Born: Mineola, New York, 1963.

Awards and Honors

Project Grant

PRESENCE, Binney and Smith, Inc., Easton Pennsylvania.
1999. $1,000

Project Grant

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER - YOUR ART HERE, Antrim and
Leelanau County Youth Advisory Councils of the Grand
Traverse Community Foundation, Traverse City, Michigan.
1999. $4,000

Project Grant

MICHIGAN 4H FOUNDATION - STORYPAINT STUDENT
EXHIBITION/CREATIVE PROCESS, Michigan Council for Arts
and Cultural Affairs, Detroit, Michigan. 1998. $15,000

Selected Exhibitions (* Single Show)

2004

OPENUS, CHARLES ESTATE, Brooklyn, New York. Live performance and open studio with Marion Ramirez and Fabrice Covelli

2003

Fall tour of Juried Art Fairs including Boca Raton Arts Festival, Key Biscayne and Bonita Springs.

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2002

2001

ART, PARALLEL GALLERY, Northport, Michigan. Exhibition with Tradd Featherstone, Melonie Steffes Callaghan, Charly Hanson and Jil Johnson.

2000

PICTURES OF PLACES AND PLANTS, L'Chayim, Beulah, Michigan. Exhibition with Nancy Stuck.

2000 PARALLEL GALLERY, Northport, Michigan. Exhibition with regional artists, Juried.

* PROTEST AGAINST INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT, L'Chayim, Traverse City, Michigan. Exhibition.

JUST TOUCH IT!, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan. Commission.

(since 1997-2000) PERCEPTION, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan. Permanent Collection

(since 1995-2000) STORYPAINT, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan. Permanent Collection.

1999

THE LAST GESTURE, Corners Gallery, Arcadia, Michigan. Exhibition with Charly Hansen.

* TEN YEAR RETROSPECTIVE, L'Chayim, Traverse City, Michigan.

ALL MEDIA SHOW, Traverse Area Arts Council, Traverse
City, Michigan. Exhibition, Juried.

Commissions

FIND THE CREATOR, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan. 3/2000. Interactive sculpture.

ADAM SOLOMON AND TIKISA CONCERT PAINTINGS, Dennos Museum Center Millikin Auditorium, Traverse City Michigan. 2/2000. Collaborative painting for live performance.

FOOLS, Benzie County Players, Benzonia, Michigan. 1/2000 Commission. Mural Painting for theatrical production.

Public Collections

Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan.

Bibliography (*reviews)

Marta Hepler Drahos, "Figure artists present the Last Gesture", Traverse City Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan November 1999.

* Justine Carryer and Pheobe Meskill, "Multimedia storytelling/Storypaint", CHI Conference News, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1999.

* Roger Green, "Northwest Michigan artists should take more risks in work" Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1996.

Education

New School for Social Research, New York, New York. Undergraduate Studies, 1985.

Arts Related

1991 - present

Creative Director of Artist house, Inc., a Michigan corporation specializing in new media design and development. Clients include Mecklermedia, Harper Collins and Addison Wesley. With Kelly's guidance, Artist house has commissioned new work from regional artists and underwritten artistic investigation.

This is an abridged version of my complete resume.