Kellie Orr

Kellie Orr, 30, is based in Perth, Australia.

Orr’s highly realistic oil paintings use nuanced symbolism to reflect contemporary societal expectations, consumerism, and popular culture.

Orr’s compositions, although playfully nodding to the tradition of still life painting, are decidedly contemporary. Her paintings reference prevailing contemporary Western values with particular emphasis on the importance of presenting a perfected identity to the world, whether in person or on social media. Flowers, makeup, mirrors, and balloons with reflective surfaces allude to these phantom personas and constructed façades. By bringing together the language of historical painting with modern elements, Orr asks us to consider our place within the complexities of our current cultural landscape.

Informal study under Tessa McOnie, April - May 2017

Informal study under Jen Mann, September 2016

Bachelor of Arts (Design), Curtin University, completed 2009

Solo Exhibition - Ephemera + Apparitions, Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver, June 2019

‘Potluck’ Hashimoto Contemporary, San Fransisco, 2019

Booooooom x Thinkspace: Seeing Red, Los Angeles, 2019

‘First look’ Buratti Gallery, Perth, 2019

‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ South Main Gallery, Vancouver, 2018

'Subversive' Cult and Harper, Adelaide, 2018

Manning Art Prize, New South Wales, 2017

Cossack Art Awards, Western Australia, 2017

Mandjar Art Awards, Western Australia, 2017

Minnawarra Art Awards, Western Australia, 2017

Ferguson Foundry gallery opening exhibition, Perth, 2016 (part of Studio281 gallery)

Cossack Art Awards, Western Australia, 2016

Wickepin Art Prize, Western Australia, 2016

Leonora Art Prize, Western Australia, 2016