2021 Irving opened his first museum solo exhibition — Projects: Kahlil Robert Irving at the Museum of Modern Art. Irving recently participated in Social Works II at Gagosian Gallery in London. He has also participated in the Singapore Biennale, Singapore; Soft Water Hard Stone; The New Museum Triennial; and Making Knowing at the Whitney Museum of Art.

Works by Irving have been included in group exhibitions at the Abrons Art Center, New York; The Anderson Collection at Stanford University, San Fransisco; and Mass MOCA, North Adams. He was an Artist in Residence at Art Omi in Summer 2018. Also, he was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award in 2019 and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant in 2020.