Kelsey Overstreet

Kelsey lives and works in San Diego. She received her MFA in 2018. “As an abstract painter she devotes herself to process (over and above product) and to the indeterminacy of the artistic endeavor- recognizing it as an analog to everyday embodiment, with its precariousness but also its beauty and grace, its movement and energy.” - Pennylane Shen- Dazed & Confucius Consulting



ARTIST STATEMENT:

My multi-media abstract paintings are blueprints: a visual reference for the structure of the human experience. This structure is divided into three rooms: the body, sensory experience, and thoughts and feelings. I create the blueprint for these rooms using the principles of embodiment, awareness, and the tension of yin and yang.

My work is intrinsically autobiographical and focuses on the benefits of embodiment within the process of creating. It is a timeline of the personal history and evidence of being present; a photo emulsion of felt experience.

If one can sit still long enough, the body will speak. My work is about showing up and listening long enough to respond, pause, wonder, change, and rest in discovery. This sensory experience is a human struggle rooted in the complex, variable relationships we all share with...

Azusa Pacific University, Masters of Fine Art, July 2018, Azusa, CA
Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Post Baccalaureate Degree in Printmaking 2005, Florence, Italy
Westmont College, B.A. Fine Art 2003, Santa Barbara, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021. The Way We Move, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA

2019 Rhythm of Breath, Little Bench Gallery/8th Harmony, La Jolla, CA

Nidus, Civic Center, Encinitas, CA

2018 Marrow, Encinitas Gallery, Encinitas Library, CA

Patterns, Montecito Academy Gallery, Summerland, CA

Respiro, Duke Gallery, Azusa Pacific University,
CA

2017 Kaleidoscope Dive, Darling Gallery, Azusa Pacific University, CA

Learning From You, Guild Venue, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA

2014 Featured Artist, Oceanside Public Library, San Diego, CA



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Techne Art Center, Oceanside CA
2022 Gallery Lulo, Headlsberg CA
2022 Mending Space, Perspectives Gallery, CA
2022 The Art Of Water, James May gallery, WI
2022 She Becomes, Duke Gallery, CA
2021 New Editions, Indianapolis Art Center,IN 2020 14th Annual CA Centered Printmaking Exhibition, Merced Multicultural Art Center, CA

Abstracts, Sparks Gallery, CA

Campus Creatives, Escondido Museum of Art, CA

2019/20 Artist Alliance Bie...