Michael Kelly

The truest means of expressing the real is to accept the process of discovery. To experience the process, rather than perfecting a formula, will come closer to making a drawing or painting believable.

The horse race has been a reoccurring theme in my work. It represents strength, energy, and motion as well as the bond between man and horse. Ancient symbolic meaning is another aspect that is present. The communication between horse and jockey reveals that aspect in a very long two minute space of time.

1976-A.A. Degree, Lane Community College, Eugene, Ore.

1977- Juried- Centrum Master Painting Workshop, Instructor, Nathan Olivera, Port Townsend, WA.

1979 Painting, University of Oregon

1978- Fellowship, Centrum Master Painting Workshop, Instructor, Elaine DeKooning, Port Townsend, WA.

1979- Juried, Centrum Critique, Jack Tworkov, Port Townsend, WA.

1978- Drawing Workshop, Tom Blodgett, Eugene, Or.

1975-1978 Through the courtesy of the professors and the Department Chairman, I monitored studio classes daily. If there were no classes I would be in the art library.

1975-1985 Participated in open drawing and painting sessions four days a week.

1985-1996 Hiatus. Life, kids, divorce. Life in progress.

Exhibitions: Juried

1985- Pacific. N.W. Figure Drawing Competition 1984, Alfred Leslie, Visual Arts Center, Anchorage, AK.

1985- Fifth Annual Juried Art Show, The Art Gallery, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Ore. Selected participant.

1984- Figure Study Show, Alvin Gallery, Hong Kong.

1984- Three Person Show, University of Oregon Art Museum, Eugene, Oregon.

1983- Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Ore.

Most recent:

2004- Marghitta Feldman Gallery, One Man Show, Early Drawings, Portland, OR.

2008,'09, '10-Annual Visual Arts Showcase, Beaverton, Ore.

2010- Oasis Gallery, Juried Exhibition, 1st place award.

2010- Real People 2010, Juried exhibition, Woodstock, IL.

2011- Nude Nite, Tampa, FL.

2011- Nude Nite, Orlando, FL.

2014- Emerald Spring Exhibition 2014, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR., May 2014.

2014- Au Natural International Juried Exhibition, Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR., January - March, 2014, juror, Charles Froelick, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR.

2013- Los Angeles Art Association’s 2013 Open Show, Gallery 825, Hollywood, CA. Dec.-Jan, 2014, Curator, Jenny Gheith, Assistant Curator, San Fransico Museum of Modern Art.

2013- California Open Exhibition, August, TAG Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA, August, 2013, Honorable Mention Award.

2013- Real People 2013, Old Court House Art Center, August- September, Woodstock, IL.

2013- All Media Juried Show, July-September, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA.

2013- Real People, August through September, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL.

2013- Story of the Creative, July through September, See | Exhibition Space, New York City, NY.

2012- Annual Visual Arts Showcase, Beaverton, OR.

2012- Real People, Woodstock, IL.