Jake Kelley

My work is primarily an exploration of materials in an effort to create images of lasting conceptual and emotional effect. I utilize a wide variety of mediums and techniques that have developed organically from hours of experimentation. I am also interested in mark-making as a method of exploring the inherent tension between opposites such as Euclidian/Platonic, organic/geometric, painting/drawing, etc. As an abstract painter, engaging in a cultural dialogue is also a concern. Therefore, perception itself and the shared Human experience is always a primary subject.

EDUCATION
M.Ed., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, 2009
BFA, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, 2007

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Piss Business, Woo Kelley Gallery, Chattanooga, TN

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011
A Disturbance in Mirrors, B+B Gallery, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Four Bridges Arts Festival, Chattanooga, TN
2012
Dallas Art Fair. Tanner Hill Gallery. Dallas, TX.
2010
Art in the Work Place, (WTCI) Public Broadcasting Station, Chattanooga, TN.
Four Bridges Art Festival, Chattanooga, TN.
2009
Inside the Artist’s Brain, AVA, Chattanooga, TN.
Four Bridges Art Festival, Chattanooga, TN.
Doubt, Chattanooga Theatre Center, Chattanooga, TN.
Art in the Work Place, Blood Assurance, Chattanooga, TN.
2008
Blast Off!, Creative Discovery Museum, Chattanooga, TN
Works On Paper, Tanner-Hill Gallery, Chattanooga, TN.
Guerrilla Art, Contrapasso Dance Studio, Chattanooga, TN.
Four Bridges Art Festival, Chattanooga, TN.
2007
Art in the Work Place, Unum-Provident, Chattanooga, TN.
FRESH!, The Association for the Visual Arts (AVA), Chattanooga, TN.
M.O.A.N.O. (Mode of a New Objectivity), The Rivolli Art Mill, Chattanooga, TN.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
A Conversation with Jake Kelley, Pulse Chattanooga, April, 2013
Studio Visit Magazine Volume 20, 2013
Mena, Katy. “Your Own Language,” Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul...